linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kill USE_ELF_CORE

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0909262059200.21273@sister.anvils>
Date:	Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:03:27 +0100 (BST)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...alogix.com>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, microblaze-uclinux@...e.uq.edu.au,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kill USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> Currently all architectures but microblaze unconditionally define
> USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP.  The microblaze ommision seems like an error to
> me, so let's  kill this ifdef and make sure we are the same everywhere.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Yes, I came to a similar conclusion when I added get_dump_page():
#ifdef'ed it on CONFIG_ELF_CORE, but couldn't see the point of
USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP. (Though I missed the microblaze omission).

Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
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