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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c index 6b1ae6ba76f..66c3dc99a65 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/kexec.h> #include <linux/delay.h> +#include <linux/init.h> #include <asm/pgtable.h> #include <asm/pgalloc.h> #include <asm/tlbflush.h> @@ -209,3 +210,25 @@ NORET_TYPE void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image) rnk = (relocate_new_kernel_t) reboot_code_buffer; (*rnk)(page_list, reboot_code_buffer, image->start, cpu_has_pae); } + +/* crashkernel=size@addr specifies the location to reserve for + * a crash kernel. By reserving this memory we guarantee + * that linux never sets it up as a DMA target. + * Useful for holding code to do something appropriate + * after a kernel panic. + */ +static int __init parse_crashkernel(char *arg) +{ + unsigned long size, base; + size = memparse(arg, &arg); + if (*arg == '@') { + base = memparse(arg+1, &arg); + /* FIXME: Do I want a sanity check + * to validate the memory range? + */ + crashk_res.start = base; + crashk_res.end = base + size - 1; + } + return 0; +} +early_param("crashkernel", parse_crashkernel); |