On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:53:34 +0800 Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Alex Kelly <alex.page.kelly@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Alex <eshink@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > This was done in preparation for making core dump functionality optional. > > > > The variable "suid_dumpable" and associated functions are left in fs/exec.c > > because they're used elsewhere, such as in ptrace. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alex Kelly <alex.page.kelly@xxxxxxxxx> > > Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Looks good to me: Me too, but the first patch conflicts somewhat with a few pending changes in linux-next. I could fix them up, but would prefer that the result be tested. Alex, could you please redo the patches against linux-next or mmotm? Also, the patch titles could be improved. I suggest coredump: move core dump functionality into its own file coredump: make core dump functionality optional Documentation/SubmittingPatches section 15 describes the thinking here. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html