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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt index 801db1341811..ce9fb3fbfae4 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt +++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt @@ -40,6 +40,28 @@ config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also. +config CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS + bool "Write ELF core dumps with partial segments" + default n + depends on BINFMT_ELF + help + ELF core dump files describe each memory mapping of the crashed + process, and can contain or omit the memory contents of each one. + The contents of an unmodified text mapping are omitted by default. + + For an unmodified text mapping of an ELF object, including just + the first page of the file in a core dump makes it possible to + identify the build ID bits in the file, without paying the i/o + cost and disk space to dump all the text. However, versions of + GDB before 6.7 are confused by ELF core dump files in this format. + + The core dump behavior can be controlled per process using + the /proc/PID/coredump_filter pseudo-file; this setting is + inherited. See Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt for details. + + This config option changes the default setting of coredump_filter + seen at boot time. If unsure, say N. + config BINFMT_FLAT bool "Kernel support for flat binaries" depends on !MMU && (!FRV || BROKEN) |