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>,
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"Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 17/22] coredump: describe the holes when COREDUMP_SPARSE is negotiated
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:09:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260820-work-coredump-sparse-v2-17-ba32dd718c51@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820-work-coredump-sparse-v2-0-ba32dd718c51@kernel.org>
Make use of COREDUMP_SPARSE. Refuse it without COREDUMP_RECORDS.
Actual holes are sent as a record with length indicating how much zero
data there was.
coredump_write() flushes a trailing hole if the coredump is done.
Instead of writing the actual byte for pipes and sockets, collapse it.
This stops wasting a header with coredump records for a single byte. So
we now only write it when the coredump can be seeked. TL;DR a trailing
hole is a zero record like any other and the records still cover the
whole coredump.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/coredump.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++-----
.../selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c | 3 +-
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index b1679930094c..7b568d25887c 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
static bool dump_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm);
static void free_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm);
static void dump_end_record(struct coredump_params *cprm);
+static bool dump_flush_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm);
#define CORE_FILE_NOTE_SIZE_DEFAULT (4*1024*1024)
/* Define a reasonable max cap */
@@ -806,7 +807,7 @@ static bool coredump_sock_request(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *
.size = sizeof(struct coredump_req),
.mask = COREDUMP_KERNEL | COREDUMP_USERSPACE |
COREDUMP_REJECT | COREDUMP_WAIT |
- COREDUMP_RECORDS,
+ COREDUMP_RECORDS | COREDUMP_SPARSE,
.size_ack = sizeof(struct coredump_ack),
};
struct coredump_ack ack = {};
@@ -866,6 +867,12 @@ static bool coredump_sock_request(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *
return false;
}
+ /* Zero records only exist inside a record stream. */
+ if ((ack.mask & COREDUMP_SPARSE) && !(ack.mask & COREDUMP_RECORDS)) {
+ coredump_sock_mark(cprm->file, COREDUMP_MARK_CONFLICTING);
+ return false;
+ }
+
/* Record header scratch; a bvec can't point at the stack. */
if (ack.mask & COREDUMP_RECORDS) {
cprm->record_hdr = kmalloc_obj(*cprm->record_hdr);
@@ -1076,15 +1083,21 @@ static bool coredump_write(struct coredump_params *cprm,
if (!binfmt->core_dump(cprm))
cprm->state |= COREDUMP_STATE_TRUNCATED;
/*
- * Ensures that file size is big enough to contain the current
- * file position. This prevents gdb from complaining about
- * a truncated file if the last "write" to the file was
- * dump_skip. A record stream relies on it too: the flush
- * emits the records that cover a trailing hole.
+ * A trailing hole still has to land in the coredump. Seeking over
+ * it doesn't grow the file, so the last byte of it is written
+ * instead and gdb doesn't see a truncated file. Everything else
+ * puts the hole on the wire as it flushes it.
*/
if (cprm->to_skip) {
- cprm->to_skip--;
- if (!dump_emit(cprm, "", 1))
+ bool flushed;
+
+ if (cprm->file->f_mode & FMODE_LSEEK) {
+ cprm->to_skip--;
+ flushed = dump_emit(cprm, "", 1);
+ } else {
+ flushed = dump_flush_skip(cprm);
+ }
+ if (!flushed)
cprm->state |= COREDUMP_STATE_TRUNCATED;
}
dump_end_record(cprm);
@@ -1241,6 +1254,11 @@ static bool dump_records(const struct coredump_params *cprm)
return cprm->mask & COREDUMP_RECORDS;
}
+static bool dump_sparse(const struct coredump_params *cprm)
+{
+ return cprm->mask & COREDUMP_SPARSE;
+}
+
/* Describe the next @len bytes of the coredump. Returns the header size. */
static size_t dump_record_init(struct coredump_params *cprm,
enum coredump_record_type type, u64 flags,
@@ -1357,6 +1375,13 @@ static bool __dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
static char zeroes[PAGE_SIZE];
struct file *file = cprm->file;
+ if (dump_sparse(cprm)) {
+ /* Hand the server the length of the hole instead of the hole itself. */
+ if (dump_interrupted())
+ return false;
+ return dump_emit_record(cprm, COREDUMP_RECORD_ZERO, 0, nr);
+ }
+
if (file->f_mode & FMODE_LSEEK) {
if (dump_interrupted() || vfs_llseek(file, nr, SEEK_CUR) < 0)
return false;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
index 1c8658f35735..a5b9cde47239 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ bool send_coredump_ack(int fd, const struct coredump_req *req,
/* Every option the kernel is expected to advertise in coredump_req->mask. */
#define TEST_REQ_MASK_ALL \
(COREDUMP_KERNEL | COREDUMP_USERSPACE | \
- COREDUMP_REJECT | COREDUMP_WAIT | COREDUMP_RECORDS)
+ COREDUMP_REJECT | COREDUMP_WAIT | \
+ COREDUMP_RECORDS | COREDUMP_SPARSE)
bool check_coredump_req(const struct coredump_req *req)
{
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-19 23:11 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 ` [PATCH v2 10/22] coredump: make the dump helper return bool Christian Brauner
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 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
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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