man/systemd-coredump.xml

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  24 <refentry id="systemd-coredump" conditional='ENABLE_COREDUMP'
  25           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  26
  27   <refentryinfo>
  28     <title>systemd-coredump</title>
  29     <productname>systemd</productname>
  30
  31     <authorgroup>
  32       <author>
  33         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  34         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  35         <surname>Poettering</surname>
  36         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  37       </author>
  38     </authorgroup>
  39   </refentryinfo>
  40
  41   <refmeta>
  42     <refentrytitle>systemd-coredump</refentrytitle>
  43     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  44   </refmeta>
  45
  46   <refnamediv>
  47     <refname>systemd-coredump</refname>
  48     <refpurpose>Log and store core dumps</refpurpose>
  49   </refnamediv>
  50
  51   <refsynopsisdiv>
  52     <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump</filename></para>
  53   </refsynopsisdiv>
  54
  55   <refsect1>
  56     <title>Description</title>
  57
  58     <para><command>systemd-coredump</command> can be used as a helper
  59     binary by the kernel when a user space program receives a fatal
  60     signal and dumps core. For it to be used in this capacity, it must
  61     be specified by the
  62     <varname>kernel.core_pattern</varname> <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  63     setting. Systemd installs
  64     <filename>/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf</filename> which
  65     configures <varname>kernel.core_pattern</varname> to invoke
  66     <command>systemd-coredump</command>. This file may be masked or
  67     overriden to use a different setting following normal
  68     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> rules.</para>
  69
  70     <para>The behaviour of a specific program upon reception of a
  71     signal is governed by a few factors which are described in detail
  72     in <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>core</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
  73     In particular, the coredump will only be processed when the
  74     related resource limits are high enough. For programs started by
  75     <command>systemd</command> those may be set using
  76     <varname>LimitCore=</varname> (see
  77     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
  78     </para>
  79
  80     <para><command>systemd-coredump</command> will log the coredump
  81     including a backtrace if possible, and store the core (contents of
  82     process' memory contents) in an external file on disk in
  83     <filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump</filename>, or directly in
  84     the journal. This behaviour may be modified using
  85     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredump.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  86
  87     <para>Apart from the
  88     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  89     log viewer,
  90     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredumpctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  91     may be used to list and extract coredumps.</para>
  92   </refsect1>
  93
  94   <refsect1>
  95     <title>See Also</title>
  96     <para>
  97       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredump.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  98       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredumpctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  99       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 100       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>core</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 101       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 102       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysctl.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 103     </para>
 104   </refsect1>
 105 </refentry>