- /* This ought to be an exit(0), but log4shib does not play well with our (mis)use of threads and
- * fork() in the main process. Until we sort that out, we abort() to force termination of this
- * process. */
+ /* This ought to be an exit(0), but log4shib does not play well with fork() due to
+ * threading issues. To ensure we do not get stuck in the exit handler, we will
+ * abort. First disable core dump for this subprocess (the main process will still
+ * dump core if the environment allows). */
+ rlim.rlim_cur = 0; /* max core size of 0 */
+ rlim.rlim_max = 0; /* prevent the core size limit from being raised later */
+ setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);