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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039 |
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Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:48:47 +0100 |
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Max Reitz <address@hidden> writes:
> On 2014-11-25 at 14:20, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Max Reitz <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> On 2014-11-25 at 13:21, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>>> Max Reitz <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Test 039 used to fail
>>>> I'm confused: "used to" suggests it doesn't anymore, but you sending a
>>>> patches strongly suggests something's broken.
>>> Well, it used to fail before this series. :-P
>>>
>>> You're right, this sounds bad. Currently, 039 does fail, at least on
>>> any system with a /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern passing the dump to
>>> another program. After this series, it does no longer.
>>>
>>>>> because qemu-io -c abort may generate core dumps
>>>>> even with ulimit -c 0 (and the output then contains "(core dumped)").
>>>> How?
>>> See the patches[1][2] by Mao Chuan Li. If
>>> /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern passes the dump to another program,
>>> ulimit -c 0 does not matter.
>>>
>>> [1] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-11/msg02092.html
>>> [2] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-11/msg02093.html
>>>
>>> The problem with those patches is that they require access to
>>> /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern. I don't like having to run the iotests
>>> as root.
>> To me, this sounds like a case of "doctor, it hurts when I do this".
>
> What do you mean? That I don't want the iotests to run as root? Or
> that I don't want to go the alternative of filtering out the "(core
> dumped)" message?
I mean:
Doctor, it hurts when I write weird stuff to
/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern.
Don't do that then.
If you want to be a nicer doc than me, go right ahead.
[...]
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] qemu-io: Let -c abort raise any signal, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Max Reitz, 2014/11/25
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] iotests: Filter for "Killed" in qemu-io output, Max Reitz, 2014/11/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Markus Armbruster, 2014/11/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Max Reitz, 2014/11/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Markus Armbruster, 2014/11/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Max Reitz, 2014/11/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039,
Markus Armbruster <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Max Reitz, 2014/11/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Markus Armbruster, 2014/11/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Michael Mueller, 2014/11/25
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] iotests: Fix test 039, Michael Mueller, 2014/11/25