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| author | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2026-09-11 15:01:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2026-09-11 15:01:42 +0200 |
| commit | 0995e1810fd146392b8cdd956c28486c68d4f94b (patch) | |
| tree | 35458ca5ce4e59f59cf16a021398cd46f00b4565 /include/uapi | |
| parent | 352002126fefbb9de86d9f08387abfc4bc298968 (diff) | |
| parent | 582e5e0d99ac356fac9656767070269bb4ffc1b2 (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-0995e1810fd146392b8cdd956c28486c68d4f94b.tar.gz linux-next-0995e1810fd146392b8cdd956c28486c68d4f94b.zip | |
Merge branch 'vfs-7.4.coredump' into vfs.all
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/coredump.h | 149 |
1 files changed, 145 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/coredump.h b/include/uapi/linux/coredump.h index dc3789b78af0..6d0c53b534ea 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/coredump.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/coredump.h @@ -11,12 +11,53 @@ * @COREDUMP_USERSPACE: userspace writes coredump * @COREDUMP_REJECT: don't generate coredump * @COREDUMP_WAIT: wait for coredump server + * @COREDUMP_RECORDS: send the coredump as a sequence of records instead of + * as a plain byte stream, see struct coredump_record_header; + * requires COREDUMP_KERNEL + * @COREDUMP_SPARSE: describe the holes in the coredump as zero records + * instead of transferring them; requires COREDUMP_RECORDS + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_TYPES: dump the memory types in + * coredump_ack->memory_types instead of the ones + * the task selected; requires COREDUMP_KERNEL */ enum { COREDUMP_KERNEL = (1ULL << 0), COREDUMP_USERSPACE = (1ULL << 1), COREDUMP_REJECT = (1ULL << 2), COREDUMP_WAIT = (1ULL << 3), + COREDUMP_RECORDS = (1ULL << 4), + COREDUMP_SPARSE = (1ULL << 5), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_TYPES = (1ULL << 6), +}; + +/** + * coredump memory types + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_ANON_PRIVATE: anonymous private memory + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_ANON_SHARED: anonymous shared memory + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_FILE_PRIVATE: file-backed private memory + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_FILE_SHARED: file-backed shared memory + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_ELF_HEADERS: the first page of a file-backed private + * mapping that starts an ELF file + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_HUGETLB_PRIVATE: hugetlb private memory + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_HUGETLB_SHARED: hugetlb shared memory + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_DAX_PRIVATE: DAX private memory + * @COREDUMP_MEMORY_DAX_SHARED: DAX shared memory + * + * A bitmask of memory types a coredump may request to be included. New + * memory type bits must ensure that they do not steal memory from an + * existing one so a coredump server will continue to get the same + * coredumps even if a new bit is introduced. + */ +enum { + COREDUMP_MEMORY_ANON_PRIVATE = (1ULL << 0), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_ANON_SHARED = (1ULL << 1), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_FILE_PRIVATE = (1ULL << 2), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_FILE_SHARED = (1ULL << 3), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_ELF_HEADERS = (1ULL << 4), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_HUGETLB_PRIVATE = (1ULL << 5), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_HUGETLB_SHARED = (1ULL << 6), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_DAX_PRIVATE = (1ULL << 7), + COREDUMP_MEMORY_DAX_SHARED = (1ULL << 8), }; /** @@ -24,17 +65,19 @@ enum { * @size: size of struct coredump_req * @size_ack: known size of struct coredump_ack on this kernel * @mask: supported features + * @memory_types: the memory types the task selected + * @memory_types_mask: the memory types this kernel knows * * When a coredump happens the kernel will connect to the coredump * socket and send a coredump request to the coredump server. The @size * member is set to the size of struct coredump_req and provides a hint * to userspace how much data can be read. Userspace may use MSG_PEEK to * peek the size of struct coredump_req and then choose to consume it in - * one go. Userspace may also simply read a COREDUMP_ACK_SIZE_VER0 + * one go. Userspace may also simply read a COREDUMP_REQ_SIZE_VER0 * request. If the size the kernel sends is larger userspace simply * discards any remaining data. * - * The coredump_req->mask member is set to the currently know features. + * The coredump_req->mask member is set to the currently known features. * Userspace may only set coredump_ack->mask to the bits raised by the * kernel in coredump_req->mask. * @@ -42,15 +85,27 @@ enum { * struct coredump_ack the kernel knows. Userspace may only send up to * coredump_req->size_ack bytes to the kernel and must set * coredump_ack->size accordingly. + * + * @memory_types is set to the default memory types that are included in + * the coredump. This can be overridden by raising bits in + * coredump_ack->memory_types. + * + * @memory_types_mask contains a bitmask of all memory types the kernel + * knows about. A coredump server may only raise bits in + * coredump_ack->memory_types that are raised in + * coredump_req->memory_types_mask. */ struct coredump_req { __u32 