Re: [PATCH v6] coredump: Add bit 9 of coredump_filter for pre-exit files before dumping

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 08:14:58 EST


On 8/6/26 17:12, Xin Zhao wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 16:01:55 +0200 "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
>>> index db6167bef..d590a1dda 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
>>> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
>>> @@ -1939,6 +1939,7 @@ The following 9 memory types are supported:
>>> - (bit 6) hugetlb shared memory
>>> - (bit 7) DAX private memory
>>> - (bit 8) DAX shared memory
>>> + - (bit 9) fd list
>>
>> "The following 9 memory types are supported: ... fd list"
>>
>> What?
>
> Thank you. It is a silly mistake. I'll fix it.

FWIW, that's not what I meant. We talk about "memory types" and then you throw
in a fd list.

This all doesn't make sense, really. As Christian says, the whole approach is
flawed. Sorry :)

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Cheers,

David