coredump: make core dump functionality optional

Adds an expert Kconfig option, CONFIG_COREDUMP, which allows disabling of
core dump.  This saves approximately 2.6k in the compiled kernel, and
complements CONFIG_ELF_CORE, which now depends on it.

CONFIG_COREDUMP also disables coredump-related sysctls, except for
suid_dumpable and related functions, which are necessary for ptrace.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix binfmt_aout.c build]
Signed-off-by: Alex Kelly <alex.page.kelly@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

3 files changed, 37 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index 0225742..0efd152 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -164,3 +164,11 @@ config BINFMT_MISC
 	  You may say M here for module support and later load the module when
 	  you have use for it; the module is called binfmt_misc. If you
 	  don't know what to answer at this point, say Y.
+
+config COREDUMP
+	bool "Enable core dump support" if EXPERT
+	default y
+	help
+	  This option enables support for performing core dumps. You almost
+	  certainly want to say Y here. Not necessary on systems that never
+	  need debugging or only ever run flawless code.
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 8938f82..1d7af79 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ obj-y :=	open.o read_write.o file_table.o super.o \
 		attr.o bad_inode.o file.o filesystems.o namespace.o \
 		seq_file.o xattr.o libfs.o fs-writeback.o \
 		pnode.o drop_caches.o splice.o sync.o utimes.o \
-		stack.o fs_struct.o statfs.o coredump.o
+		stack.o fs_struct.o statfs.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLOCK),y)
 obj-y +=	buffer.o bio.o block_dev.o direct-io.o mpage.o ioprio.o
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE)	+= mbcache.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL)	+= posix_acl.o xattr_acl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_COMMON)	+= nfs_common/
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_ACL)	+= generic_acl.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_COREDUMP)		+= coredump.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_FHANDLE)		+= fhandle.o
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index d146e18..4b5b511 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -32,31 +32,8 @@
 
 static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *, struct pt_regs * regs);
 static int load_aout_library(struct file*);
-static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm);
-
-static struct linux_binfmt aout_format = {
-	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
-	.load_binary	= load_aout_binary,
-	.load_shlib	= load_aout_library,
-	.core_dump	= aout_core_dump,
-	.min_coredump	= PAGE_SIZE
-};
-
-#define BAD_ADDR(x)	((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE)
-
-static int set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
-{
-	start = PAGE_ALIGN(start);
-	end = PAGE_ALIGN(end);
-	if (end > start) {
-		unsigned long addr;
-		addr = vm_brk(start, end - start);
-		if (BAD_ADDR(addr))
-			return addr;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
 /*
  * Routine writes a core dump image in the current directory.
  * Currently only a stub-function.
@@ -66,7 +43,6 @@ static int set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
  * field, which also makes sure the core-dumps won't be recursive if the
  * dumping of the process results in another error..
  */
-
 static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	struct file *file = cprm->file;
@@ -135,6 +111,32 @@ end_coredump:
 	set_fs(fs);
 	return has_dumped;
 }
+#else
+#define aout_core_dump NULL
+#endif
+
+static struct linux_binfmt aout_format = {
+	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.load_binary	= load_aout_binary,
+	.load_shlib	= load_aout_library,
+	.core_dump	= aout_core_dump,
+	.min_coredump	= PAGE_SIZE
+};
+
+#define BAD_ADDR(x)	((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE)
+
+static int set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+	start = PAGE_ALIGN(start);
+	end = PAGE_ALIGN(end);
+	if (end > start) {
+		unsigned long addr;
+		addr = vm_brk(start, end - start);
+		if (BAD_ADDR(addr))
+			return addr;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
 
 /*
  * create_aout_tables() parses the env- and arg-strings in new user