<listitem><para>Controls where to store cores. One of <literal>none</literal>,
<literal>external</literal>, and <literal>journal</literal>. When
- <literal>none</literal>, the core dumps will be logged (including the backtrace if
+ <literal>none</literal>, the core dumps may be logged (including the backtrace if
possible), but not stored permanently. When <literal>external</literal> (the
default), cores will be stored in <filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump/</filename>.
When <literal>journal</literal>, cores will be stored in the journal and rotated
<listitem><para>The maximum size in bytes of a core
which will be processed. Core dumps exceeding this size
- will be logged, but the backtrace will not be generated
- and the core will not be stored.</para></listitem>
+ may be stored, but the backtrace will not be generated.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Setting <varname>Storage=none</varname> and <varname>ProcessSizeMax=0</varname>
+ disables all coredump handling except for a log entry.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
core dumps and files can be set in files <filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</filename> and snippets mentioned
above. In addition the storage time of core dump files is restricted by <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command>,
corresponding settings are by default in <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf</filename>.</para>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Disabling coredump processing</title>
+
+ <para>To disable potentially resource-intensive processing by <command>systemd-coredump</command>,
+ set <programlisting>Storage=none
+ProcessSizeMax=0</programlisting> in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredump.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
}
static inline uint64_t storage_size_max(void) {
- return arg_storage == COREDUMP_STORAGE_EXTERNAL ? arg_external_size_max : arg_journal_size_max;
+ if (arg_storage == COREDUMP_STORAGE_EXTERNAL)
+ return arg_external_size_max;
+ if (arg_storage == COREDUMP_STORAGE_JOURNAL)
+ return arg_journal_size_max;
+ assert(arg_storage == COREDUMP_STORAGE_NONE);
+ return 0;
}
static int fix_acl(int fd, uid_t uid) {
_cleanup_free_ char *fn = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
_cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
- uint64_t rlimit, max_size;
+ uint64_t rlimit, process_limit, max_size;
struct stat st;
uid_t uid;
int r;
return -EBADSLT;
}
+ process_limit = MAX(arg_process_size_max, storage_size_max());
+ if (process_limit == 0) {
+ log_debug("Limits for coredump processing and storage are both 0, not dumping core.");
+ return -EBADSLT;
+ }
+
/* Never store more than the process configured, or than we actually shall keep or process */
- max_size = MIN(rlimit, MAX(arg_process_size_max, storage_size_max()));
+ max_size = MIN(rlimit, process_limit);
r = make_filename(context, &fn);
if (r < 0)