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diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index a5e8523dd6eb..3b1c43382eec 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -265,6 +265,20 @@ int crash_prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_mem *mem, int need_kernel_map,
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * crash_exclude_mem_range - exclude a mem range for existing ranges
+ * @mem: mem->range contains an array of ranges sorted in ascending order
+ * @mstart: the start of to-be-excluded range
+ * @mend: the start of to-be-excluded range
+ *
+ * If you are unsure if a range split will happen, to avoid function call
+ * failure because of -ENOMEM, always make sure
+ * mem->max_nr_ranges == mem->nr_ranges + 1
+ * before calling the function each time.
+ *
+ * returns 0 if a memory range is excluded successfully
+ * return -ENOMEM if mem->ranges doesn't have space to hold split ranges
+ */
int crash_exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
unsigned long long mstart, unsigned long long mend)
{
@@ -324,6 +338,7 @@ int crash_exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crash_exclude_mem_range);
ssize_t crash_get_memory_size(void)
{