Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:09:04 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -tip 1/3] Pass mm->flags to binfmt core_dump for bitflag consistency |
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On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:52:27 -0500 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> wrote:
> Pass mm->flags to binfmt core_dump for bitflag consistency. > Since mm->flags bit flags is not protected by locks, it will be > changed while dumping core. This patch copies mm->flags to a > mm_flags local variable at the beginning of do_coredump() and > use it while dumping. mm_flags also includes dump_filter which > filters elf sections from core file in elf_core_dump(). > So, this patch also passes mm_flags to each binfmt->core_dump().
I can kind-of guess the answer, but it would be much more reliable if we were to hear this from yourself:
Why did you write this patch? What problem is being observed?
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