include/linux/coredump.h

#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 */