https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216648 Bug ID: 216648 Summary: man 5 core incorrectly states circumstances in which a core is not produced Product: Documentation Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: man-pages Assignee: documentation_man-pages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reporter: veluca93@xxxxxxxxx Regression: No As per title, the `core` manpage states: There are various circumstances in which a core dump file is not produced: [...] * The RLIMIT_CORE (core file size) or RLIMIT_FSIZE (file size) resource limits for the process are set to zero; see getrlimit(2) and the documentation of the shell's ulimit command (limit in csh(1)). However, this is not actually correct when core dumps are piped to a program, as the section below states ... * The RLIMIT_CORE limit is not enforced for core dumps that are piped to a program via this mechanism. -- You may reply to this email to add a comment. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug.
