linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] core dump: drop VM

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Message-ID: <20120307185035.GA2409@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2012 13:50:37 -0500
From:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
To:	Roland McGrath <mcgrathr@...gle.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, avi@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, qemu-devel@...gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] core dump: drop VM_ALWAYSDUMP flag

On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:59:58AM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com> wrote:
> > +       if (vma_name) {
> > +               if ((strcmp(vma_name, "[vdso]") == 0) ||
> > +                   (strcmp(vma_name, "[vectors]") == 0) ||
> > +                   (strcmp(vma_name, "[vsyscall]") == 0))
> 
> That's just disgusting.

well, sure, we can provide an arch interface, for this check. I'm more
concerned with the general idea. If it seems ok, I can re-do this bit
with an arch interface.

Thanks,

-Jason
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