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diff --git a/include/linux/crash_core.h b/include/linux/crash_core.h
index 541a197ba4a2..4090a42578a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_core.h
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
#define CRASH_CORE_NOTE_NAME_BYTES ALIGN(sizeof(CRASH_CORE_NOTE_NAME), 4)
#define CRASH_CORE_NOTE_DESC_BYTES ALIGN(sizeof(struct elf_prstatus), 4)
+/*
+ * The per-cpu notes area is a list of notes terminated by a "NULL"
+ * note header. For kdump, the code in vmcore.c runs in the context
+ * of the second kernel to combine them into one note.
+ */
#define CRASH_CORE_NOTE_BYTES ((CRASH_CORE_NOTE_HEAD_BYTES * 2) + \
CRASH_CORE_NOTE_NAME_BYTES + \
CRASH_CORE_NOTE_DESC_BYTES)