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diff --git a/include/linux/coredump.h b/include/linux/coredump.h
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+++ b/include/linux/coredump.h
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+#ifndef _LINUX_COREDUMP_H
+#define _LINUX_COREDUMP_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+/*
+ * These are the only things you should do on a core-file: use only these
+ * functions to write out all the necessary info.
+ */
+static inline int dump_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, int nr)
+{
+        return file->f_op->write(file, addr, nr, &file->f_pos) == nr;
+}
+
+static inline int dump_seek(struct file *file, loff_t off)
+{
+        if (file->f_op->llseek && file->f_op->llseek != no_llseek) {
+                if (file->f_op->llseek(file, off, SEEK_CUR) < 0)
+                        return 0;
+        } else {
+                char *buf = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+
+                if (!buf)
+                        return 0;
+                while (off > 0) {
+                        unsigned long n = off;
+
+                        if (n > PAGE_SIZE)
+                                n = PAGE_SIZE;
+                        if (!dump_write(file, buf, n))
+                                return 0;
+                        off -= n;
+                }
+                free_page((unsigned long)buf);
+        }
+        return 1;
+}
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_COREDUMP_H */