On 11/02, Tejun Heo wrote: > > Also, the time between do_user_fault() and actual core dumping isn't > the important factor here. do_user_fault() directly triggers delivery > of SIGSEGV (or BUS) and signal delivery will immediately deliver > SIGKILL to all other threads in the process, Not really, note the "if (!sig_kernel_coredump(sig))" check. And this is what we can improve. But this is not simple, and personally I think doesn't worth the trouble. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>