From 046d662f481830e652ac34cd112249adde16452a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Kelly Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 17:15:23 -0700 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: Kees Cook Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/Kconfig.binfmt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/Kconfig.binfmt') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522