diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 4ef4c49..0cd9056 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -971,7 +971,8 @@ static bool always_dump_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 /*
  * Decide how much of @vma's contents should be included in a core dump.
  */
-unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long mm_flags)
+static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				   unsigned long mm_flags)
 {
 #define FILTER(type)	(mm_flags & (1UL << MMF_DUMP_##type))
 
@@ -1037,3 +1038,81 @@ unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long mm_flags)
 whole:
 	return vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
 }
+
+static struct vm_area_struct *first_vma(struct task_struct *tsk,
+					struct vm_area_struct *gate_vma)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *ret = tsk->mm->mmap;
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	return gate_vma;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Helper function for iterating across a vma list.  It ensures that the caller
+ * will visit `gate_vma' prior to terminating the search.
+ */
+static struct vm_area_struct *next_vma(struct vm_area_struct *this_vma,
+				       struct vm_area_struct *gate_vma)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *ret;
+
+	ret = this_vma->vm_next;
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	if (this_vma == gate_vma)
+		return NULL;
+	return gate_vma;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Under the mmap_lock, take a snapshot of relevant information about the task's
+ * VMAs.
+ */
+int dump_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm, int *vma_count,
+		      struct core_vma_metadata **vma_meta,
+		      size_t *vma_data_size_ptr)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *gate_vma;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+	int i;
+	size_t vma_data_size = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Once the stack expansion code is fixed to not change VMA bounds
+	 * under mmap_lock in read mode, this can be changed to take the
+	 * mmap_lock in read mode.
+	 */
+	if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm))
+		return -EINTR;
+
+	gate_vma = get_gate_vma(mm);
+	*vma_count = mm->map_count + (gate_vma ? 1 : 0);
+
+	*vma_meta = kvmalloc_array(*vma_count, sizeof(**vma_meta), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!*vma_meta) {
+		mmap_write_unlock(mm);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0, vma = first_vma(current, gate_vma); vma != NULL;
+			vma = next_vma(vma, gate_vma), i++) {
+		struct core_vma_metadata *m = (*vma_meta) + i;
+
+		m->start = vma->vm_start;
+		m->end = vma->vm_end;
+		m->flags = vma->vm_flags;
+		m->dump_size = vma_dump_size(vma, cprm->mm_flags);
+
+		vma_data_size += m->dump_size;
+	}
+
+	mmap_write_unlock(mm);
+
+	if (WARN_ON(i != *vma_count))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	*vma_data_size_ptr = vma_data_size;
+	return 0;
+}