Add code to save various /proc files to a file when we crash (with core

generation). Tied to 2 configuration variables.

SelfDetect.cpp

@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@
 #include "SelfDetect.h"
 #include "Logger.h"
 #include "Exit.h"
+#include "Configuration.h"
 
 //SelfDetect gSelf;
 
+extern ConfigurationTable gConfig;
+
 static void e(void)
 {
     gSelf.Exit(-999);
@@ -73,11 +76,13 @@ void SelfDetect::RegisterProgram(const char *argv0)
     if (fp == NULL)
     {
     	LOG(ERR) << "*** Unable to create " << buf << ": " << strerror(errno);
-	Exit::exit(Exit::CREATEFILE);
+		Exit::exit(Exit::CREATEFILE);
     }
     fprintf(fp, "%d\n", getpid());
     fclose(fp);
     atexit(e);
+	gSigVec.CoreName(gConfig.getStr("Core.File"), gConfig.getBool("Core.Pid"));
+	gSigVec.TarName(gConfig.getStr("Core.TarFile"), gConfig.getBool("Core.SaveFiles"));
 
     // Now, register for all signals to do the cleanup
     for (int i = 1; i < UnixSignal::C_NSIG; i++)

UnixSignal.cpp

@@ -66,6 +66,30 @@ void UnixSignal::Handler(int sig)
 	    else
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, "%s", mCoreFile.c_str());
 	    WriteCoreDump(buf);
+
+	    // and save the files if needed
+	    if (mSaveFiles)
+	    {
+	    	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+		std::string s;
+		std::string p;
+		sprintf(buf, "%d", getpid());
+		p = buf;
+		s  = "rm -rf /tmp/staging." ; s += p; s += "/ ; ";
+		s += "mkdir /tmp/staging." ; s += p; s += "/ ; ";
+		s += "cp --parents /etc/issue /tmp/staging." ; s += p; s += "/ ; ";
+		s += "cp --parents /proc/cpuinfo /proc/interrupts /proc/iomem /proc/ioports /proc/diskstats /proc/loadavg /proc/locks /proc/meminfo /proc/softirqs /proc/stat /proc/uptime /proc/version /proc/version_signature /proc/vmstat /tmp/staging." ; s += p; s += "/ ; ";
+
+		s += "for i in cmdline cpuset environ io limits maps net/tcp net/udp net/tcp6 net/udp6 net/unix net/netstat sched schedstat smaps stat statm status ; ";
+		s += "do cp --parents /proc/" ; s += p; s += "/$i /tmp/staging." ; s += p; s += "/ ; ";
+		s += "cp --parents /proc/"; s += p; s += "/task/*/stat* /tmp/staging."; s += p; s += "/ ; ";
+		s += "done ; ";
+		s += "tar --create --verbose --file=- --directory=/proc/"; s += p; s += " fd | ( cd /tmp/staging."; s += p; s += "/proc/"; s += p; s += "/ ; tar xpvf - ) ; ";
+		s += "tar --create --verbose --file=- --directory=/tmp/staging."; s += p; s += "/ . | gzip > "; s += mTarFile; s += " ; ";
+		s += "rm -rf /tmp/staging." ; s += p;
+		printf("Running '%s'\n", s.c_str());
+		system(s.c_str());
+	    }
 	}
 	break;
     default:

UnixSignal.h

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ private:
     Mutex mLock[C_NSIG];
     bool mAddPid;				    // if true file is file.pid
     std::string mCoreFile;			    // name of file to save to
+    bool mSaveFiles;				    // if true, save /proc related files in a compressed tarball
+    std::string mTarFile;			    // tarball for proc files
 public:
     UnixSignal(void);
     ~UnixSignal(void);
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ public:
     void Handler(int sig);    // main signal handler, iterates through mListHandlers
     void Dump(void); // debug dump of list
     inline void CoreName(const std::string &coreFile, bool addPid) { mCoreFile = coreFile; mAddPid = addPid; }
+    inline void TarName(const std::string &tarFile, bool saveFiles) { mTarFile = tarFile; mSaveFiles = saveFiles; }
 };
 
 extern UnixSignal gSigVec;