Implement support for checking /proc/PID/coredump_filter

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             (Organized release by release)
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.9
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+* GDB now honors the content of the file /proc/PID/coredump_filter
+  (PID is the process ID) on GNU/Linux systems.  This file can be used
+  to specify the types of memory mappings that will be included in a
+  corefile.  For more information, please refer to the manual page of
+  "core(5)".  GDB also has a new command: "set use-coredump-filter
+  on|off".  It allows to set whether GDB will read the content of the
+  /proc/PID/coredump_filter file when generating a corefile.
 
 * The "info os" command on GNU/Linux can now display information on
   cpu information :