> In the function coredump_wait there's a yield called:
>
> static void coredump_wait(struct mm_struct *mm)
> {
> [...]
> /* give other threads a chance to run: */
> yield();
>
> zap_threads(mm);
> [...]
>
> I don't see any reason for this. Although the comment says
> it's giving
> other threads a chance to run, but the zap_threads below it will just
> send a kill signal to all those sharing the mm and then this
> thread will
> wait for completion (if there were threads to wait on).
>
> Now if there were no other threads to wait on it would just continue.
> So, is there some real reason that this yield is there? Or is it just
> trying to be nice, as in saying, "I'm dieing now and just
> don't want to
> waste others time" (which I highly doubt is the case).
>
> The reason I'm asking this, is that RT tasks should not call yield,
> since it is pretty much meaningless, since an RT task won't
> yield to any
> task of lesser priority, and in Ingo's current kernel the yield will
> send a bug message if it was called by an RT task.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Steve
Does that mean that the core dump is written
with the rt prio of the task which dumps?
I'm not sure if this is a good idea:
Dumping a big core might take *ages* (at least w.r.t. realtime),
especially because it usually goes to flash memory, a CF card,
or some other really slow device.
Doing that on a high rt prio is not nice; in an rt kernel,
it may even keep interrupt handlers from responding...
Is there any way to do it in the background / at low prio?
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