1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/elfcorehdr.c b/kernel/elfcorehdr.c
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index 0000000000..92da32275a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/elfcorehdr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+
+/*
+ * 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;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(elfcorehdr_addr);
+
+/*
+ * stores the size of elf header of crash image
+ */
+unsigned long long elfcorehdr_size;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Syntax: elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG]
+ */
+static int __init setup_elfcorehdr(char *arg)
+{
+	char *end;
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(arg, &end);
+	if (*end == '@') {
+		elfcorehdr_size = elfcorehdr_addr;
+		elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(end + 1, &end);
+	}
+	return end > arg ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+early_param("elfcorehdr", setup_elfcorehdr);