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| author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2009-10-04 22:23:13 -0400 |
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| committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2009-11-09 03:40:55 -0500 |
| commit | 7beeec88e5f379680abeb4244b0781e102201c0e (patch) | |
| tree | 6e9bc659e4f7c23c2af3aeac347f6e9ef97f8690 /Documentation/sysctl | |
| parent | d914e5b7038cf75ebf5cc1daec890368859e2225 (diff) | |
docs: fix core_pipe_limit info
Fix typos in core_pipe_limit info.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index a028b92001ed..8f7a0e73ef44 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |||
| @@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. | |||
| 139 | core_pipe_limit: | 139 | core_pipe_limit: |
| 140 | 140 | ||
| 141 | This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe core | 141 | This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe core |
| 142 | files to user space helper a (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|', | 142 | files to a user space helper (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|', |
| 143 | see above). When collecting cores via a pipe to an application, it is | 143 | see above). When collecting cores via a pipe to an application, it is |
| 144 | occasionally usefull for the collecting application to gather data about the | 144 | occasionally useful for the collecting application to gather data about the |
| 145 | crashing process from its /proc/pid directory. In order to do this safely, the | 145 | crashing process from its /proc/pid directory. In order to do this safely, the |
| 146 | kernel must wait for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the | 146 | kernel must wait for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the |
| 147 | crashing processes proc files prematurely. This in turn creates the possibility | 147 | crashing processes proc files prematurely. This in turn creates the possibility |
| @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ applications in parallel. If this value is exceeded, then those crashing | |||
| 152 | processes above that value are noted via the kernel log and their cores are | 152 | processes above that value are noted via the kernel log and their cores are |
| 153 | skipped. 0 is a special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be | 153 | skipped. 0 is a special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be |
| 154 | captured in parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting | 154 | captured in parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting |
| 155 | process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crahing pid>/). This value defaults | 155 | process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crashing pid>/). This value defaults |
| 156 | to 0. | 156 | to 0. |
| 157 | 157 | ||
| 158 | ============================================================== | 158 | ============================================================== |
