[PATCH 1/1 v2]: coredump: use current->group_leader->comm insteadof current->comm

[Earl Chew]

> In your view, but there is a better way to do this - add a new case and
> letter for the behaviour you want. That way you don't break anyone elses
> defaults and expectation and people can set a corepattern dependant upon
> the group leader.

Ok.


The patterns %n or %N are the same as %e and %E except that they 
use current->group_leader->comm instead of current->comm.


Signed-off-by: Earl Chew <echew@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
--
--- fs/exec.c.orig	2011-08-28 21:16:01.000000000 -0700
+++ fs/exec.c	2011-09-01 12:03:50.622059092 -0700
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ static void cn_escape(char *str)
 			*str = '!';
 }
 
-static int cn_print_exe_file(struct core_name *cn)
+static int cn_print_exe_file(struct core_name *cn, const char *comm)
 {
 	struct file *exe_file;
 	char *pathbuf, *path;
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ static int cn_print_exe_file(struct core
 	exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(current->mm);
 	if (!exe_file) {
 		char *commstart = cn->corename + cn->used;
-		ret = cn_printf(cn, "%s (path unknown)", current->comm);
+		ret = cn_printf(cn, "%s (path unknown)", comm);
 		cn_escape(commstart);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -1777,6 +1777,18 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_n
 				cn_escape(namestart);
 				break;
 			}
+			/* task group executable */
+			case 'n': {
+				char *commstart = cn->corename + cn->used;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%s",
+					      current->group_leader->comm);
+				cn_escape(commstart);
+				break;
+			}
+			case 'N':
+				err = cn_print_exe_file(cn,
+					      current->group_leader->comm);
+				break;
 			/* executable */
 			case 'e': {
 				char *commstart = cn->corename + cn->used;
@@ -1785,7 +1797,7 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_n
 				break;
 			}
 			case 'E':
-				err = cn_print_exe_file(cn);
+				err = cn_print_exe_file(cn, current->comm);
 				break;
 			/* core limit size */
 			case 'c':


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