linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] uprobes: use vm_special

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Message-ID: <CALCETrWoFdim09Z6-9UNj3JJHYd-3wnBq-WaJ9m=5DV20T-Ovw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jul 2015 14:50:27 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] uprobes: use vm_special_mapping to name the xol vma

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> Change xol_add_vma() to use _install_special_mapping(), this way
> we can name the vma installed by uprobes. Currently it looks like
> private anonymous mapping, this is confusing and complicates the
> debugging. With this change /proc/$pid/maps reports "[uprobes]".

I think this will cause core dumps to include it as a side effect.  Is
that okay?

--Andy
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