Re: [RFC PATCH 05/10] fadump: Convert firmware-assisted cpu state dump data into elf notes.

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 6923167..1965b50 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c

@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ static long no_blink(int state)
 long (*panic_blink)(int state);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_blink);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FA_DUMP
+/*
+ * provide an empty default implementation here -- architecture
+ * code may override this
+ */
+void __attribute__ ((weak)) crash_fadump(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str)
+{}
+#endif
+
 /**
  *	panic - halt the system
  *	@fmt: The text string to print

@@ -81,6 +90,13 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
 	dump_stack();
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FA_DUMP
+	/*
+	 * If firmware-assisted dump has been registered then trigger
+	 * firmware-assisted dump and let firmware handle everything else.
+	 */
+	crash_fadump(NULL, buf);
+#endif
 	/*
 	 * If we have crashed and we have a crash kernel loaded let it handle
 	 * everything else.