* Created by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha (hari@in.ibm.com)
* Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved
*/
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#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
/* Stores the physical address of elf header of crash image. */
unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
+/*
+ * 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
+ * ifdef it under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP and not CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE.
+ *
+ * elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header
+ * stored by the crashed kernel.
+ */
+static int __init parse_elfcorehdr(char *arg)
+{
+ if (!arg)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(arg, &arg);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("elfcorehdr", parse_elfcorehdr);
+
/**
* copy_oldmem_page - copy one page from "oldmem"
* @pfn: page frame number to be copied