Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Add process memory layout to coredump file

[Al Viro]

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 10:37:02PM +0800, t cheney wrote:
> This patch just add memory layout(same as /proc/pid/maps) to
> coredump file. The layout is appended to corenote segment with
> flag NT_MAPS=7.
 
> +		len = sprintf(buf, "%08lx-%08lx %c%c%c%c %08llx %02x:%02x %lu",
> +			start,
> +			end,
> +			flags & VM_READ ? 'r' : '-',
> +			flags & VM_WRITE ? 'w' : '-',
> +			flags & VM_EXEC ? 'x' : '-',
> +			flags & VM_MAYSHARE ? 's' : 'p',
> +			pgoff,
> +			MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev), ino);

Device numbers may be wider than 16 bits.

> +			p = d_path(&vma->vm_file->f_path, s, maps_size-1);

What if somebody renames the file (or, better yet, its parent directory)
between two calls of that thing?
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