The specified core limit ends up getting multiplied by 1024*1024, though. Testing with your patch applied, ulimit 10 should be small enough to prevent this core file being written, but it is written:
$ shopt -o posix posix off $ ulimit -c 10 $ sleep 99 ^\Quit (core dumped) $ ls -l core; rm core -rw-r----- 1 ghewson ghewson 372736 Mar 14 18:06 core $ cat /var/log/apport.log ERROR: apport (pid 10975) Thu Mar 14 18:06:05 2013: called for pid 10972, signal 3, core limit 10240 ERROR: apport (pid 10975) Thu Mar 14 18:06:05 2013: writing core dump to /tmp/core (limit: 10485760) --- 10485760 = 10 * 1024 * 1024 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1153662 Title: Core file not created on SIGQUIT To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1153662/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
