Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:30:42 +0200 From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> To: Edward Napierala <trasz@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Disabling program core dumps Message-ID: <a2cfd37c-c2d5-e255-f877-d10674084768@digiware.nl> In-Reply-To: <CAFLM3-pjR_wDVnjuUhZmtnaWvAX4SGvVbYhYAp-02148oUtv8A@mail.gmail.com> References: <32ac85ed-f0e5-2f80-299a-3bb1166cd5e6@digiware.nl> <CAFLM3-pjR_wDVnjuUhZmtnaWvAX4SGvVbYhYAp-02148oUtv8A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 27-4-2017 14:48, Edward Napierala wrote: > There's the kern.coredump sysctl, which makes it possible to disable > coredumping globally. Yup, that one I knew. But that is global, where as I'd like to run: setcoreoff(); EXPECT_DEATH(test) setcoreon() And for that I need some micro controls from with in the program. Hence my fiddling with (get|set)_rlimits. --WjW > > 2017-04-27 13:36 GMT+01:00 Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl > <mailto:wjw@digiware.nl>>: > > Hi, > > Running (googletest) tests some are expected to die: EXPECT_DEATH(). > This normally dumps a core, but since it is expected that core is rather > useless. > > Thusfar I've found the best way to limit a program to dump core (from > within the program) is to set its RLIMIT_CORE to 0. > > So I can do this before the test, and then set the old size back once > the test is finished. > > Or is there another way, like setting a flag in process state (which I > have not been able to find) > > --WjW > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> > mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > >
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