Re: core files (was Re: 2.1.131: some quality thoughts)
christophe.leroy5@capway.com
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:34:38 +0100
> On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> >
> > > >> Long term, I think the whole core file idea needs to be tossed in
> > > >> favor of just starting a debugger.
> > > >
> > > > There is nothing more irritating than trying to run a compiler
> > > > regression testsuite on a system that pops up a debugger dialog
> > > > when a program crashes.
> > >
> > > So use a debugger that just logs the error.
> > > Other people could certainly use a bit more
> > > ease-of-use than a dumb core file.
> >
> > It would be nice if a program could ask the kernel to run another task to
> > handle it's crash. X apps could have a nice little applet that pops up a
> > windows like info box that logs all the pertinate info, and gives the
> > users the option to save a core, email a bug report, open up ddd on the
> > process, etc..
>
> Well if someone could please give me some pointers as to how you
> actually ask the kernel to "run another task" ie. exec a file.
> I would be more than happy to try to incorperate this into my
> corename patch.
> Remember that I'm fairly new to kernel programming..
Look at init/main.c
Kernel forks /sbin/init using an execv fonction.
christophe
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