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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt7
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/setup.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c9
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 12b7d938a897..dd0bfc291a68 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -475,10 +475,11 @@ running once the system is up.
See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
- elfcorehdr= [IA-32]
+ elfcorehdr= [IA-32, X86_64]
Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
- image elf header.
- See Documentation/kdump.txt for details.
+ image elf header. Generally kexec loader will
+ pass this option to capture kernel.
+ See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
Format: {"0" | "1"}
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
index 27c956db0461..f685637a100d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
}
}
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
/* elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header
* stored by the crashed kernel.
*/
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
index ff9620b800c0..a0e0c9ca8f10 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <linux/console.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
#include <linux/root_dev.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/acpi.h>
@@ -418,6 +419,14 @@ static __init void parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+ /* 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.
+ */
+ else if(!memcmp(from, "elfcorehdr=", 11))
+ elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(from+11, &from);
+#endif
next_char:
c = *(from++);
if (!c)