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Message-ID: <52535098.70405@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:23:52 +1100
From:	Ryan Mallon <rmallon@...il.com>
To:	Janani Venkataraman <jananive@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/19] Make vma_dump_size() generic

On 04/10/13 20:30, Janani Venkataraman wrote:
> From:Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki@...ibm.com>
> 
> vma_dump_size calculates the file size of a vma area in the core file. It
> assumes the vma belongs to the "current". Make it generic to work for any task.
> This will be reused by application core dump infrastructure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki@...ibm.com>
> ---

> -static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct task_struct *p, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  					unsigned long mm_flags)
>  {
>  #define FILTER(type)    (mm_flags & (1UL << MMF_DUMP_##type))
> @@ -143,10 +143,18 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  		 * Switch to the user "segment" for get_user(),
>  		 * then put back what elf_core_dump() had in place.
>  		 */
> -		set_fs(USER_DS);
> - 		if (unlikely(get_user(word, header)))
> - 			word = 0;
> -		set_fs(fs);
> +		if (p->mm == current->mm) {
> +			mm_segment_t fs = get_fs();

It looks like you missed the removal of the old:

	mm_segment_t fs = get_fs();

above? Just below if (FILTER(ELF_HEADERS)).

~Ryan
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