microsoft / microsoft/ProcDump-for-Linux
Make -s switch behavior consistent with Windows version
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Description
The -s switch needs to behave as the Windows version. On Windows, the -s switch states to only generate a dump if the condition was true throughout the -s interval. On Linux version, we generate a core dump immediately when the condition triggers and then wait for -s interval.
Here is an example of Windows:
Write up to 3 mini dumps of a process named 'consume' when it exceeds 20% CPU usage for five seconds:
C:>procdump -c 20 -s 5 -n 3 consume
So, we need to pull the metrics multiple times throughout the -s time period and only generate if they all satisfied the threshold.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the Linux implementation of the -s switch and its metric-sampling path, then compare its timing with the Windows behavior described in the issue. The work is done when metrics are sampled throughout the -s interval and a dump is generated only if every sample satisfies the threshold, while the example command behaves consistently.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100