Allow to set custom core file size with --ulimit-core argument.
This argument can be set in ovs config file
in rhel can set OPTIONS in /etc/sysconfig/openvswitch
in debian can set OVS_CTL_OPTS in /etc/default/openvswitch-switch.
Signed-off-by: Roi Dayan <r...@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaet...@nvidia.com>
---
Notes:
v2
- Add doc to man page and NEWS files.
Documentation/ref/ovs-ctl.8.rst | 5 +++++
NEWS | 2 ++
utilities/ovs-ctl.in | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ref/ovs-ctl.8.rst b/Documentation/ref/ovs-ctl.8.rst
index 75b3e16f370b..8a4509f0e4b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/ref/ovs-ctl.8.rst
+++ b/Documentation/ref/ovs-ctl.8.rst
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ The following options are less important:
Sets the Linux Out-Of-Memory (OOM) killer score for the OVS daemon
after it's been started.
+* ``--ulimit-core=<LIMIT>``
+
+ Sets ulimit core file size for the OVS daemon after it's
+ been started.
+
* ``--ovsdb-server-priority=<niceness>`` or
``--ovs-vswitchd-priority=<niceness>``
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9667296657d9..dfd88a069df9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Post-v3.5.0
- ovs-ctl:
* Added a new option, --oom-score=<score>, to set the daemons' Linux
Out-Of-Memory (OOM) killer score.
+ * Added a new option, --ulimit-core=<LIMIT>, to set the daemon's ulimit
+ core file size.
- SSL/TLS:
* Support for deprecated TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 protocols on OpenFlow and
database connections is now removed.
diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
index 077e1f65a321..c65c76812ed5 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ check_core_config () {
ulimit -c unlimited
fi
elif test X"$FORCE_COREFILES" = Xyes; then
- ulimit -c 67108864
+ ulimit -c $ULIMIT_CORE
fi
}
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ set_defaults () {
OVSDB_SERVER_UMASK=
OVS_VSWITCHD_UMASK=
OOM_SCORE=
+ ULIMIT_CORE=67108864
DB_FILE=$dbdir/conf.db
DB_SOCK=$rundir/db.sock
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ Less important options for "start", "restart" and
"force-reload-kmod":
--no-record-hostname do not attempt to determine/record system
hostname as part of start command
--oom-score=SCORE Set oom-score after starting ovs daemon.
+ --ulimit-core=LIMIT Set ulimit core file size.
Debugging options for "start", "restart" and "force-reload-kmod":
--ovsdb-server-wrapper=WRAPPER
--
2.21.0
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