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Oleg Nesterov b03023ecbd coredump: add %i/%I in core_pattern to report the tid of the crashed thread
format_corename() can only pass the leader's pid to the core handler,
but there is no simple way to figure out which thread originated the
coredump.

As Jan explains, this also means that there is no simple way to create
the backtrace of the crashed process:

As programs are mostly compiled with implicit gcc -fomit-frame-pointer
one needs program's .eh_frame section (equivalently PT_GNU_EH_FRAME
segment) or .debug_frame section.  .debug_frame usually is present only
in separate debug info files usually not even installed on the system.
While .eh_frame is a part of the executable/library (and it is even
always mapped for C++ exceptions unwinding) it no longer has to be
present anywhere on the disk as the program could be upgraded in the
meantime and the running instance has its executable file already
unlinked from disk.

One possibility is to echo 0x3f >/proc/*/coredump_filter and dump all
the file-backed memory including the executable's .eh_frame section.
But that can create huge core files, for example even due to mmapped
data files.

Other possibility would be to read .eh_frame from /proc/PID/mem at the
core_pattern handler time of the core dump.  For the backtrace one needs
to read the register state first which can be done from core_pattern
handler:

    ptrace(PTRACE_SEIZE, tid, 0, PTRACE_O_TRACEEXIT)
    close(0);    // close pipe fd to resume the sleeping dumper
    waitpid();   // should report EXIT
    PTRACE_GETREGS or other requests

The remaining problem is how to get the 'tid' value of the crashed
thread.  It could be read from the first NT_PRSTATUS note of the core
file but that makes the core_pattern handler complicated.

Unfortunately %t is already used so this patch uses %i/%I.

Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (https://github.com/abrt/abrt/wiki/overview)
is experimenting with this.  It is using the elfutils
(https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/) unwinder for generating the
backtraces.  Apart from not needing matching executables as mentioned
above, another advantage is that we can get the backtrace without saving
the core (which might be quite large) to disk.

[mmilata@redhat.com: final paragraph of changelog]
Signed-off-by: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
Cc: Martin Milata <mmilata@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-10-14 02:18:21 +02:00
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ABI Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mpe/linux 2014-10-11 20:34:00 -04:00
accounting Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
acpi
aoe
arm ARM: SoC DT updates for 3.18 2014-10-08 17:22:23 -04:00
arm64
auxdisplay Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
backlight
blackfin Documentation: add makefiles for more targets 2014-09-26 11:02:56 +02:00
block
blockdev zram: report maximum used memory 2014-10-09 22:26:02 -04:00
bus-devices
cdrom
cgroups cpuset: PF_SPREAD_PAGE and PF_SPREAD_SLAB should be atomic flags 2014-09-24 22:16:06 -04:00
connector
console
cpu-freq
cpuidle
cris
crypto
development-process
device-mapper
devicetree rtc: bq32000: add trickle charger device tree binding 2014-10-14 02:18:18 +02:00
DocBook Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 15:51:40 +02:00
driver-model PCI changes for the v3.18 merge window: 2014-10-09 15:03:49 -04:00
dvb
early-userspace
EDID
extcon
fault-injection
fb
filesystems autofs: the documentation I wanted to read 2014-10-14 02:18:17 +02:00
firmware_class
fmc
frv
gpio This is the bulk of GPIO changes for the v3.18 development 2014-10-09 14:58:15 -04:00
hid
hwmon
i2c
i2o
ia64 Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
ide
infiniband
input
ioctl cxl: Add documentation for userspace APIs 2014-10-08 20:16:19 +11:00
isdn
ja_JP
kbuild
kdump
ko_KR
laptops Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
leds
locking Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 15:51:40 +02:00
m68k
memory-devices
metag
mic Documentation: update include path for mpssd 2014-10-03 15:48:20 +02:00
mips
misc-devices Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
mmc
mn10300
mtd
namespaces
netlabel
networking Documentation: replace __sk_run_filter with __bpf_prog_run 2014-10-10 15:10:50 -04:00
nfc
parisc
PCI
pcmcia Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
phy
platform
power Merge branch 'pm-genirq' 2014-10-07 01:17:21 +02:00
powerpc cxl: Add documentation for userspace APIs 2014-10-08 20:16:19 +11:00
pps
prctl Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
pti
ptp Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
rapidio
RCU
s390
scheduler
scsi
security Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2014-10-12 10:13:55 -04:00
serial TTY/Serial driver patches for 3.18-rc1 2014-10-08 06:52:11 -04:00
sh
sound
spi Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/doc 2014-10-07 21:14:57 -04:00
sysctl coredump: add %i/%I in core_pattern to report the tid of the crashed thread 2014-10-14 02:18:21 +02:00
target
thermal
timers Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
tpm
trace
usb
vDSO Documentation: disable vdso_test to avoid breakage with old glibc 2014-09-26 11:03:00 +02:00
video4linux media updates for v3.18-rc1 2014-10-10 22:04:49 -04:00
virtual Changes for KVM for arm/arm64 for 3.18 2014-09-27 11:03:33 +02:00
vm
w1
watchdog Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
wimax
x86
xtensa
zh_CN
00-INDEX
applying-patches.txt Documentation: change "&" to "and" in Documentation/applying-patches.txt 2014-09-26 11:10:11 +02:00
assoc_array.txt
atomic_ops.txt
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
bcache.txt
binfmt_misc.txt binfmt_misc: touch up documentation a bit 2014-10-14 02:18:16 +02:00
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
cachetlb.txt
Changes
circular-buffers.txt
clk.txt
coccinelle.txt
CodingStyle
cpu-hotplug.txt
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
crc32.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation: correct parameter error for dma_mapping_error 2014-09-26 11:22:29 +02:00
DMA-API.txt
DMA-attributes.txt
dma-buf-sharing.txt
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt
dmatest.txt
dontdiff
dynamic-debug-howto.txt
edac.txt
efi-stub.txt
eisa.txt
email-clients.txt
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
highuid.txt
HOWTO
hsi.txt
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt
init.txt
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ-domain.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt
kernel-parameters.txt Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 15:44:12 +02:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt
kobject.txt
kprobes.txt
kref.txt
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockup-watchdogs.txt
logo.gif
logo.txt
lzo.txt Documentation: lzo: document part of the encoding 2014-09-28 11:08:00 +02:00
magic-number.txt
Makefile Documentation: add makefiles for more targets 2014-09-26 11:02:56 +02:00
ManagementStyle
md.txt
media-framework.txt
memory-barriers.txt
memory-hotplug.txt memory-hotplug: add sysfs valid_zones attribute 2014-10-09 22:25:52 -04:00
module-signing.txt
mono.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
phy.txt
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt
pwm.txt
ramoops.txt
rbtree.txt
remoteproc.txt
rfkill.txt
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
SM501.txt
smsc_ece1099.txt
sparse.txt
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt
static-keys.txt
SubmitChecklist
SubmittingDrivers
SubmittingPatches
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt
sysrq.txt
this_cpu_ops.txt Docs: this_cpu_ops: remove redundant add forms 2014-09-26 11:03:00 +02:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
vfio.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt
video-output.txt
vme_api.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt
xillybus.txt
xz.txt
zorro.txt