linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Extend core dump note section to contain file names of mapped files

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Message-ID: <4F77C972.2000200@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:20:18 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Extend core dump note section to contain file names of
 mapped files

On 03/31/2012 08:13 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> I propose to save this information in core dump, as a new note
>> in note segment.
> 
> Seems like a good idea but rather than write complicated code i would just reuse
> the /proc/*/maps code and dump it in that format?
> 

Does /proc/*/maps handle oddball characters in filenames?

	-hpa


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