diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/crash.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/crash.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f498411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/crash.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_CRASH_H
+#define _ASM_X86_CRASH_H
+
+int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image);
+int crash_copy_backup_region(struct kimage *image);
+int crash_setup_memmap_entries(struct kimage *image,
+		struct boot_params *params);
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_CRASH_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
index 0dfccce..d2434c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/bootparam.h>
 
+struct kimage;
+
 /*
  * KEXEC_SOURCE_MEMORY_LIMIT maximum page get_free_page can return.
  * I.e. Maximum page that is mapped directly into kernel memory,
@@ -62,6 +64,10 @@
 # define KEXEC_ARCH KEXEC_ARCH_X86_64
 #endif
 
+/* Memory to backup during crash kdump */
+#define KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_START	(0UL)
+#define KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END	(640 * 1024UL)	/* 640K */
+
 /*
  * CPU does not save ss and sp on stack if execution is already
  * running in kernel mode at the time of NMI occurrence. This code
@@ -161,17 +167,35 @@
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *pte;
-};
+	/* Details of backup region */
+	unsigned long backup_src_start;
+	unsigned long backup_src_sz;
 
+	/* Physical address of backup segment */
+	unsigned long backup_load_addr;
+
+	/* Core ELF header buffer */
+	void *elf_headers;
+	unsigned long elf_headers_sz;
+	unsigned long elf_load_addr;
+};
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+/*
+ * Number of elements and order of elements in this structure should match
+ * with the ones in arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S. If you make a change here
+ * make an appropriate change in purgatory too.
+ */
 struct kexec_entry64_regs {
 	uint64_t rax;
-	uint64_t rbx;
 	uint64_t rcx;
 	uint64_t rdx;
-	uint64_t rsi;
-	uint64_t rdi;
+	uint64_t rbx;
 	uint64_t rsp;
 	uint64_t rbp;
+	uint64_t rsi;
+	uint64_t rdi;
 	uint64_t r8;
 	uint64_t r9;
 	uint64_t r10;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 507de80..0553a34 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@
  * Created by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha (hari@in.ibm.com)
  *
  * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) Red Hat Inc., 2014. All rights reserved.
+ * Authors:
+ *      Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
  *
  */
 
+#define pr_fmt(fmt)	"kexec: " fmt
+
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/elfcore.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/hardirq.h>
@@ -28,6 +34,45 @@
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 #include <asm/virtext.h>
 
+/* Alignment required for elf header segment */
+#define ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN   4096
+
+/* This primarily represents number of split ranges due to exclusion */
+#define CRASH_MAX_RANGES	16
+
+struct crash_mem_range {
+	u64 start, end;
+};
+
+struct crash_mem {
+	unsigned int nr_ranges;
+	struct crash_mem_range ranges[CRASH_MAX_RANGES];
+};
+
+/* Misc data about ram ranges needed to prepare elf headers */
+struct crash_elf_data {
+	struct kimage *image;
+	/*
+	 * Total number of ram ranges we have after various adjustments for
+	 * GART, crash reserved region etc.
+	 */
+	unsigned int max_nr_ranges;
+	unsigned long gart_start, gart_end;
+
+	/* Pointer to elf header */
+	void *ehdr;
+	/* Pointer to next phdr */
+	void *bufp;
+	struct crash_mem mem;
+};
+
+/* Used while preparing memory map entries for second kernel */
+struct crash_memmap_data {
+	struct boot_params *params;
+	/* Type of memory */
+	unsigned int type;
+};
+
 int in_crash_kexec;
 
