1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
index 32503657f14f..22c7ac5cd80c 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
@@ -14,5 +14,13 @@ extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long, char *, size_t,
 extern const struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations;
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vmcore;
 
+/* Architecture code defines this if there are other possible ELF
+ * machine types, e.g. on bi-arch capable hardware. */
+#ifndef vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross
+#define vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x) 0
+#endif
+
+#define vmcore_elf_check_arch(x) (elf_check_arch(x) || vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x))
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
 #endif /* LINUX_CRASHDUMP_H */