From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 13 19:26:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34EA716A41F for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:26:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca) Received: from mailserver.sandvine.com (sandvine.com [199.243.201.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEC6E43D1D for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:25:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca) Received: from labgw2.phaedrus.sandvine.com ([192.168.3.11]) by mailserver.sandvine.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:23:08 -0400 Received: by labgw2.phaedrus.sandvine.com (Postfix, from userid 12627) id A831C13614; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:23:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:23:08 -0400 From: Ed Maste To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050613192308.GA87640@sandvine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Jun 2005 19:23:08.0935 (UTC) FILETIME=[54EA2170:01C5704D] Subject: savecore(8) increments /var/crash/bounds on each boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:26:00 -0000 I notice that as of sbin/savecore/savecore.c 1.72 and in 5.4-RELEASE savecore increments the number in /var/crash/bounds on each boot, regardless of whether it rebooted due to panic or was a clean shutdown. Is this the desired behaviour or an unintentional side effect? We've been monitoring the value in bounds to detect panics, which of course doesn't work anymore. -- Ed Maste, Sandvine Inc.