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-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/process.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/hexagon/kernel/vdso.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c10
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c10
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/tile/mm/elf.c8
-rw-r--r--arch/unicore32/kernel/process.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/um/mem_32.c8
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c17
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/vdso/vma.c3
-rw-r--r--fs/binfmt_elf.c27
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm.h1
-rw-r--r--mm/memory.c8
15 files changed, 40 insertions, 69 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index c2ae3cd331fe..219e4efee1a6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -533,8 +533,7 @@ int vectors_user_mapping(void)
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
return install_special_mapping(mm, 0xffff0000, PAGE_SIZE,
VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
- VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC |
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP | VM_RESERVED,
+ VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_RESERVED,
NULL);
}
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vdso.c
index 16277c33308a..f212a453b527 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
/* MAYWRITE to allow gdb to COW and set breakpoints. */
ret = install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base, PAGE_SIZE,
VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
- VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
&vdso_page);
if (ret)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c
index e5cdfd603f8f..0f1af58b036a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, PAGE_SIZE,
VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
- VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
&vdso_page);
if (ret)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
index 7d14bb697d40..d36ee1055f88 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -263,17 +263,11 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
* the "data" page of the vDSO or you'll stop getting kernel updates
* and your nice userland gettimeofday will be totally dead.
* It's fine to use that for setting breakpoints in the vDSO code
- * pages though
- *
- * 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.
+ * pages though.
*/
rc = install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base, vdso_pages << PAGE_SHIFT,
VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
- VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
vdso_pagelist);
if (rc) {
current->mm->context.vdso_base = 0;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c
index e704a9965f90..9c80138206b0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -241,17 +241,11 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
* on the "data" page of the vDSO or you'll stop getting kernel
* updates and your nice userland gettimeofday will be totally dead.
* It's fine to use that for setting breakpoints in the vDSO code
- * pages though
- *
- * 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.
+ * pages though.
*/
rc = install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base, vdso_pages << PAGE_SHIFT,
VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
- VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
vdso_pagelist);
if (rc)
current->mm->context.vdso_base = 0;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c b/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c
index 1d6d51a1ce79..5ca579720a09 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, PAGE_SIZE,
VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
- VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC |
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC,
syscall_pages);
if (unlikely(ret))
goto up_fail;
diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/elf.c b/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
index 55e58e93bfc5..1a00fb64fc88 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
@@ -117,17 +117,11 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
/*
* MAYWRITE to allow gdb to COW and set breakpoints
- *
- * 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.
*/
vdso_base = VDSO_BASE;
retval = install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base, PAGE_SIZE,
VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
- VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
vdso_pages);
#ifndef __tilegx__
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/process.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/process.c
index 52edc2b62873..432b4291f37b 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/process.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ int vectors_user_mapping(void)
return install_special_mapping(mm, 0xffff0000, PAGE_SIZE,
VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC |
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP | VM_RESERVED,
+ VM_RESERVED,
NULL);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/mem_32.c b/arch/x86/um/mem_32.c
index 639900a6fde9..f40281e5d6a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/mem_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/mem_32.c
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ static int __init gate_vma_init(void)
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);
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c
index 91f4ec9a0a56..af91901babb8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
err = install_special_mapping(mm, um_vdso_addr, PAGE_SIZE,
VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
- VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
vdsop);
up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
index 468d591dde31..a944020fa859 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
@@ -250,13 +250,7 @@ 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;
}
@@ -343,17 +337,10 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
if (compat_uses_vma || !compat) {
/*
* MAYWRITE to allow gdb to COW and set breakpoints
- *
- * 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.
*/
ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, PAGE_SIZE,
VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
- VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
vdso32_pages);
if (ret)
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
index 153407c35b75..17e18279649f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, vdso_size,
VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
- VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+ VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
vdso_pages);
if (ret) {
current->mm->context.vdso = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 81878b78c9d4..b64be5b5ac21 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1093,6 +1093,29 @@ out:
*/
/*
+ * The purpose of always_dump_vma() is to make sure that special kernel mappings
+ * that are useful for post-mortem analysis are included in every core dump.
+ * In that way we ensure that the core dump is fully interpretable later
+ * without matching up the same kernel and hardware config to see what PC values
+ * meant. These special mappings include - vDSO, vsyscall, and other
+ * architecture specific mappings
+ */
+static bool always_dump_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ /* Any vsyscall mappings? */
+ if (vma == get_gate_vma(vma->vm_mm))
+ return true;
+ /*
+ * arch_vma_name() returns non-NULL for special architecture mappings,
+ * such as vDSO sections.
+ */
+ if (arch_vma_name(vma))
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+/*
* Decide what to dump of a segment, part, all or none.
*/
static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1100,8 +1123,8 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
{
#define FILTER(type) (mm_flags & (1UL << MMF_DUMP_##type))
- /* The vma can be set up to tell us the answer directly. */
- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ALWAYSDUMP)
+ /* always dump the vdso and vsyscall sections */
+ if (always_dump_vma(vma))
goto whole;
/* Hugetlb memory check */
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7330742e7973..2de2ddba51d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
#define VM_HUGEPAGE 0x01000000 /* MADV_HUGEPAGE marked this vma */
#endif
#define VM_INSERTPAGE 0x02000000 /* The vma has had "vm_insert_page()" done on it */
-#define VM_ALWAYSDUMP 0x04000000 /* Always include in core dumps */
#define VM_CAN_NONLINEAR 0x08000000 /* Has ->fault & does nonlinear pages */
#define VM_MIXEDMAP 0x10000000 /* Can contain "struct page" and pure PFN pages */
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 3416b6e018d6..6105f475fa86 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3623,13 +3623,7 @@ 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);
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