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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 9a3b85bfc8..2086fa6cdc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/uio.h>
#include <asm/rtas.h>
#include <asm/inst.h>
+#include <asm/fadump.h>
#ifdef DEBUG
#include <asm/udbg.h>
@@ -92,6 +93,17 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(struct iov_iter *iter, unsigned long pfn,
return csize;
}
+/*
+ * Return true only when kexec based kernel dump capturing method is used.
+ * This ensures all restritions applied for kdump case are not automatically
+ * applied for fadump case.
+ */
+bool is_kdump_kernel(void)
+{
+ return !is_fadump_active() && elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_kdump_kernel);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_RTAS
/*
* The crashkernel region will almost always overlap the RTAS region, so