cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sig.c

[Alfred Perlstein]

* Robert Watson <rwatson at freebsd.org> [031025 23:46] wrote:
> 
> > How would a mere flag help fix the real complexities for nfs?
> 
> Well, the point of the locking originally introduced in the core dump code
> was presumably to help avoid a common case scenario: corrupted core dumps
> due to parallel dumping.  Given the difficulty in addressing the problem

Actually a DoS like situation where tons of cores are running at the
same time is really the problem.