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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+*
+* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+* published by the Free Software Foundation.
+*
+* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+* accompanied this code).
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+*
+* Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+* or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+* questions.
+*
+*/
+
+#include "prims/jvm.h"
+#include "runtime/os.hpp"
+#include "utilities/vmError.hpp"
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+// Check core dump limit and report possible place where core can be found
+void os::check_or_create_dump(void* exceptionRecord, void* contextRecord, char* buffer, size_t bufferSize) {
+  struct rlimit rlim;
+  static char cwd[O_BUFLEN];
+  bool success;
+
+  get_current_directory(cwd, sizeof(cwd));
+
+  if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim) != 0) {
+    jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "%s/core or core.%d (may not exist)", cwd, current_process_id());
+    success = true;
+  } else {
+    switch(rlim.rlim_cur) {
+      case RLIM_INFINITY:
+        jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "%s/core or core.%d", cwd, current_process_id());
+        success = true;
+        break;
+      case 0:
+        jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try \"ulimit -c unlimited\" before starting Java again");
+        success = false;
+        break;
+      default:
+        jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "%s/core or core.%d (max size %lu kB). To ensure a full core dump, try \"ulimit -c unlimited\" before starting Java again", cwd, current_process_id(), (unsigned long)(rlim.rlim_cur >> 10));
+        success = true;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  VMError::report_coredump_status(buffer, success);
+}
+