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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/crash_dump.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/crash_dump.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h index 025e4f575103..de027d1db745 100644 --- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h +++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h @@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ #define ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX (-1ULL) -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE extern unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr; -#else -static const unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX; -#endif extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long, char *, size_t, unsigned long, int); @@ -28,6 +24,16 @@ extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vmcore; #define vmcore_elf_check_arch(x) (elf_check_arch(x) || vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x)) +/* + * is_kdump_kernel() checks whether this kernel is booting after a panic of + * previous kernel or not. This is determined by checking if previous kernel + * has passed the elf core header address on command line. + * + * This is not just a test if CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is enabled or not. It will + * return 1 if CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y and if kernel is booting after a panic of + * previous kernel. + */ + static inline int is_kdump_kernel(void) { return (elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX) ? 1 : 0; |