[PATCH] tiny: Configure ELF core dump support

configurable support for ELF core dumps

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
3330172  529036  190556 4049764  3dcb64 vmlinux-baseline
3325552  528912  190556 4045020  3db8dc vmlinux-no-elf

add/remove: 0/8 grow/shrink: 0/0 up/down: 0/-4424 (-4424)
function                                     old     new   delta
fill_note                                     32       -     -32
maydump                                       58       -     -58
dump_seek                                     67       -     -67
writenote                                    180       -    -180
elf_dump_thread_status                       274       -    -274
fill_psinfo                                  308       -    -308
fill_prstatus                                466       -    -466
elf_core_dump                               3039       -   -3039

Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 288386b1deff..80ca932ba0bd 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ extern int dump_fpu (struct pt_regs *, elf_fpregset_t *);
  * If we don't support core dumping, then supply a NULL so we
  * don't even try.
  */
-#ifdef USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP
+#if defined(USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP) && defined(CONFIG_ELF_CORE)
 static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs * regs, struct file * file);
 #else
 #define elf_core_dump   NULL
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ out:
  * Note that some platforms still use traditional core dumps and not
  * the ELF core dump.  Each platform can select it as appropriate.
  */
-#ifdef USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP
+#if defined(USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP) && defined(CONFIG_ELF_CORE)
 
 /*
  * ELF core dumper
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 1a1f114a37e8..9ac522a40130 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ config DOUBLEFAULT
           would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
           option saves about 4k.
 
+config ELF_CORE
+        default y
+        bool "Enable ELF core dumps" if EMBEDDED
+        help
+          Enable support for generating core dumps. Disabling saves about 4k.
+
 config BASE_FULL
         default y
         bool "Enable full-sized data structures for core" if EMBEDDED