Re: (ITS#8017) Enhancement: Limit core dump size

[quanah@zimbra.com]

--On Tuesday, January 06, 2015 1:31 AM +0000 gnoe@symas.com wrote:

> Full_Name: Greg Noe
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> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (63.142.209.94)
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> Request:  If possible, add an option to limit the size of a core dump
> when slapd crashes.
>
> Reason for request:  In cases where very large caches are used and slapd
> crashes, the size of the core dump files can exceed the available disk
> space.

Core dump size is controlled by the kernel already, via sysctl.  Why does 
one need an option to slapd for this?


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Platform Architect
Zimbra, Inc.
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