size; __u32 size_ack; __u64 mask; + __u64 memory_types; + __u64 memory_types_mask; }; enum { COREDUMP_REQ_SIZE_VER0 = 16U, /* size of first published struct */ + COREDUMP_REQ_SIZE_VER1 = 32U, /* memory_types and memory_types_mask added */ }; /** @@ -58,6 +113,8 @@ enum { * @size: size of the struct * @spare: unused * @mask: features kernel is supposed to use + * @memory_types: memory types to dump, only with COREDUMP_MEMORY_TYPES + * in @mask * * The @size member must be set to the size of struct coredump_ack. It * may never exceed what the kernel returned in coredump_req->size_ack @@ -67,15 +124,30 @@ enum { * The @mask member must be set to the features the coredump server * wants the kernel to use. Only bits the kernel returned in * coredump_req->mask may be set. + * + * If COREDUMP_MEMORY_TYPES is raised in @mask the kernel dumps the + * memory types set in the @memory_types mask. Zero is valid and dumps + * no memory apart from the mappings that are always dumped. + * + * Note that memory a task excluded via MADV_DONTDUMP is always left + * out. A coredump server wanting to add or drop memory types instead of + * outright replacing it should simply copy coredump_req->memory_types + * and then mask off or raise types as needed. + * + * Note that @memory_types must be zero if COREDUMP_MEMORY_TYPES isn't + * raised. COREDUMP_MEMORY_TYPES requires COREDUMP_KERNEL and an ack of + * at least COREDUMP_ACK_SIZE_VER1 bytes. */ struct coredump_ack { __u32 size; __u32 spare; __u64 mask; + __u64 memory_types; }; enum { COREDUMP_ACK_SIZE_VER0 = 16U, /* size of first published struct */ + COREDUMP_ACK_SIZE_VER1 = 24U, /* memory_types added */ }; /** @@ -83,11 +155,12 @@ enum { * * The kernel will place a single byte on the coredump socket. The * markers notify userspace whether the coredump ack succeeded or - * failed. + * failed. After any marker other than COREDUMP_MARK_REQACK the kernel + * closes the connection and no coredump is generated. * * @COREDUMP_MARK_MINSIZE: the provided coredump_ack size was too small * @COREDUMP_MARK_MAXSIZE: the provided coredump_ack size was too big - * @COREDUMP_MARK_UNSUPPORTED: the provided coredump_ack mask was invalid + * @COREDUMP_MARK_UNSUPPORTED: the provided coredump_ack mask or memory types were invalid * @COREDUMP_MARK_CONFLICTING: the provided coredump_ack mask has conflicting options * @COREDUMP_MARK_REQACK: the coredump request and ack was successful * @__COREDUMP_MARK_MAX: the maximum coredump mark value @@ -101,4 +174,72 @@ enum coredump_mark { __COREDUMP_MARK_MAX = (1U << 31), }; +/** + * enum coredump_record_type - Type of a coredump record + * + * @COREDUMP_RECORD_DATA: the header is followed by ->len bytes of data + * @COREDUMP_RECORD_END: the coredump ends here, the header is not followed + * by any data and no further record is sent + * @COREDUMP_RECORD_ZERO: the header stands for ->len zero bytes and is not + * followed by any data + * @__COREDUMP_RECORD_TYPE_MAX: the maximum coredump record type value + */ +enum coredump_record_type { + COREDUMP_RECORD_DATA = 0U, + COREDUMP_RECORD_END = 1U, + COREDUMP_RECORD_ZERO = 2U, + __COREDUMP_RECORD_TYPE_MAX = (1U << 31), +}; + +/** + * struct coredump_record_header - header of a coredump record + * @size: size of struct coredump_record_header + * @type: one of enum coredump_record_type + * @flags: modifiers for this record + * @offset: offset in the coredump this record starts at + * @len: number of coredump bytes this record accounts for + * + * If the coredump server raises COREDUMP_RECORDS in coredump_ack->mask + * the kernel doesn't send the coredump as a plain byte stream. It sends + * a sequence of records instead. A COREDUMP_RECORD_DATA record is + * followed by @len bytes of actual coredump data. A + * COREDUMP_RECORD_ZERO record is followed by nothing and stands for + * @len zero bytes. A server that didn't raise COREDUMP_SPARSE never + * sees a zero record. Records arrive in order and leave no gaps. So + * @offset is the sum of the @len of all records before it. + * + * The last record is a COREDUMP_RECORD_END record. It is followed by + * nothing. Its @len is zero. Its @offset is the size of the coredump. + * The kernel only sends it once it has written the whole coredump. A + * server that hits end-of-file without having seen an end record must + * treat the coredump as incomplete. + * + * The @size member is set to the size of struct coredump_record_header + * the kernel knows and lets the header grow later. It comes first so it + * can be peeked. Userspace must consume @size bytes and discard + * anything beyond what it knows. It must refuse a @size smaller than + * COREDUMP_RECORD_HEADER_SIZE_VER0. @size covers the header alone. + * @offset and @len count coredump bytes. + * + * The @flags member carries modifiers that change how the record is to + * be interpreted. No flag is defined yet. Userspace must refuse a + * record carrying a flag or a type it doesn't know. Every new record + * type is raised in coredump_req->mask as a feature of its own. A + * server only ever sees the types it asked for. + * + * COREDUMP_RECORDS must be combined with COREDUMP_KERNEL, and + * COREDUMP_SPARSE with COREDUMP_RECORDS. + */ +struct coredump_record_header { + __u32 size; + __u32 type; + __u64 flags; + __u64 offset; + __u64 len; +}; + +enum { + COREDUMP_RECORD_HEADER_SIZE_VER0 = 32U, /* size of first published struct */ +}; + #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_COREDUMP_H */ |
