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From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jacob Lalonde <jalalonde@meta.com>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,  Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	 Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	 David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
	 "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
	 Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	 Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
	Omar Sandoval <osandov@osandov.com>,
	 Jacob Lalonde <jalalonde@fb.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	 linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	 "Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 10/22] coredump: make the dump helper return bool
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:09:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260820-work-coredump-sparse-v2-10-ba32dd718c51@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820-work-coredump-sparse-v2-0-ba32dd718c51@kernel.org>

The various dump helpers return one and zero. Every caller just does a
boolean test. Convert them to return an actual bool.

While at it, drop the externs.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 fs/coredump.c            | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 include/linux/coredump.h | 14 +++++------
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index cd36a72be445..d837819031ff 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -1215,41 +1215,41 @@ void vfs_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
  * do on a core-file: use only these functions to write out all the
  * necessary info.
  */
-static int __dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
+static bool __dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
 {
 	struct file *file = cprm->file;
 	loff_t pos = file->f_pos;
 	ssize_t n;
 
 	if (cprm->written + nr > cprm->limit)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	if (dump_interrupted())
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	n = __kernel_write(file, addr, nr, &pos);
 	if (n != nr)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	file->f_pos = pos;
 	cprm->written += n;
 	cprm->pos += n;
 
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 
-static int __dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
+static bool __dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
 {
 	static char zeroes[PAGE_SIZE];
 	struct file *file = cprm->file;
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_LSEEK) {
 		if (dump_interrupted() || vfs_llseek(file, nr, SEEK_CUR) < 0)
-			return 0;
+			return false;
 		cprm->pos += nr;
-		return 1;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	while (nr > PAGE_SIZE) {
 		if (!__dump_emit(cprm, zeroes, PAGE_SIZE))
-			return 0;
+			return false;
 		nr -= PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
 
@@ -1257,20 +1257,20 @@ static int __dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
 }
 
 /* Flush the accumulated hole before writing data. */
-static int dump_flush_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm)
+static bool dump_flush_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	if (cprm->to_skip) {
 		if (!__dump_skip(cprm, cprm->to_skip))
-			return 0;
+			return false;
 		cprm->to_skip = 0;
 	}
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 
-int dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
+bool dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
 {
 	if (!dump_flush_skip(cprm))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	return __dump_emit(cprm, addr, nr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_emit);
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ void dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_skip);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ELF_CORE
-static int dump_emit_page(struct coredump_params *cprm, struct page *page)
+static bool dump_emit_page(struct coredump_params *cprm, struct page *page)
 {
 	struct bio_vec bvec;
 	struct iov_iter iter;
@@ -1299,25 +1299,25 @@ static int dump_emit_page(struct coredump_params *cprm, struct page *page)
 	ssize_t n;
 
 	if (!page)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 
 	if (!dump_flush_skip(cprm))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	if (cprm->written + PAGE_SIZE > cprm->limit)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	if (dump_interrupted())
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	pos = file->f_pos;
 	bvec_set_page(&bvec, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
 	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, &bvec, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
 	n = __kernel_write_iter(cprm->file, &iter, &pos);
 	if (n != PAGE_SIZE)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	file->f_pos = pos;
 	cprm->written += PAGE_SIZE;
 	cprm->pos += PAGE_SIZE;
 
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1349,18 +1349,19 @@ static inline struct page *dump_page_copy(struct page *src, struct page *dst)
 }
 #endif
 
-int dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
-		    unsigned long len)
+bool dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
+		     unsigned long len)
 {
 	unsigned long addr;
 	struct page *dump_page;
-	int locked, ret;
+	int locked;
+	bool ret;
 
 	dump_page = dump_page_alloc();
 	if (!dump_page)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 
-	ret = 0;
+	ret = false;
 	locked = 0;
 	for (addr = start; addr < start + len; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		struct page *page;
@@ -1384,7 +1385,7 @@ int dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
 				mmap_read_unlock(current->mm);
 				locked = 0;
 			}
-			int stop = !dump_emit_page(cprm, dump_page_copy(page, dump_page));
+			bool stop = !dump_emit_page(cprm, dump_page_copy(page, dump_page));
 			put_page(page);
 			if (stop)
 				goto out;
@@ -1403,7 +1404,7 @@ int dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
 		}
 		cond_resched();
 	}
-	ret = 1;
+	ret = true;
 out:
 	if (locked)
 		mmap_read_unlock(current->mm);
@@ -1413,14 +1414,14 @@ int dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
 }
 #endif
 
-int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align)
+bool dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align)
 {
 	unsigned mod = (cprm->pos + cprm->to_skip) & (align - 1);
 	if (align & (align - 1))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	if (mod)
 		cprm->to_skip += align - mod;
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_align);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/coredump.h b/include/linux/coredump.h
index dc7a05b1bb0a..943bddfb22bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/coredump.h
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ extern unsigned int core_file_note_size_limit;
  * These are the only things you should do on a core-file: use only these
  * functions to write out all the necessary info.
  */
-extern void dump_skip_to(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long to);
-extern void dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr);
-extern int dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr);
-extern int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align);
-int dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
-		    unsigned long len);
-extern void vfs_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo);
+void dump_skip_to(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long to);
+void dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr);
+bool dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr);
+bool dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align);
+bool dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
+		     unsigned long len);
+void vfs_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo);
 
 /*
  * Logging for the coredump code, ratelimited.

-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-19 23:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-19 23:09 [PATCH v2 00/22] coredump: allow to create sparse coredumps on the coredump socket Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 01/22] powerpc/spufs: don't dump more than the note supports Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 02/22] coredump: refuse negative skips Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 03/22] coredump: set the minimum send buffer size Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 04/22] selftests/coredump: discard the right amount after the coredump request Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 05/22] selftests/coredump: collapse the expected request check into the helper Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 06/22] selftests/coredump: add a separate helper header Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 07/22] coredump: pin the protocol struct sizes Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 08/22] coredump: move the negotiated mask into struct coredump_params Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 09/22] coredump: deduplicate the to_skip flush Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 11/22] coredump: always chunk writes Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 12/22] coredump: clean up coredump state handling Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 13/22] coredump: add COREDUMP_RECORDS to the coredump socket protocol Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 14/22] coredump: add COREDUMP_SPARSE " Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 15/22] tools: sync coredump.h header Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 16/22] coredump: send the coredump in records if requested Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 17/22] coredump: describe the holes when COREDUMP_SPARSE is negotiated Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 18/22] selftests/coredump: test COREDUMP_RECORDS and COREDUMP_SPARSE Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 19/22] selftests/coredump: hand the record stream to a sink Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 20/22] selftests/coredump: put a hole in the middle of a sparse mapping Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 21/22] selftests/coredump: simulate a blob store Christian Brauner
2026-08-19 23:09 ` [PATCH v2 22/22] selftests/coredump: show how to inspect the task to decide how the coredump should be sent Christian Brauner

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