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diff --git a/include/linux/elfcore.h b/include/linux/elfcore.h
index 00d6a68..cfda74f 100644
--- a/include/linux/elfcore.h
+++ b/include/linux/elfcore.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
#include <linux/user.h>
#endif
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
struct elf_siginfo
{
@@ -150,5 +152,19 @@ static inline int elf_core_copy_task_xfpregs(struct task_struct *t, elf_fpxregse
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+/*
+ * These functions parameterize elf_core_dump in fs/binfmt_elf.c to write out
+ * extra segments containing the gate DSO contents. Dumping its
+ * contents makes post-mortem fully interpretable later without matching up
+ * the same kernel and hardware config to see what PC values meant.
+ * Dumping its extra ELF program headers includes all the other information
+ * a debugger needs to easily find how the gate DSO was being used.
+ */
+extern Elf_Half elf_core_extra_phdrs(void);
+extern int
+elf_core_write_extra_phdrs(struct file *file, loff_t offset, size_t *size,
+ unsigned long limit);
+extern int
+elf_core_write_extra_data(struct file *file, size_t *size, unsigned long limit);
#endif /* _LINUX_ELFCORE_H */