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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 ++++
include/linux/mm.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 7cb2872..6fec8bf 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1178,6 +1178,10 @@ static int dump_seek(struct file *file,
*/
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 7691223..2d2c08d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void
#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
-
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