1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 57957c91c6df..7bcc92add72c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vmcore;
 /* Device Dump list and mutex to synchronize access to list */
 static LIST_HEAD(vmcoredd_list);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(vmcoredd_mutex);
+
+static bool vmcoredd_disabled;
+core_param(novmcoredd, vmcoredd_disabled, bool, 0);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP */
 
 /* Device Dump Size */
@@ -1452,6 +1456,11 @@ int vmcore_add_device_dump(struct vmcoredd_data *data)
         size_t data_size;
         int ret;
 
+        if (vmcoredd_disabled) {
+                pr_err_once("Device dump is disabled\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
         if (!data || !strlen(data->dump_name) ||
             !data->vmcoredd_callback || !data->size)
                 return -EINVAL;