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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2025-03-07 11:49:33 -1000 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2025-03-07 11:49:33 -1000 |
| commit | dd047efbe0e086f6ea82774cb239ec4c64a86d76 (patch) | |
| tree | 88116fb4a6b7980ac78d4519599f38fc5928eddc /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | |
| parent | Merge tag 'for-6.14-rc5-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git... (diff) | |
| parent | coredump: Only sort VMAs when core_sort_vma sysctl is set (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'execve-v6.14-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull core dumping fix from Kees Cook:
- Only sort VMAs when core_sort_vma sysctl is set
* tag 'execve-v6.14-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
coredump: Only sort VMAs when core_sort_vma sysctl is set
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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 ============= |