diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 8c2c7fc..99f2d6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -121,6 +121,23 @@
 extern void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *);
 int kexec_should_crash(struct task_struct *);
 void crash_save_cpu(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu);
+void crash_save_vmcoreinfo(void);
+void arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo(void);
+void vmcoreinfo_append_str(const char *fmt, ...);
+unsigned long paddr_vmcoreinfo_note(void);
+
+#define SYMBOL(name) \
+	vmcoreinfo_append_str("SYMBOL(%s)=%lx\n", #name, (unsigned long)&name)
+#define SIZE(name) \
+	vmcoreinfo_append_str("SIZE(%s)=%d\n", #name, sizeof(struct name))
+#define OFFSET(name, field) \
+	vmcoreinfo_append_str("OFFSET(%s.%s)=%d\n", #name, #field, \
+			      &(((struct name *)0)->field))
+#define LENGTH(name, value) \
+	vmcoreinfo_append_str("LENGTH(%s)=%d\n", #name, value)
+#define CONFIG(name) \
+	vmcoreinfo_append_str("CONFIG_%s=y\n", #name)
+
 extern struct kimage *kexec_image;
 extern struct kimage *kexec_crash_image;
 
@@ -148,11 +165,20 @@
 
 #define KEXEC_FLAGS    (KEXEC_ON_CRASH)  /* List of defined/legal kexec flags */
 
+#define VMCOREINFO_BYTES           (4096)
+#define VMCOREINFO_NOTE_NAME       "VMCOREINFO"
+#define VMCOREINFO_NOTE_NAME_BYTES ALIGN(sizeof(VMCOREINFO_NOTE_NAME), 4)
+#define VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE       (KEXEC_NOTE_HEAD_BYTES*2 + VMCOREINFO_BYTES \
+				    + VMCOREINFO_NOTE_NAME_BYTES)
+
 /* Location of a reserved region to hold the crash kernel.
  */
 extern struct resource crashk_res;
 typedef u32 note_buf_t[KEXEC_NOTE_BYTES/4];
 extern note_buf_t *crash_notes;
+extern u32 vmcoreinfo_note[VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE/4];
+extern unsigned int vmcoreinfo_size;
+extern unsigned int vmcoreinfo_max_size;
 
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_KEXEC */