linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.28-rc2] CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS depends on ELF

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Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:37:00 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.28-rc2] CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS depends on ELF_CORE

On Thursday 30 October 2008, David Brownell wrote:
> From: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> 
> Kernels that don't support ELF coredumps at all surely can't
> be supporting new partial-segment flavored ELF coredumps ...
> don't make folk answer Kconfig questions about that flavor.

PING?

> 
> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
> ---
>  fs/Kconfig.binfmt |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
> +++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
>  config CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS
>  	bool "Write ELF core dumps with partial segments"
>  	default n
> -	depends on BINFMT_ELF
> +	depends on BINFMT_ELF && ELF_CORE
>  	help
>  	  ELF core dump files describe each memory mapping of the crashed
>  	  process, and can contain or omit the memory contents of each one.
> 


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