 /*
@@ -39,6 +84,7 @@
  */
 crash_vmclear_fn __rcu *crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss = NULL;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss);
+unsigned long crash_zero_bytes;
 
 static inline void cpu_crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss(void)
 {
@@ -135,3 +181,520 @@
 #endif
 	crash_save_cpu(regs, safe_smp_processor_id());
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+
+static int get_nr_ram_ranges_callback(unsigned long start_pfn,
+				unsigned long nr_pfn, void *arg)
+{
+	int *nr_ranges = arg;
+
+	(*nr_ranges)++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_gart_ranges_callback(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg)
+{
+	struct crash_elf_data *ced = arg;
+
+	ced->gart_start = start;
+	ced->gart_end = end;
+
+	/* Not expecting more than 1 gart aperture */
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+/* Gather all the required information to prepare elf headers for ram regions */
+static void fill_up_crash_elf_data(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
+				   struct kimage *image)
+{
+	unsigned int nr_ranges = 0;
+
+	ced->image = image;
+
+	walk_system_ram_range(0, -1, &nr_ranges,
+				get_nr_ram_ranges_callback);
+
+	ced->max_nr_ranges = nr_ranges;
+
+	/*
+	 * We don't create ELF headers for GART aperture as an attempt
+	 * to dump this memory in second kernel leads to hang/crash.
+	 * If gart aperture is present, one needs to exclude that region
+	 * and that could lead to need of extra phdr.
+	 */
+	walk_iomem_res("GART", IORESOURCE_MEM, 0, -1,
+				ced, get_gart_ranges_callback);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have gart region, excluding that could potentially split
+	 * a memory range, resulting in extra header. Account for  that.
+	 */
+	if (ced->gart_end)
+		ced->max_nr_ranges++;
+
+	/* Exclusion of crash region could split memory ranges */
+	ced->max_nr_ranges++;
+
+	/* If crashk_low_res is not 0, another range split possible */
+	if (crashk_low_res.end != 0)
+		ced->max_nr_ranges++;
+}
+
+static int exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
+		unsigned long long mstart, unsigned long long mend)
+{
+	int i, j;
+	unsigned long long start, end;
+	struct crash_mem_range temp_range = {0, 0};
+
+	for (i = 0; i < mem->nr_ranges; i++) {
+		start = mem->ranges[i].start;
+		end = mem->ranges[i].end;
+
+		if (mstart > end || mend < start)
+			continue;
+
+		/* Truncate any area outside of range */
+		if (mstart < start)
+			mstart = start;
+		if (mend > end)
+			mend = end;
+
+		/* Found completely overlapping range */
+		if (mstart == start && mend == end) {
+			mem->ranges[i].start = 0;
+			mem->ranges[i].end = 0;
+			if (i < mem->nr_ranges - 1) {
+				/* Shift rest of the ranges to left */
+				for (j = i; j < mem->nr_ranges - 1; j++) {
+					mem->ranges[j].start =
+						mem->ranges[j+1].start;
+					mem->ranges[j].end =
+							mem->ranges[j+1].end;
+				}
+			}
+			mem->nr_ranges--;
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (mstart > start && mend < end) {
+			/* Split original range */
+			mem->ranges[i].end = mstart - 1;
+			temp_range.start = mend + 1;
+			temp_range.end = end;
+		} else if (mstart != start)
+			mem->ranges[i].end = mstart - 1;
+		else
+			mem->ranges[i].start = mend + 1;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	/* If a split happend, add the split to array */
+	if (!temp_range.end)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Split happened */
+	if (i == CRASH_MAX_RANGES - 1) {
+		pr_err("Too many crash ranges after split\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	/* Location where new range should go */
+	j = i + 1;
+	if (j < mem->nr_ranges) {
+		/* Move over all ranges one slot towards the end */
+		for (i = mem->nr_ranges - 1; i >= j; i--)
+			mem->ranges[i + 1] = mem->ranges[i];
+	}
+
+	mem->ranges[j].start = temp_range.start;
+	mem->ranges[j].end = temp_range.end;
+	mem->nr_ranges++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Look for any unwanted ranges between mstart, mend and remove them. This
