The patch titled Subject: proc: document CoreDumping flag in /proc/<pid>/status has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was proc-coredump-add-coredumping-flag-to-proc-pid-status-fix.patch This patch was dropped because it was folded into proc-coredump-add-coredumping-flag-to-proc-pid-status.patch ------------------------------------------------------ From: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx> Subject: proc: document CoreDumping flag in /proc/<pid>/status Add description for the CoreDumping flag in /proc/<pid>/status. The flag is intended to be used to avoid killing processes during the generation of the coredump files and avoid getting corrupted coredump files. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170928135357.GA8470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt~proc-coredump-add-coredumping-flag-to-proc-pid-status-fix Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt~proc-coredump-add-coredumping-flag-to-proc-pid-status-fix +++ a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status: VmPTE: 20 kb VmSwap: 0 kB HugetlbPages: 0 kB + CoreDumping: 0 Threads: 1 SigQ: 0/28578 SigPnd: 0000000000000000 @@ -253,6 +254,8 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files VmSwap amount of swap used by anonymous private data (shmem swap usage is not included) HugetlbPages size of hugetlb memory portions + CoreDumping process's memory is currently being dumped + (killing the process may lead to a corrupted core) Threads number of threads SigQ number of signals queued/max. number for queue SigPnd bitmap of pending signals for the thread _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from guro@xxxxxx are proc-coredump-add-coredumping-flag-to-proc-pid-status.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html