From f47aef55d9a18945fcdd7fd6bf01121ce973b91b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland McGrath Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:56:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] i386 vDSO: use VM_ALWAYSDUMP This patch fixes core dumps to include the vDSO vma, which is left out now. It removes the special-case core writing macros, which were not doing the right thing for the vDSO vma anyway. Instead, it uses VM_ALWAYSDUMP in the vma; there is no need for the fixmap page to be installed. It handles the CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO case by making elf_core_dump use the fake vma from get_gate_vma after real vmas in the same way the /proc/PID/maps code does. This changes core dumps so they no longer include the non-PT_LOAD phdrs from the vDSO. I made the change to add them in the first place, but in turned out that nothing ever wanted them there since the advent of NT_AUXV. It's cleaner to leave them out, and just let the phdrs inside the vDSO image speak for themselves. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/memory.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'mm') diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 5beb4b894c5a..ef09f0acb1d8 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -2608,6 +2608,13 @@ static int __init gate_vma_init(void) gate_vma.vm_end = FIXADDR_USER_END; gate_vma.vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_MAYREAD | VM_EXEC | VM_MAYEXEC; gate_vma.vm_page_prot = __P101; + /* + * Make sure the vDSO gets into every core dump. + * Dumping its contents makes post-mortem fully interpretable later + * without matching up the same kernel and hardware config to see + * what PC values meant. + */ + gate_vma.vm_flags |= VM_ALWAYSDUMP; return 0; } __initcall(gate_vma_init); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2