+ * might lead to split and split ranges are put in ced->mem.ranges[] array
+ */
+static int elf_header_exclude_ranges(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
+		unsigned long long mstart, unsigned long long mend)
+{
+	struct crash_mem *cmem = &ced->mem;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	memset(cmem->ranges, 0, sizeof(cmem->ranges));
+
+	cmem->ranges[0].start = mstart;
+	cmem->ranges[0].end = mend;
+	cmem->nr_ranges = 1;
+
+	/* Exclude crashkernel region */
+	ret = exclude_mem_range(cmem, crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = exclude_mem_range(cmem, crashk_low_res.start, crashk_low_res.end);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Exclude GART region */
+	if (ced->gart_end) {
+		ret = exclude_mem_range(cmem, ced->gart_start, ced->gart_end);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg)
+{
+	struct crash_elf_data *ced = arg;
+	Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr;
+	Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
+	unsigned long mstart, mend;
+	struct kimage *image = ced->image;
+	struct crash_mem *cmem;
+	int ret, i;
+
+	ehdr = ced->ehdr;
+
+	/* Exclude unwanted mem ranges */
+	ret = elf_header_exclude_ranges(ced, start, end);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Go through all the ranges in ced->mem.ranges[] and prepare phdr */
+	cmem = &ced->mem;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cmem->nr_ranges; i++) {
+		mstart = cmem->ranges[i].start;
+		mend = cmem->ranges[i].end;
+
+		phdr = ced->bufp;
+		ced->bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
+
+		phdr->p_type = PT_LOAD;
+		phdr->p_flags = PF_R|PF_W|PF_X;
+		phdr->p_offset  = mstart;
+
+		/*
+		 * If a range matches backup region, adjust offset to backup
+		 * segment.
+		 */
+		if (mstart == image->arch.backup_src_start &&
+		    (mend - mstart + 1) == image->arch.backup_src_sz)
+			phdr->p_offset = image->arch.backup_load_addr;
+
+		phdr->p_paddr = mstart;
+		phdr->p_vaddr = (unsigned long long) __va(mstart);
+		phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = mend - mstart + 1;
+		phdr->p_align = 0;
+		ehdr->e_phnum++;
+		pr_debug("Crash PT_LOAD elf header. phdr=%p vaddr=0x%llx, paddr=0x%llx, sz=0x%llx e_phnum=%d p_offset=0x%llx\n",
+			phdr, phdr->p_vaddr, phdr->p_paddr, phdr->p_filesz,
+			ehdr->e_phnum, phdr->p_offset);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
+		void **addr, unsigned long *sz)
+{
+	Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr;
+	Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
+	unsigned long nr_cpus = num_possible_cpus(), nr_phdr, elf_sz;
+	unsigned char *buf, *bufp;
+	unsigned int cpu;
+	unsigned long long notes_addr;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* extra phdr for vmcoreinfo elf note */
+	nr_phdr = nr_cpus + 1;
+	nr_phdr += ced->max_nr_ranges;
+
+	/*
+	 * kexec-tools creates an extra PT_LOAD phdr for kernel text mapping
+	 * area on x86_64 (ffffffff80000000 - ffffffffa0000000).
+	 * I think this is required by tools like gdb. So same physical
+	 * memory will be mapped in two elf headers. One will contain kernel
+	 * text virtual addresses and other will have __va(physical) addresses.
+	 */
+
+	nr_phdr++;
+	elf_sz = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + nr_phdr * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
+	elf_sz = ALIGN(elf_sz, ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN);
+
+	buf = vzalloc(elf_sz);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	bufp = buf;
+	ehdr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)bufp;
+	bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
+	memcpy(ehdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG);
+	ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] = ELFCLASS64;
+	ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] = ELFDATA2LSB;
+	ehdr->e_ident[EI_VERSION] = EV_CURRENT;
+	ehdr->e_ident[EI_OSABI] = ELF_OSABI;
