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Message-Id: <20091113150904.56c15910.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:09:04 -0800 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, systemtap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>, DLE <dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>, Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 1/3] Pass mm->flags to binfmt core_dump for bitflag consistency On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:52:27 -0500 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com> wrote: > Pass mm->flags to binfmt core_dump for bitflag consistency. > Since mm->flags bit flags is not protected by locks, it will be > changed while dumping core. This patch copies mm->flags to a > mm_flags local variable at the beginning of do_coredump() and > use it while dumping. mm_flags also includes dump_filter which > filters elf sections from core file in elf_core_dump(). > So, this patch also passes mm_flags to each binfmt->core_dump(). I can kind-of guess the answer, but it would be much more reliable if we were to hear this from yourself: Why did you write this patch? What problem is being observed? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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