kernel/crash_dump.c

   1 #include <linux/kernel.h>
   2 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
   3 #include <linux/init.h>
   4 #include <linux/errno.h>
   5 #include <linux/module.h>
   6
   7 /*
   8  * If we have booted due to a crash, max_pfn will be a very low value. We need
   9  * to know the amount of memory that the previous kernel used.
  10  */
  11 unsigned long saved_max_pfn;
  12
  13 /*
  14  * stores the physical address of elf header of crash image
  15  *
  16  * Note: elfcorehdr_addr is not just limited to vmcore. It is also used by
  17  * is_kdump_kernel() to determine if we are booting after a panic. Hence put
  18  * it under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP and not CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE.
  19  */
  20 unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
  21
  22 /*
  23  * elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header stored by the crashed
  24  * kernel. This option will be passed by kexec loader to the capture kernel.
  25  */
  26 static int __init setup_elfcorehdr(char *arg)
  27 {
  28         char *end;
  29         if (!arg)
  30                 return -EINVAL;
  31         elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(arg, &end);
  32         return end > arg ? 0 : -EINVAL;
  33 }
  34 early_param("elfcorehdr", setup_elfcorehdr);