1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
index ff9620b800c0..a0e0c9ca8f10 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
@@ -418,6 +419,14 @@ static __init void parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
                 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+                /* 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.
+                 */
+                else if(!memcmp(from, "elfcorehdr=", 11))
+                        elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(from+11, &from);
+#endif
         next_char:
                 c = *(from++);
                 if (!c)