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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/crash_dump.c | 34 |
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile index 353d3fe..85cbfb3 100644 --- a/kernel/Makefile +++ b/kernel/Makefile @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) += perf_event.o obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += hw_breakpoint.o obj-$(CONFIG_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER) += user-return-notifier.o obj-$(CONFIG_PADATA) += padata.o +obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) += crash_dump.o ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y) # According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is diff --git a/kernel/crash_dump.c b/kernel/crash_dump.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f85690 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/crash_dump.c @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +#include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/crash_dump.h> +#include <linux/init.h> +#include <linux/errno.h> +#include <linux/module.h> + +/* + * If we have booted due to a crash, max_pfn will be a very low value. We need + * to know the amount of memory that the previous kernel used. + */ +unsigned long saved_max_pfn; + +/* + * stores the physical address of elf header of crash image + * + * Note: elfcorehdr_addr is not just limited to vmcore. It is also used by + * is_kdump_kernel() to determine if we are booting after a panic. Hence put + * it under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP and not CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE. + */ +unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX; + +/* + * elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header stored by the crashed + * kernel. This option will be passed by kexec loader to the capture kernel. + */ +static int __init setup_elfcorehdr(char *arg) +{ + char *end; + if (!arg) + return -EINVAL; + elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(arg, &end); + return end > arg ? 0 : -EINVAL; +} +early_param("elfcorehdr", setup_elfcorehdr); |
