Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:31:10 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sig.c Message-ID: <20031028173110.GE6725@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031026014144.74063M-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <20031026145418.G16944@gamplex.bde.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031026014144.74063M-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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* Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> [031025 23:46] wrote: > > > How would a mere flag help fix the real complexities for nfs? > > Well, the point of the locking originally introduced in the core dump code > was presumably to help avoid a common case scenario: corrupted core dumps > due to parallel dumping. Given the difficulty in addressing the problem Actually a DoS like situation where tons of cores are running at the same time is really the problem.
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