Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Introduce coredump parameter structure

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Tue Dec 01 2009 - 19:30:13 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:41:19 -0500
Masami Hiramatsu<mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Introduce coredump parameter data structure (struct coredump_params)
for simplifying binfmt->core_dump() arguments.

Changes in v2:
- Don't remove DUMP_WRITE() macro.

What is the reason for this change?

Please always include both the "what" and the "why" in changelog text.

I see.


diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index b639dcf..346b694 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@

static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *, struct pt_regs * regs);
static int load_aout_library(struct file*);
-static int aout_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit);
+static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm);

static struct linux_binfmt aout_format = {
.module = THIS_MODULE,
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ if (file->f_op->llseek) { \
* dumping of the process results in another error..
*/

-static int aout_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit)
+static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
{

Something horrid has mangled your patch.

Oops, sorry. maybe copy-and-paste buffer demon did it :-(

Thank you,

--
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx

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