make test: print a warning in case a core_pattern contains a filter program

The default config on Ubuntu 16.04.4 desktop results in truncated cores
when running make test which coredumps. Uninstalling the filter program
(apport) makes the corefiles normal size. Print a warning about that fact,
so the others potentially affected didn't have to wonder.

Change-Id: Iba4b0a2765a25100d6e24fd7f4de0e0339efd835
Signed-off-by: Andrew Yourtchenko <ayourtch@gmail.com>
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Andrew Yourtchenko
2018-03-28 15:32:10 +02:00
committed by Chris Luke
parent 074f698be5
commit 57612ebcf3
3 changed files with 19 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ def ip6_normalize(ip6):
socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, ip6))
def check_core_path(logger, core_path):
with open("/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern", "r") as f:
corefmt = f.read()
if corefmt.startswith("|"):
logger.error(
"WARNING: redirecting the core dump through a"
" filter may result in truncated dumps.")
logger.error(
" You may want to check the filter settings"
" or uninstall it and edit the"
" /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern accordingly.")
logger.error(
" current core pattern is: %s" % corefmt)
class NumericConstant(object):
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