Re: [PATCH] ieee1394 : dump mmapped video1394 buffers in core files

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

Philippe De Muyter wrote:
> Currently, core files do not contain the mmapped memory of the video1394
> or dv1394 devices,

Ditto with /dev/raw1394 when the rawiso ioctl API is used.

> which contain the actual video input, making it
> impossible to analyse the cause of abnormal program termination for
> image analysis or (de)compression software.  Fix that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
> ---
> diff -r ced66ca0044f drivers/ieee1394/dma.c
> --- a/drivers/ieee1394/dma.c	Mon Jun 30 08:58:09 2008 -0700
> +++ b/drivers/ieee1394/dma.c	Thu Jul  3 18:40:24 2008 +0200
> @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ int dma_region_mmap(struct dma_region *d
>  	vma->vm_ops = &dma_region_vm_ops;
>  	vma->vm_private_data = dma;
>  	vma->vm_file = file;
> -	vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED;
> +	vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED | VM_ALWAYSDUMP;
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }

I'll commit it with the title changed to "dump mmapped iso buffers in 
core files" if that's OK.
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Stefan Richter
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