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authorChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-09-11 15:01:42 +0200
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-09-11 15:01:42 +0200
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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.h149
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 */