[systemd-devel] [PATCH] [RFCv7] Optionally save core dumps as plain files

[Michael Biebl]

2014-06-20 20:02 GMT+02:00 Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net>:
> So here's what is implemented in git now:
>
> a) There's a configuration file /etc/systemd/coredump.conf with some of
>    the options you proposed.
>
> b) We will now store coredumps outside of the journal by default, but
>    you can also place them in the journal only, or at both places.
>
> c) I hooked this thing up with elfutils' libdw, which gives us pretty,
>    native backtraces in the journal now, without involving gdb or
>    anything like that. Only a minimal (optional) dependency on libdw to
>    get them. And the best thing is that elfutils is actually maintained
>    and can read debuginfo files,  unlike some other options for stuff
>    like this (like libunwind).
>
> d) I hooked this up with ACLs so that a user can read but not change his
>    own coredumps stored in /var.

[..]

> With these changes coredumpctl actually is now really useful and just
> works. I have thus dropped the "systemd-" prefix. We should probably
> start advertising it more.

Nice stuff, thanks.
We currently disable coredump support in Debian but with those changes
it's time to revisit that.

Cheers,
Michael
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