Re: [PATCH] Extend core dump note section to contain file names of mapped files

2012-07-12 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Wednesday 11 July 2012 17:15, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > On 07/11, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > > > I propose to save this information in core dump, as a new note > > in note segment. > > Denys, I am in no position to discuss whether we need this change or not, > format, etc. I'll only try to comment

RE: [PATCH] Extend core dump note section to contain file names of mapped files

2012-07-11 Thread Jonathan M. Foote
Hello all, For what it's worth several security teams that use the CERT Triage Tools have requested a feature (post-mortem analysis of core files) that will be supported by this functionality. This feature in the CERT Triage Tools would be more complete if siginfo was included in the core files

Re: [PATCH] Extend core dump note section to contain file names of mapped files

2012-07-11 Thread Oleg Nesterov
On 07/11, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > I propose to save this information in core dump, as a new note > in note segment. Denys, I am in no position to discuss whether we need this change or not, format, etc. I'll only try to comment the code. And please do not use the attachments ;) > +static void