11 files changed, 2 insertions, 115 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c
index cd3b853a8a6..90c50d4b43f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 
-/* stores the physical address of elf header of crash image */
-unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
-
 /**
  * copy_oldmem_page() - copy one page from old kernel memory
  * @pfn: page frame number to be copied
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index d1da9217427..c36c1a4250f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -788,30 +788,6 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 static inline void reserve_crashkernel(void) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC */
 
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-static int __init setup_elfcorehdr(char *arg)
-{
-        char *end;
-
-        if (!arg)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
-        elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(arg, &end);
-        return end > arg ? 0 : -EINVAL;
-}
-early_param("elfcorehdr", setup_elfcorehdr);
-#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
-
 static void __init squash_mem_tags(struct tag *tag)
 {
         for (; tag->hdr.size; tag = tag_next(tag))
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 23e91290e41..c8c9298666f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-/* Stores the physical address of elf header of crash image. */
-unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
-
 /**
  * copy_oldmem_page - copy one page from "oldmem"
  * @pfn: page frame number to be copied
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
index a0f00192850..6fc03aff046 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
+#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index 911cf974970..5e2c72498c5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -479,25 +479,7 @@ static __init int setup_nomca(char *s)
 }
 early_param("nomca", setup_nomca);
 
-/*
- * 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.
- */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-/* 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);
-
 int __init reserve_elfcorehdr(u64 *start, u64 *end)
 {
         u64 length;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 0a2af50243c..424afb6b8fb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 #define DBG(fmt...)
 #endif
 
-/* Stores the physical address of elf header of crash image. */
-unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 void __init reserve_kdump_trampoline(void)
 {
@@ -72,20 +69,6 @@ void __init setup_kdump_trampoline(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_RELOCATABLE */
 
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-static int __init parse_elfcorehdr(char *p)
-{
-        if (p)
-                elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(p, &p);
-
-        return 1;
-}
-__setup("elfcorehdr=", parse_elfcorehdr);
-
 static int __init parse_savemaxmem(char *p)
 {
         if (p)
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/sh/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 37c97d44457..569e7b171c0 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -9,28 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.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
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c
index d5cd13945d5..642f75a68cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 
 static void *kdump_buf_page;
 
-/* Stores the physical address of elf header of crash image. */
-unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
-
 static inline bool is_crashed_pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_PAE
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
index 994828899e0..afa64adb75e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 
-/* Stores the physical address of elf header of crash image. */
-unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
-
 /**
  * copy_oldmem_page - copy one page from "oldmem"
  * @pfn: page frame number to be copied
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index cdf5bfd9d4d..3e2ef842531 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 32bd87cbf98..5a0484a95ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -619,28 +619,6 @@ void __init reserve_standard_io_resources(void)
 
 }
 
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-/* 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.
- */
-static int __init setup_elfcorehdr(char *arg)
-{
-        char *end;
-        if (!arg)
-                return -EINVAL;
-        elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(arg, &end);
-        return end > arg ? 0 : -EINVAL;
-}
-early_param("elfcorehdr", setup_elfcorehdr);
-#endif
-
 static __init void reserve_ibft_region(void)
 {
         unsigned long addr, size = 0;