Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:20:48 -0600 | From | Serge Hallyn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] core_pattern: set core helpers root and namespace to crashing process |
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Quoting Neil Horman (nhorman@tuxdriver.com): > Theres one problem I currently see with it, and that is that I'm not sure we can > change the current behavior of how the root fs is set for the pipe reader, lest > we break some user space expectations. As such, I've added a sysctl in this > patch to allow administrators to globally select if a core reader specified via > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern should use the global rootfs, or the (possibly) > chrooted fs of the crashing process.
Practical question: How is the admin to make an educated decision on how to set the sysctl?
-serge
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