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binfmt_elf, coredump: Log the reason of the failed core dumps
authorRoman Kisel <romank@linux.microsoft.com>
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:27:25 +0000 (11:27 -0700)
committerKees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Tue, 6 Aug 2024 04:29:20 +0000 (21:29 -0700)
commitfb97d2eb542faf19a8725afbd75cbc2518903210
tree9d5f356907c20e05329e0c7ed9bd59493f0f0340
parentc114e9948c2b6a0b400266e59cc656b59e795bca
binfmt_elf, coredump: Log the reason of the failed core dumps

Missing, failed, or corrupted core dumps might impede crash
investigations. To improve reliability of that process and consequently
the programs themselves, one needs to trace the path from producing
a core dumpfile to analyzing it. That path starts from the core dump file
written to the disk by the kernel or to the standard input of a user
mode helper program to which the kernel streams the coredump contents.
There are cases where the kernel will interrupt writing the core out or
produce a truncated/not-well-formed core dump without leaving a note.

Add logging for the core dump collection failure paths to be able to reason
what has gone wrong when the core dump is malformed or missing.
Report the size of the data written to aid in diagnosing the user mode
helper.

Signed-off-by: Roman Kisel <romank@linux.microsoft.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240718182743.1959160-3-romank@linux.microsoft.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
fs/binfmt_elf.c
fs/coredump.c
include/linux/coredump.h
kernel/signal.c