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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 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 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 |