From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 28 15:26:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B05A10656D8; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:25:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B778FC1D; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:25:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0431446B9B; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:25:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (smtp.hudson-trading.com [209.249.190.9]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2916F8A050; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:25:58 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Alexander Leidinger Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:37:25 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/7.3-CBSD-20100819; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201009211507.o8LF7iVv097676@svn.freebsd.org> <201009270928.47232.jhb@freebsd.org> <20100928114912.17443a2o7j71kpaw@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20100928114912.17443a2o7j71kpaw@webmail.leidinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201009280937.25619.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:25:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Peter Jeremy , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r212964 - head/sys/kern X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:26:05 -0000 On Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:49:12 am Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting John Baldwin (from Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:28:47 -0400): > > >> savecore already has support for a 'minfree' file to prevent > >> crashdumps filling the crashdir. Maybe the default install should > >> include a minfree set to (say) 512MB. > > > > The one problem this approach is it implements a FIFO instead of a LIFO. I > > want the N most recent crashdumps to be saved, not the first N. > > Check the size in the shell script before, remove older ones ("ls -1t > | grep pattern | tail +" gives you possible candidates). Yes, but the point is that you want that logic in savecore as an alternate to the current minfree logic. -- John Baldwin