+	memset(ehdr->e_ident + EI_PAD, 0, EI_NIDENT - EI_PAD);
+	ehdr->e_type = ET_CORE;
+	ehdr->e_machine = ELF_ARCH;
+	ehdr->e_version = EV_CURRENT;
+	ehdr->e_phoff = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
+	ehdr->e_ehsize = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
+	ehdr->e_phentsize = sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
+
+	/* Prepare one phdr of type PT_NOTE for each present cpu */
+	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
+		phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)bufp;
+		bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
+		phdr->p_type = PT_NOTE;
+		notes_addr = per_cpu_ptr_to_phys(per_cpu_ptr(crash_notes, cpu));
+		phdr->p_offset = phdr->p_paddr = notes_addr;
+		phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = sizeof(note_buf_t);
+		(ehdr->e_phnum)++;
+	}
+
+	/* Prepare one PT_NOTE header for vmcoreinfo */
+	phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)bufp;
+	bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
+	phdr->p_type = PT_NOTE;
+	phdr->p_offset = phdr->p_paddr = paddr_vmcoreinfo_note();
+	phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = sizeof(vmcoreinfo_note);
+	(ehdr->e_phnum)++;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	/* Prepare PT_LOAD type program header for kernel text region */
+	phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)bufp;
+	bufp += sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
+	phdr->p_type = PT_LOAD;
+	phdr->p_flags = PF_R|PF_W|PF_X;
+	phdr->p_vaddr = (Elf64_Addr)_text;
+	phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = _end - _text;
+	phdr->p_offset = phdr->p_paddr = __pa_symbol(_text);
+	(ehdr->e_phnum)++;
+#endif
+
+	/* Prepare PT_LOAD headers for system ram chunks. */
+	ced->ehdr = ehdr;
+	ced->bufp = bufp;
+	ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, ced,
+			prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	*addr = buf;
+	*sz = elf_sz;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Prepare elf headers. Return addr and size */
+static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
+					unsigned long *sz)
+{
+	struct crash_elf_data *ced;
+	int ret;
+
+	ced = kzalloc(sizeof(*ced), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ced)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	fill_up_crash_elf_data(ced, image);
+
+	/* By default prepare 64bit headers */
+	ret =  prepare_elf64_headers(ced, addr, sz);
+	kfree(ced);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int add_e820_entry(struct boot_params *params, struct e820entry *entry)
+{
+	unsigned int nr_e820_entries;
+
+	nr_e820_entries = params->e820_entries;
+	if (nr_e820_entries >= E820MAX)
+		return 1;
+
+	memcpy(&params->e820_map[nr_e820_entries], entry,
+			sizeof(struct e820entry));
+	params->e820_entries++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int memmap_entry_callback(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg)
+{
+	struct crash_memmap_data *cmd = arg;
+	struct boot_params *params = cmd->params;
+	struct e820entry ei;
+
+	ei.addr = start;
+	ei.size = end - start + 1;
+	ei.type = cmd->type;
+	add_e820_entry(params, &ei);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int memmap_exclude_ranges(struct kimage *image, struct crash_mem *cmem,
+				 unsigned long long mstart,
+				 unsigned long long mend)
+{
+	unsigned long start, end;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	cmem->ranges[0].start = mstart;
+	cmem->ranges[0].end = mend;
+	cmem->nr_ranges = 1;
+
+	/* Exclude Backup region */
+	start = image->arch.backup_load_addr;
+	end = start + image->arch.backup_src_sz - 1;
+	ret = exclude_mem_range(cmem, start, end);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Exclude elf header region */
+	start = image->arch.elf_load_addr;
+	end = start + image->arch.elf_headers_sz - 1;
+	return exclude_mem_range(cmem, start, end);
+}
+
+/* Prepare memory map for crash dump kernel */
+int crash_setup_memmap_entries(struct kimage *image, struct boot_params *params)
+{
