[PATCH] Really enable core dumps in Linux
Rusty Russell
rusty at rustcorp.com.au
Sun Sep 19 22:19:19 MDT 2010
commit e1f1ce68e1f685400a8c68bcec14018e3d1fc29d
Author: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
Date: Mon Sep 20 13:33:30 2010 +0930
source3: dump core on Linux, even after seteuid/etc.
The "dumpable" flag is reset on every call to set*uid, so we need to
reset it to 1 in the signal handler itself.
This code dates back to commit ac01fda2b97b 6 years ago :(
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
diff --git a/source3/lib/fault.c b/source3/lib/fault.c
index 02e054b..dd87ae1 100644
--- a/source3/lib/fault.c
+++ b/source3/lib/fault.c
@@ -319,14 +319,6 @@ void dump_core_setup(const char *progname)
#endif
#endif
-#if defined(HAVE_PRCTL) && defined(PR_SET_DUMPABLE)
- /* On Linux we lose the ability to dump core when we change our user
- * ID. We know how to dump core safely, so let's make sure we have our
- * dumpable flag set.
- */
- prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1);
-#endif
-
/* FIXME: if we have a core-plus-pid facility, configurably set
* this up here.
*/
@@ -382,6 +374,14 @@ void dump_core_setup(const char *progname)
umask(~(0700));
dbgflush();
+#if defined(HAVE_PRCTL) && defined(PR_SET_DUMPABLE)
+ /* On Linux we lose the ability to dump core when we change our user
+ * ID. We know how to dump core safely, so let's make sure we have our
+ * dumpable flag set.
+ */
+ prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1);
+#endif
+
/* Ensure we don't have a signal handler for abort. */
#ifdef SIGABRT
CatchSignal(SIGABRT, SIG_DFL);
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