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    [PATCH] i386 vDSO: use VM_ALWAYSDUMP · f47aef55
    Roland McGrath authored
    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: default avatarRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
    Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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