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authorAlex Kelly <alex.page.kelly@gmail.com>2012-10-04 17:15:23 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-06 03:05:15 +0900
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coredump: make core dump functionality optional
Adds an expert Kconfig option, CONFIG_COREDUMP, which allows disabling of core dump. This saves approximately 2.6k in the compiled kernel, and complements CONFIG_ELF_CORE, which now depends on it. CONFIG_COREDUMP also disables coredump-related sysctls, except for suid_dumpable and related functions, which are necessary for ptrace. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix binfmt_aout.c build] Signed-off-by: Alex Kelly <alex.page.kelly@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index 022574202749..0efd1524b977 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -164,3 +164,11 @@ config BINFMT_MISC
You may say M here for module support and later load the module when
you have use for it; the module is called binfmt_misc. If you
don't know what to answer at this point, say Y.
+
+config COREDUMP
+ bool "Enable core dump support" if EXPERT
+ default y
+ help
+ This option enables support for performing core dumps. You almost
+ certainly want to say Y here. Not necessary on systems that never
+ need debugging or only ever run flawless code.