: : : Hi, I'm a newbie to linux. I'm writing some modules to linux and want to know whats the best way to generate core dumps. Any opinions will be apreciated. Thanks.
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: : Check the core dump message a little lower, we covered a few methods there.
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: I did read them. I actually need something a little different. I want to be able to panic the whole system and get a core(s) for the whole linux kernel. I'm reading through LKCD right now see if that'll do it.
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So... you want a way to forcibly take down a *nix box with a program, and coredump it? not as a user, for sure... maybe kill -3 0?
I think pid 0 is kernel...
