Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 09/12/2012 03:31 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> I found a more reliable way to disable core dumps, >> so another attempt at this is attached. > > V2 attached, which factors out a disable_core_dumps() function.
Good idea. > Subject: [PATCH] timeout: handle signals more transparently > ... > + error (0, errno, _("warning: disabling core dumps failed")); Looks fine, though confess I didn't test it. One tiny suggestion: tweak this diagnostic: - error (0, errno, _("warning: disabling core dumps failed")); + error (0, errno, _("warning: failed to disable core dumps")); IMHO, that's a little more understandable.