Re: current->dumpable=0

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:08:10 +0000 (GMT)

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> > Perhaps we should add a SIGCORE which just causes the kernel to drop the
> > process image as a core file (without necessarily killing the process).
>
> Can we not do this (more or less) from user space by attaching to the
> process then pulling it apart al la unexec?

gcore does that on BSD, I think the answer is "yes"

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