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Jann Horn 429a22e776 coredump: rework elf/elf_fdpic vma_dump_size() into common helper
At the moment, the binfmt_elf and binfmt_elf_fdpic code have slightly
different code to figure out which VMAs should be dumped, and if so,
whether the dump should contain the entire VMA or just its first page.

Eliminate duplicate code by reworking the binfmt_elf version into a
generic core dumping helper in coredump.c.

As part of that, change the heuristic for detecting executable/library
header pages to check whether the inode is executable instead of looking
at the file mode.

This is less problematic in terms of locking because it lets us avoid
get_user() under the mmap_sem.  (And arguably it looks nicer and makes
more sense in generic code.)

Adjust a little bit based on the binfmt_elf_fdpic version: ->anon_vma is
only meaningful under CONFIG_MMU, otherwise we have to assume that the VMA
has been written to.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200827114932.3572699-5-jannh@google.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
Documentation XArray: add xas_split 2020-10-16 11:11:15 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/deprecated: add Zlib license text 2020-09-16 14:33:49 +02:00
arch mm/memory_hotplug: prepare passing flags to add_memory() and friends 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
block - Improve DM core's bio splitting to use blk_max_size_offset(). Also 2020-10-14 15:05:38 -07:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto drivers-5.10-2020-10-12 2020-10-13 13:04:41 -07:00
drivers zram: failing to decompress is WARN_ON worthy 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
fs coredump: rework elf/elf_fdpic vma_dump_size() into common helper 2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
include coredump: rework elf/elf_fdpic vma_dump_size() into common helper 2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
init Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2020-10-15 15:11:56 -07:00
ipc ipc: adjust proc_ipc_sem_dointvec definition to match prototype 2020-09-05 12:14:29 -07:00
kernel kernel: acct.c: fix some kernel-doc nits 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
lib lib/crc32.c: fix trivial typo in preprocessor condition 2020-10-16 11:11:20 -07:00
mm binfmt_elf_fdpic: stop using dump_emit() on user pointers on !MMU 2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
net io_uring-5.10-2020-10-12 2020-10-13 12:36:21 -07:00
samples configfs updates for 5.10 2020-10-15 14:52:45 -07:00
scripts checkpatch: add new warnings to author signoff checks. 2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
security Char/Misc driver patches for 5.10-rc1 2020-10-15 10:01:51 -07:00
sound dma-mapping updates for 5.10 2020-10-15 14:43:29 -07:00
tools tools/testing/selftests: add self-test for verifying load alignment 2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
usr Merge branch 'work.fdpic' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-08-07 13:29:39 -07:00
virt KVM: fix memory leak in kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev() 2020-09-11 13:15:11 -04:00
.clang-format memblock: use separate iterators for memory and reserved regions 2020-10-13 18:38:35 -07:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Hartmut Knaack to Credits 2020-09-06 17:02:44 +01:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com -> jarkko@kernel.org 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
Makefile Revert "kbuild: disable clang's default use of -fmerge-all-constants" 2020-10-13 18:38:26 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.