+	int i, ret = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct e820entry ei;
+	struct crash_memmap_data cmd;
+	struct crash_mem *cmem;
+
+	cmem = vzalloc(sizeof(struct crash_mem));
+	if (!cmem)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(struct crash_memmap_data));
+	cmd.params = params;
+
+	/* Add first 640K segment */
+	ei.addr = image->arch.backup_src_start;
+	ei.size = image->arch.backup_src_sz;
+	ei.type = E820_RAM;
+	add_e820_entry(params, &ei);
+
+	/* Add ACPI tables */
+	cmd.type = E820_ACPI;
+	flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	walk_iomem_res("ACPI Tables", flags, 0, -1, &cmd,
+		       memmap_entry_callback);
+
+	/* Add ACPI Non-volatile Storage */
+	cmd.type = E820_NVS;
+	walk_iomem_res("ACPI Non-volatile Storage", flags, 0, -1, &cmd,
+			memmap_entry_callback);
+
+	/* Add crashk_low_res region */
+	if (crashk_low_res.end) {
+		ei.addr = crashk_low_res.start;
+		ei.size = crashk_low_res.end - crashk_low_res.start + 1;
+		ei.type = E820_RAM;
+		add_e820_entry(params, &ei);
+	}
+
+	/* Exclude some ranges from crashk_res and add rest to memmap */
+	ret = memmap_exclude_ranges(image, cmem, crashk_res.start,
+						crashk_res.end);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cmem->nr_ranges; i++) {
+		ei.size = cmem->ranges[i].end - cmem->ranges[i].start + 1;
+
+		/* If entry is less than a page, skip it */
+		if (ei.size < PAGE_SIZE)
+			continue;
+		ei.addr = cmem->ranges[i].start;
+		ei.type = E820_RAM;
+		add_e820_entry(params, &ei);
+	}
+
+out:
+	vfree(cmem);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int determine_backup_region(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg)
+{
+	struct kimage *image = arg;
+
+	image->arch.backup_src_start = start;
+	image->arch.backup_src_sz = end - start + 1;
+
+	/* Expecting only one range for backup region */
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
+{
+	unsigned long src_start, src_sz, elf_sz;
+	void *elf_addr;
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Determine and load a segment for backup area. First 640K RAM
+	 * region is backup source
+	 */
+
+	ret = walk_system_ram_res(KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_START, KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END,
+				image, determine_backup_region);
+
+	/* Zero or postive return values are ok */
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	src_start = image->arch.backup_src_start;
+	src_sz = image->arch.backup_src_sz;
+
+	/* Add backup segment. */
+	if (src_sz) {
+		/*
+		 * Ideally there is no source for backup segment. This is
+		 * copied in purgatory after crash. Just add a zero filled
+		 * segment for now to make sure checksum logic works fine.
+		 */
+		ret = kexec_add_buffer(image, (char *)&crash_zero_bytes,
+				       sizeof(crash_zero_bytes), src_sz,
+				       PAGE_SIZE, 0, -1, 0,
+				       &image->arch.backup_load_addr);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		pr_debug("Loaded backup region at 0x%lx backup_start=0x%lx memsz=0x%lx\n",
+			 image->arch.backup_load_addr, src_start, src_sz);
+	}
+
+	/* Prepare elf headers and add a segment */
+	ret = prepare_elf_headers(image, &elf_addr, &elf_sz);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	image->arch.elf_headers = elf_addr;
+	image->arch.elf_headers_sz = elf_sz;
+
+	ret = kexec_add_buffer(image, (char *)elf_addr, elf_sz, elf_sz,
+			ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN, 0, -1, 0,
+			&image->arch.elf_load_addr);
+	if (ret) {
+		vfree((void *)image->arch.elf_headers);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	pr_debug("Loaded ELF headers at 0x%lx bufsz=0x%lx memsz=0x%lx\n",
+		 image->arch.elf_load_addr, elf_sz, elf_sz);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
index bcedd10..a8e6464 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 
 #include <asm/bootparam.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
+#include <asm/crash.h>
+
+#define MAX_ELFCOREHDR_STR_LEN	30	/* elfcorehdr=0x<64bit-value> */
 
