From 0b8725953e1b1112fb93e4d3bef210c286538ed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Volk Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:17:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] construct: Update comment. --- construct/construct.cc | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/construct/construct.cc b/construct/construct.cc index 7b8e23be9..c7a523087 100644 --- a/construct/construct.cc +++ b/construct/construct.cc @@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ try applyargs(); // cores are not dumped without consent of the user to maintain the privacy - // of cryptographic key material in memory at the time of the crash. + // of cryptographic key material in memory at the time of the crash. Note + // that on systems that support MADV_DONTDUMP such material will be excluded + // from the coredump. Nevertheless, other sensitive material such as user + // data may still be present in the core. if(RB_DEBUG_LEVEL || ircd::debugmode) enable_coredumps();