Unable to change the file name of core dump file

Question

I have done the following changes:

1. Edited the file /etc/security/limits.conf , so that the core file size is 'unlimited'. Verified it using the command #ulimit -c which shows as 'unlimited'.

2. Appended the file /etc/sysctl.conf as per the following:
   kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
kernel.core_pattern = /tmp/%e.core.%p
fs.suid_dumpable = 2
   Saved the changes using sysctl -p

3. compiled the file as follows:
   $gcc -g pointer.c -o pointeraccess
   result-successfully compiled

4. Executed the file in GDB as follows:
   $gdb pointeraccess

After getting an arithmetic exception, it outputs as follows:

(gdb) run

Starting program: /media/anand/d258641a-8cc6-4fcf-96e4-

ce7a147cb34e/Important/Debugging Workspace/pointeraccess

Program received signal SIGFPE, Arithmetic exception.

0x08048477 in main () at pointeraccess.c:13

13 i=i/0;

(gdb) gcore

Saved corefile core.1880

My question is: Why the filename is core.pid instead of program_name.core.pid ?

Answer 1

Update the core-pattern:

echo "core.%e.%p" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

%e indicates the name of the binary

With the above pattern, I was able to have core dumped which contains executable name and pid.

Edit:

Running it outside of GDB results in filename in core file. Running it with GDB, I suppose gcore takes control.