After writing a kernel core dump into /var/crash, call sync(8).

If we panic again shortly after boot (say, within 30 seconds), any core
dump we wrote out may be lost on reboot.  In this situation, we really
want to keep that core file, as it may be the only way to have the issue
resolved.  Call sync(8) after writing out the core file and running
crashinfo(8), in the hope that these will not be lost if we panic
again.  sync(8) is only called in the case where there is a core dump
to be written out, so won't be called during normal boots.

Discovered by:	Trying to debug an IPSEC panic
MFC after:	1 week
This commit is contained in:
Gavin Atkinson 2013-08-28 15:12:15 +00:00
parent c6905524b4
commit 9e9a57a307
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=254992

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@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ savecore_start()
if checkyesno crashinfo_enable; then
${crashinfo_program} -d ${dumpdir}
fi
sync
else
check_startmsgs && echo 'No core dumps found.'
fi