 /*
  * Defines lowest physical address for various segments. Not sure where
@@ -58,18 +61,24 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int setup_cmdline(struct boot_params *params,
+static int setup_cmdline(struct kimage *image, struct boot_params *params,
 			 unsigned long bootparams_load_addr,
 			 unsigned long cmdline_offset, char *cmdline,
 			 unsigned long cmdline_len)
 {
 	char *cmdline_ptr = ((char *)params) + cmdline_offset;
-	unsigned long cmdline_ptr_phys;
+	unsigned long cmdline_ptr_phys, len;
 	uint32_t cmdline_low_32, cmdline_ext_32;
 
 	memcpy(cmdline_ptr, cmdline, cmdline_len);
+	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
+		len = sprintf(cmdline_ptr + cmdline_len - 1,
+			" elfcorehdr=0x%lx", image->arch.elf_load_addr);
+		cmdline_len += len;
+	}
 	cmdline_ptr[cmdline_len - 1] = '\0';
 
+	pr_debug("Final command line is: %s\n", cmdline_ptr);
 	cmdline_ptr_phys = bootparams_load_addr + cmdline_offset;
 	cmdline_low_32 = cmdline_ptr_phys & 0xffffffffUL;
 	cmdline_ext_32 = cmdline_ptr_phys >> 32;
@@ -98,11 +107,12 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int setup_boot_parameters(struct boot_params *params)
+static int setup_boot_parameters(struct kimage *image,
+				 struct boot_params *params)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_e820_entries;
 	unsigned long long mem_k, start, end;
-	int i;
+	int i, ret = 0;
 
 	/* Get subarch from existing bootparams */
 	params->hdr.hardware_subarch = boot_params.hdr.hardware_subarch;
@@ -125,7 +135,13 @@
 	/* Default sysdesc table */
 	params->sys_desc_table.length = 0;
 
-	setup_memory_map_entries(params);
+	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
+		ret = crash_setup_memmap_entries(image, params);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	} else
+		setup_memory_map_entries(params);
+
 	nr_e820_entries = params->e820_entries;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_e820_entries; i++) {
@@ -153,7 +169,7 @@
 	memcpy(params->edd_mbr_sig_buffer, boot_params.edd_mbr_sig_buffer,
 	       EDD_MBR_SIG_MAX * sizeof(unsigned int));
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int bzImage64_probe(const char *buf, unsigned long len)
@@ -241,6 +257,22 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * In case of crash dump, we will append elfcorehdr=<addr> to
+	 * command line. Make sure it does not overflow
+	 */
+	if (cmdline_len + MAX_ELFCOREHDR_STR_LEN > header->cmdline_size) {
+		pr_debug("Appending elfcorehdr=<addr> to command line exceeds maximum allowed length\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	/* Allocate and load backup region */
+	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
+		ret = crash_load_segments(image);
+		if (ret)
+			return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * Load purgatory. For 64bit entry point, purgatory  code can be
 	 * anywhere.
 	 */
@@ -254,7 +286,8 @@
 	pr_debug("Loaded purgatory at 0x%lx\n", purgatory_load_addr);
 
 	/* Load Bootparams and cmdline */
-	params_cmdline_sz = sizeof(struct boot_params) + cmdline_len;
+	params_cmdline_sz = sizeof(struct boot_params) + cmdline_len +
+				MAX_ELFCOREHDR_STR_LEN;
 	params = kzalloc(params_cmdline_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!params)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -303,8 +336,8 @@
 		setup_initrd(params, initrd_load_addr, initrd_len);
 	}
 
-	setup_cmdline(params, bootparam_load_addr, sizeof(struct boot_params),
-		      cmdline, cmdline_len);
+	setup_cmdline(image, params, bootparam_load_addr,
+		      sizeof(struct boot_params), cmdline, cmdline_len);
 
 	/* bootloader info. Do we need a separate ID for kexec kernel loader? */
 	params->hdr.type_of_loader = 0x0D << 4;
@@ -332,7 +365,9 @@
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free_params;
 
-	setup_boot_parameters(params);
+	ret = setup_boot_parameters(image, params);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_free_params;
 
 	/* Allocate loader specific data */
 	ldata = kzalloc(sizeof(struct bzimage64_data), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
index 18d0f9e..9330434 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -178,6 +178,38 @@
 		);
 }
 
+/* Update purgatory as needed after various image segments have been prepared */
+static int arch_update_purgatory(struct kimage *image)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!image->file_mode)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Setup copying of backup region */
+	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
+		ret = kexec_purgatory_get_set_symbol(image, "backup_dest",
+				&image->arch.backup_load_addr,
+				sizeof(image->arch.backup_load_addr), 0);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = kexec_purgatory_get_set_symbol(image, "backup_src",
+				&image->arch.backup_src_start,
+				sizeof(image->arch.backup_src_start), 0);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = kexec_purgatory_get_set_symbol(image, "backup_sz",
+				&image->arch.backup_src_sz,
+				sizeof(image->arch.backup_src_sz), 0);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pgtable;
@@ -191,6 +223,11 @@
 	if (result)
 		return result;
 
