16 files changed, 37 insertions, 135 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c
index cd3b853a8a6d..90c50d4b43f7 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 d1da92174277..c36c1a4250f3 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 23e91290e41f..c8c9298666fb 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 a0f001928502..6fc03aff046c 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 911cf9749700..5e2c72498c51 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 0a2af50243cb..424afb6b8fba 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 37c97d444576..569e7b171c01 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 d5cd13945d5a..642f75a68cd5 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 994828899e09..afa64adb75ee 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 cdf5bfd9d4d5..3e2ef8425316 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 32bd87cbf982..5a0484a95ad6 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;
diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem.h b/include/linux/bootmem.h
index 499dfe982a0e..b8613e806aa9 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootmem.h
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ extern unsigned long min_low_pfn;
  */
 extern unsigned long max_pfn;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-extern unsigned long saved_max_pfn;
-#endif
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM
 /*
  * node_bootmem_map is a map pointer - the bits represent all physical 
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 353d3fe8ba33..85cbfb31e73e 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) += perf_event.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += hw_breakpoint.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER) += user-return-notifier.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PADATA) += padata.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) += crash_dump.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
 # According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff --git a/kernel/crash_dump.c b/kernel/crash_dump.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f85690285d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+/*
+ * If we have booted due to a crash, max_pfn will be a very low value. We need
+ * to know the amount of memory that the previous kernel used.
+ */
+unsigned long saved_max_pfn;
+
+/*
+ * stores the physical address of elf header of crash image
+ *
+ * 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 put
+ * it under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP and not CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE.
+ */
+unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
+
+/*
+ * 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);
diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index 07aeb89e396e..01d5a4b3dd0c 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ unsigned long max_low_pfn;
 unsigned long min_low_pfn;
 unsigned long max_pfn;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-/*
- * If we have booted due to a crash, max_pfn will be a very low value. We need
- * to know the amount of memory that the previous kernel used.
- */
-unsigned long saved_max_pfn;
-#endif
-
 bootmem_data_t bootmem_node_data[MAX_NUMNODES] __initdata;
 
 static struct list_head bdata_list __initdata = LIST_HEAD_INIT(bdata_list);
diff --git a/mm/nobootmem.c b/mm/nobootmem.c
index e2bdb07079ce..e99f6cd1da1f 100644
--- a/mm/nobootmem.c
+++ b/mm/nobootmem.c
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@ unsigned long max_low_pfn;
 unsigned long min_low_pfn;
 unsigned long max_pfn;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-/*
- * If we have booted due to a crash, max_pfn will be a very low value. We need
- * to know the amount of memory that the previous kernel used.
- */
-unsigned long saved_max_pfn;
-#endif
-
 static void * __init __alloc_memory_core_early(int nid, u64 size, u64 align,
                                         u64 goal, u64 limit)
 {