From e5b97dde514f9bd43f9e525451d0a863c4fc8a9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland McGrath Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:56:48 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] Add VM_ALWAYSDUMP This patch adds the VM_ALWAYSDUMP flag for vm_flags in vm_area_struct. This provides a clean explicit way to have a vma always included in core dumps, as is needed for vDSO's. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 ++++ include/linux/mm.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index 7cb28720f90e..6fec8bfa6bac 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -1178,6 +1178,10 @@ static int dump_seek(struct file *file, loff_t off) */ static int maydump(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { + /* The vma can be set up to tell us the answer directly. */ + if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ALWAYSDUMP) + return 1; + /* Do not dump I/O mapped devices or special mappings */ if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_RESERVED)) return 0; diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 76912231af41..2d2c08d5f473 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp); #define VM_NONLINEAR 0x00800000 /* Is non-linear (remap_file_pages) */ #define VM_MAPPED_COPY 0x01000000 /* T if mapped copy of data (nommu mmap) */ #define VM_INSERTPAGE 0x02000000 /* The vma has had "vm_insert_page()" done on it */ +#define VM_ALWAYSDUMP 0x04000000 /* Always include in core dumps */ #ifndef VM_STACK_DEFAULT_FLAGS /* arch can override this */ #define VM_STACK_DEFAULT_FLAGS VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS -- 2.20.1