linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] coredump: ELF: enable to omit anonymous shared memory

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Date:	Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:49:13 +0900
From:	"Kawai, Hidehiro" <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	"Kawai, Hidehiro" <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Robin Holt <holt@....com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	sugita <yumiko.sugita.yf@...achi.com>,
	Satoshi OSHIMA <soshima@...hat.com>,
	Hideo AOKI <haoki@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] coredump: ELF: enable to omit anonymous shared memory

This patch enables to omit anonymous shared memory from an ELF
formatted core file when it is generated.

Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>
---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.20-mm2/fs/binfmt_elf.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.20-mm2.orig/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ linux-2.6.20-mm2/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1191,9 +1191,15 @@ static int maydump(struct vm_area_struct
 	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_RESERVED))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Dump shared memory only if mapped from an anonymous file. */
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
-		return vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_nlink == 0;
+	/*
+	 * Dump shared memory only if mapped from an anonymous file and
+	 * /proc/<pid>/coredump_omit_anonymous_shared flag is not set.
+	 */
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
+		if (vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_nlink)
+			return 0;
+		return vma->vm_mm->coredump_omit_anon_shared == 0;
+	}
 
 	/* If it hasn't been written to, don't write it out */
 	if (!vma->anon_vma)


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