Re: [Valgrind-developers] Fix for bug 162848: - --log-file output isn't split when a program forks

[John R. <jr...@bi...>]

On 12/29/2016 07:09 AM, Eliot Moss wrote:
> On 12/29/2016 8:50 AM, Ivo Raisr wrote:
>> Dear developers,
>> Please kindly review proposed patch for bug 162848 [1]
>> and let me know your comments.
>> Kind regards,
>> I.
>>
>> [1] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162848
>
> I had developed a patch some time ago that allows for a script to
> be invoked to generate the log file name to be used for each fork.
> Among other things, this allows for a fresh named pipe to be created
> with a process at the other end to consume the output (for me,
> typically gzip, to compress large traces).
>
> AFAIK it is still pending because I did not provide a regression
> test case (sigh).  Maybe this should be revived and I should create
> a test case.  Let me know if you would like the patch posted here.

Post it as an attachment to some bug report: your own, or Ivo's bug report above.