3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
index da60e90eeeb..23e91290e41 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 
 #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 51b75cea701..efaff15d8cf 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ kdump_find_rsvd_region (unsigned long size, struct rsvd_region *r, int n)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
 /* locate the size find a the descriptor at a certain address */
 unsigned long __init
 vmcore_find_descriptor_size (unsigned long address)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index de636b21567..916ba898237 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ reserve_memory (void)
 	}
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_KERNEL
 	if (reserve_elfcorehdr(&rsvd_region[n].start,
 			       &rsvd_region[n].end) == 0)
 		n++;
@@ -478,7 +478,12 @@ static __init int setup_nomca(char *s)
 }
 early_param("nomca", setup_nomca);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+/*
+ * 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.
  */
@@ -502,11 +507,11 @@ int __init reserve_elfcorehdr(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
 	 * to work properly.
 	 */
 
-	if (elfcorehdr_addr >= ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX)
+	if (!is_vmcore_usable())
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if ((length = vmcore_find_descriptor_size(elfcorehdr_addr)) == 0) {
-		elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
+		vmcore_unusable();
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}