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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index a43b78b4b646..dd49a89a62d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -212,6 +212,17 @@ pid>/``). This value defaults to 0. +core_sort_vma +============= + +The default coredump writes VMAs in address order. By setting +``core_sort_vma`` to 1, VMAs will be written from smallest size +to largest size. This is known to break at least elfutils, but +can be handy when dealing with very large (and truncated) +coredumps where the more useful debugging details are included +in the smaller VMAs. + + core_uses_pid ============= |