The patch titled Add VM_ALWAYSDUMP has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was add-vm_alwaysdump.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Add VM_ALWAYSDUMP From: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch adds the VM_ALWAYSDUMP flag for vm_flags in vm_area_struct. This provides a clean explicit way to have a vma always included in core dumps, as is needed for vDSO's. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 ++++ include/linux/mm.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/binfmt_elf.c~add-vm_alwaysdump fs/binfmt_elf.c --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~add-vm_alwaysdump +++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -1178,6 +1178,10 @@ static int dump_seek(struct file *file, */ static int maydump(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { + /* The vma can be set up to tell us the answer directly. */ + if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ALWAYSDUMP) + return 1; + /* Do not dump I/O mapped devices or special mappings */ if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_RESERVED)) return 0; diff -puN include/linux/mm.h~add-vm_alwaysdump include/linux/mm.h --- a/include/linux/mm.h~add-vm_alwaysdump +++ a/include/linux/mm.h @@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void #define VM_NONLINEAR 0x00800000 /* Is non-linear (remap_file_pages) */ #define VM_MAPPED_COPY 0x01000000 /* T if mapped copy of data (nommu mmap) */ #define VM_INSERTPAGE 0x02000000 /* The vma has had "vm_insert_page()" done on it */ +#define VM_ALWAYSDUMP 0x04000000 /* Always include in core dumps */ #ifndef VM_STACK_DEFAULT_FLAGS /* arch can override this */ #define VM_STACK_DEFAULT_FLAGS VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from roland@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch add-install_special_mapping.patch i386-vdso-use-install_special_mapping.patch x86_64-ia32-vdso-use-install_special_mapping.patch powerpc-vdso-use-install_special_mapping.patch sh-vdso-use-install_special_mappingpatch.patch arch-i386-kernel-ptracec-trivial-whitespace-cleanup.patch i386-kwatch-kernel-watchpoints-using-cpu-debug-registers.patch i386-kwatch-kernel-watchpoints-using-cpu-debug-registers-fix.patch transform-kmem_cache_allocmemset0-kmem_cache_zalloc.patch clone-flag-clone_parent_tidptr-leaves-invalid-results-in-memory.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