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| author | Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> | 2012-03-23 15:02:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-03-23 16:58:42 -0700 |
| commit | accb61fe7bb0f5c2a4102239e4981650f9048519 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e7120b80944d9719684b94e0c419761ba2d59e1 /mm | |
| parent | 909af768e88867016f427264ae39d27a57b6a8ed (diff) | |
| download | lwn-accb61fe7bb0f5c2a4102239e4981650f9048519.tar.gz lwn-accb61fe7bb0f5c2a4102239e4981650f9048519.zip | |
coredump: add VM_NODUMP, MADV_NODUMP, MADV_CLEAR_NODUMP
Since we no longer need the VM_ALWAYSDUMP flag, let's use the freed bit
for 'VM_NODUMP' flag. The idea is is to add a new madvise() flag:
MADV_DONTDUMP, which can be set by applications to specifically request
memory regions which should not dump core.
The specific application I have in mind is qemu: we can add a flag there
that wouldn't dump all of guest memory when qemu dumps core. This flag
might also be useful for security sensitive apps that want to absolutely
make sure that parts of memory are not dumped. To clear the flag use:
MADV_DODUMP.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: s/MADV_NODUMP/MADV_DONTDUMP/, s/MADV_CLEAR_NODUMP/MADV_DODUMP/, per Roland]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix up the architectures which broke]
Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/madvise.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c index f5ab745672b7..1ccbba5b6674 100644 --- a/mm/madvise.c +++ b/mm/madvise.c @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct * vma, } new_flags &= ~VM_DONTCOPY; break; + case MADV_DONTDUMP: + new_flags |= VM_NODUMP; + break; + case MADV_DODUMP: + new_flags &= ~VM_NODUMP; + break; case MADV_MERGEABLE: case MADV_UNMERGEABLE: error = ksm_madvise(vma, start, end, behavior, &new_flags); @@ -293,6 +299,8 @@ madvise_behavior_valid(int behavior) case MADV_HUGEPAGE: case MADV_NOHUGEPAGE: #endif + case MADV_DONTDUMP: + case MADV_DODUMP: return 1; default: |