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[PATCH] Add VM_ALWAYSDUMP

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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 <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Roland McGrath 2007-01-26 00:56:48 -08:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
parent b6558c4a23
commit e5b97dde51
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@ -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;