gdb:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623749
kernel:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636937

http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-09/msg00395.html
Subject: Re: [patch] Fix gcore writer for -Wl,-z,relro (PR corefiles/11804)

gdb/testsuite/
2010-09-22  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>

	Fix gcore writer for -Wl,-z,relro.
	* gdb.base/gcore-relro.exp: New file.
	* gdb.base/gcore-relro-main.c: New file.
	* gdb.base/gcore-relro-lib.c: New file.

--- ./gdb/gcore.c	2010-09-23 20:14:56.000000000 +0200
+++ ./gdb/gcore.c	2010-09-23 20:37:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, 
 
   if (write == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
     {
+#if 0 /* https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636937  */
       /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
 	 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD.  */
       struct objfile *objfile;
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, 
 	}
 
     keep:
+#endif
       flags |= SEC_READONLY;
     }
 
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-relro-lib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* Copyright 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+void
+lib (void)
+{
+}
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-relro-main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Copyright 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+extern void lib (void);
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  lib ();
+  return 0;
+}
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-relro.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Copyright 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
+set testfile "gcore-relro"
+set srcmainfile ${testfile}-main.c
+set srclibfile ${testfile}-lib.c
+set libfile ${objdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}-lib.so
+set objfile ${objdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}-main.o
+set executable ${testfile}-main
+set binfile ${objdir}/${subdir}/${executable}
+set gcorefile ${objdir}/${subdir}/${executable}.gcore
+
+if { [gdb_compile_shlib ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srclibfile} ${libfile} {debug}] != ""
+     || [gdb_compile ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcmainfile} ${objfile} object {debug}] != "" } {
+     untested ${testfile}.exp
+     return -1
+}
+set opts [list debug shlib=${libfile} additional_flags=-Wl,-z,relro]
+if { [gdb_compile ${objfile} ${binfile} executable $opts] != "" } {
+     unsupported "-Wl,-z,relro compilation failed"
+     return -1
+}
+
+clean_restart $executable
+gdb_load_shlibs $libfile
+
+# Does this gdb support gcore?
+set test "help gcore"
+gdb_test_multiple $test $test {
+    -re "Undefined command: .gcore.*\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+	# gcore command not supported -- nothing to test here.
+	unsupported "gdb does not support gcore on this target"
+	return -1;
+    }
+    -re "Save a core file .*\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+	pass $test
+    }
+}
+
+if { ![runto lib] } then {
+    return -1
+}
+
+set escapedfilename [string_to_regexp ${gcorefile}]
+
+set test "save a corefile"
+gdb_test_multiple "gcore ${gcorefile}" $test {
+    -re "Saved corefile ${escapedfilename}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+	pass $test
+    }
+    -re "Can't create a corefile\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+	unsupported $test
+	return -1
+    }
+}
+
+# Now restart gdb and load the corefile.
+
+clean_restart $executable
+gdb_load_shlibs $libfile
+
+gdb_test "core ${gcorefile}" "Core was generated by .*" "re-load generated corefile"
+
+gdb_test "frame" "#0 \[^\r\n\]* lib .*" "library got loaded"