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diff --git a/doc/TODO_crash_dump_fields b/doc/TODO_crash_dump_fields index 86112319..39ae3b8c 100644 --- a/doc/TODO_crash_dump_fields +++ b/doc/TODO_crash_dump_fields @@ -104,3 +104,28 @@ for (each crash_data element) Can it be done better, so that we dont need to rewrite each of these places every time we add a new field? + + + "log" element + +Currently, we only save last reporter's message into "message" element. + +Is there a value in replacing/extending this functionality with multi-line, +timestamped log saved in dump dir? Something along the lines of: + +YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss <stat> <text> + +<text> is output lines of run_event_on_FOO() calls. +One special case is when reporter exits (or dies from signal like SIGSEGV) +without producing any output. In this case, we ourself may generate +a message like "abrt-action-bugzilla: killed byu SIGSEGV". + +<stat> is a failure indicator. We already consider last line logged +from event processing as its success/failure message, but we don't save +success/failure status per se. <stat> is this place. +In the most simple case it may be a '+' or '-' char, or space +for non-final log messages. + +In order to not overflow the log, I propose to delete oldest lines +when we reach, say, 10000 lines (which limits it to ~100k). + |