+	/* update purgatory as needed */
+	result = arch_update_purgatory(image);
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -315,6 +352,9 @@
 
 void *arch_kexec_kernel_image_load(struct kimage *image)
 {
+	vfree(image->arch.elf_headers);
+	image->arch.elf_headers = NULL;
+
 	if (!image->fops || !image->fops->load)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOEXEC);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S b/arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S
index be3249d..d1a4291 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@
 	.balign 4
 entry64_regs:
 rax:	.quad 0x0
-rbx:	.quad 0x0
 rcx:	.quad 0x0
 rdx:	.quad 0x0
-rsi:	.quad 0x0
-rdi:	.quad 0x0
+rbx:	.quad 0x0
 rsp:	.quad 0x0
 rbp:	.quad 0x0
+rsi:	.quad 0x0
+rdi:	.quad 0x0
 r8:	.quad 0x0
 r9:	.quad 0x0
 r10:	.quad 0x0
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 0926f2a..f18c780 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct kimage *image;
+	bool kexec_on_panic = flags & KEXEC_FILE_ON_CRASH;
 
 	image = do_kimage_alloc_init();
 	if (!image)
@@ -555,6 +556,12 @@
 
 	image->file_mode = 1;
 
+	if (kexec_on_panic) {
+		/* Enable special crash kernel control page alloc policy. */
+		image->control_page = crashk_res.start;
+		image->type = KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH;
+	}
+
 	ret = kimage_file_prepare_segments(image, kernel_fd, initrd_fd,
 					   cmdline_ptr, cmdline_len, flags);
 	if (ret)
@@ -572,10 +579,12 @@
 		goto out_free_post_load_bufs;
 	}
 
-	image->swap_page = kimage_alloc_control_pages(image, 0);
-	if (!image->swap_page) {
-		pr_err(KERN_ERR "Could not allocate swap buffer\n");
-		goto out_free_control_pages;
+	if (!kexec_on_panic) {
+		image->swap_page = kimage_alloc_control_pages(image, 0);
+		if (!image->swap_page) {
+			pr_err(KERN_ERR "Could not allocate swap buffer\n");
+			goto out_free_control_pages;
+		}
 	}
 
 	*rimage = image;
@@ -1113,10 +1122,14 @@
 	unsigned long maddr;
 	size_t ubytes, mbytes;
 	int result;
-	unsigned char __user *buf;
+	unsigned char __user *buf = NULL;
+	unsigned char *kbuf = NULL;
 
 	result = 0;
-	buf = segment->buf;
+	if (image->file_mode)
+		kbuf = segment->kbuf;
+	else
+		buf = segment->buf;
 	ubytes = segment->bufsz;
 	mbytes = segment->memsz;
 	maddr = segment->mem;
@@ -1139,7 +1152,12 @@
 			/* Zero the trailing part of the page */
 			memset(ptr + uchunk, 0, mchunk - uchunk);
 		}
-		result = copy_from_user(ptr, buf, uchunk);
+
+		/* For file based kexec, source pages are in kernel memory */
+		if (image->file_mode)
+			memcpy(ptr, kbuf, uchunk);
+		else
+			result = copy_from_user(ptr, buf, uchunk);
 		kexec_flush_icache_page(page);
 		kunmap(page);
 		if (result) {
@@ -1148,7 +1166,10 @@
 		}
 		ubytes -= uchunk;
 		maddr  += mchunk;
-		buf += mchunk;
+		if (image->file_mode)
+			kbuf += mchunk;
+		else
+			buf += mchunk;
 		mbytes -= mchunk;
 	}
 out:
@@ -2127,7 +2148,14 @@
 	kbuf->top_down = top_down;
 
 	/* Walk the RAM ranges and allocate a suitable range for the buffer */
-	ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, kbuf, locate_mem_hole_callback);
+	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH)
+		ret = walk_iomem_res("Crash kernel",
+				     IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY,
+				     crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end, kbuf,
+				     locate_mem_hole_callback);
+	else
+		ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, kbuf,
+					  locate_mem_hole_callback);
 	if (ret != 1) {
 		/* A suitable memory range could not be found for buffer */
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;