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diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 828dd2461d6b..03278c984ba0 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -2014,3 +2014,41 @@ fail_creds:
fail:
return;
}
+
+/*
+ * Core dumping helper functions. These are the only things you should
+ * do on a core-file: use only these functions to write out all the
+ * necessary info.
+ */
+int dump_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, int nr)
+{
+ return access_ok(VERIFY_READ, addr, nr) && file->f_op->write(file, addr, nr, &file->f_pos) == nr;
+}
+
+int dump_seek(struct file *file, loff_t off)
+{
+ int ret = 1;
+
+ 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)) {
+ ret = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+ off -= n;
+ }
+ free_page((unsigned long)buf);
+ }
+ return ret;
+}