The buffer size for core_pattern is 128, but one character is used for
terminating null byte, so the actual limit is 127:
# printf '%0999d' > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
# tr -d '\n' < /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern | wc -c
127
Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jw...@jwilk.net>
---
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index aa058aa7bf28..f0c86fbb3b48 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ CAP_LAST_CAP from the kernel.
core_pattern:
core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name.
-. max length 128 characters; default value is "core"
+. max length 127 characters; default value is "core"
. core_pattern is used as a pattern template for the output filename;
certain string patterns (beginning with '%') are substituted with
their actual values.
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2.20.1
