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-rw-r--r--fs/coredump.c5
-rw-r--r--include/trace/events/coredump.h45
2 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 4ce7c80b39c8..bc7009b3eedc 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
#include <trace/events/sched.h>
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/coredump.h>
+
static bool dump_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm);
static void free_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm);
@@ -1090,6 +1093,8 @@ static inline bool coredump_skip(const struct coredump_params *cprm,
static void do_coredump(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm,
size_t **argv, int *argc, const struct linux_binfmt *binfmt)
{
+ trace_coredump(cprm->siginfo->si_signo);
+
if (!coredump_parse(cn, cprm, argv, argc)) {
coredump_report_failure("format_corename failed, aborting core");
return;
diff --git a/include/trace/events/coredump.h b/include/trace/events/coredump.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7b9c53fc498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/events/coredump.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
+ */
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM coredump
+
+#if !defined(_TRACE_COREDUMP_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_COREDUMP_H
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+/**
+ * coredump - called when a coredump starts
+ * @sig: signal number that triggered the coredump
+ *
+ * This tracepoint fires at the beginning of a coredump attempt,
+ * providing a stable interface for monitoring coredump events.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(coredump,
+
+ TP_PROTO(int sig),
+
+ TP_ARGS(sig),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(int, sig)
+ __array(char, comm, TASK_COMM_LEN)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->sig = sig;
+ memcpy(__entry->comm, current->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("sig=%d comm=%s",
+ __entry->sig, __entry->comm)
+);
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_COREDUMP_H */
+
+/* This part must be outside protection */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>