From e80ae9ea8ed04c82c151a548916926b5dbfe8ecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florin Coras <fcoras@cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:35:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Make whole version string available in core files

Change-Id: I1f292e6035e1ff9e7bdca8f0a9275ebd3d4d8d0a
Signed-off-by: Florin Coras <fcoras@cisco.com>
---
 src/vpp/app/version.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/vpp/app/version.c b/src/vpp/app/version.c
index 0a2c7fd4990..d99f875e12e 100644
--- a/src/vpp/app/version.c
+++ b/src/vpp/app/version.c
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 #include <vppinfra/cpu.h>
 #include <vpp/app/version.h>
 
-static char *vpe_version_string =
+/* N.B. Variable is not static to ensure it's visible in core dumps, i.e.,
+ * it doesn't go to rodata segment */
+char *vpe_version_string =
   "vpp v" VPP_BUILD_VER
   " built by " VPP_BUILD_USER " on " VPP_BUILD_HOST " at " VPP_BUILD_DATE;
 
-- 
2.16.6