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-rw-r--r--src/vpp/app/version.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
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;