diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index d95b3d6b471a..bcf89587a549 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE)		+= machine_kexec_file.o kexec_image.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_RELOC_TEST)		+= arm64-reloc-test.o
 arm64-reloc-test-y := reloc_test_core.o reloc_test_syms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)		+= crash_dump.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_CORE)		+= crash_core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO)		+= vmcore_info.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SDE_INTERFACE)		+= sdei.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH)		+= pointer_auth.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_MTE)			+= mte.o
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/crash_core.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmcore_info.c
similarity index 97%
rename from arch/arm64/kernel/crash_core.c
rename to arch/arm64/kernel/vmcore_info.c
index 66cde752cd74..a5abf7186922 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmcore_info.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) Huawei Futurewei Technologies.
  */
 
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/memory.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable-hwdef.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index bbddee079bf5..d391e8cddf6c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ config ARCH_SELECTS_CRASH_DUMP
 config FA_DUMP
 	bool "Firmware-assisted dump"
 	depends on PPC64 && (PPC_RTAS || PPC_POWERNV)
-	select CRASH_CORE
+	select VMCORE_INFO
 	select CRASH_RESERVE
 	select CRASH_DUMP
 	help
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 9b142b9d5187..733f210ffda1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int ppc_do_canonicalize_irqs;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppc_do_canonicalize_irqs);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO
 /* This keeps a track of which one is the crashing cpu. */
 int crashing_cpu = -1;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
index bb7657115f1d..c9a9b759cc92 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
index fee22a3d1b53..9320748b2694 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB)		+= kgdb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE)	+= kexec_relocate.o crash_save_regs.o machine_kexec.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE)	+= elf_kexec.o machine_kexec_file.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)	+= crash_dump.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_CORE)	+= crash_core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO)	+= vmcore_info.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)	+= jump_label.o
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/crash_core.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmcore_info.c
similarity index 96%
rename from arch/riscv/kernel/crash_core.c
rename to arch/riscv/kernel/vmcore_info.c
index 8706736fd4e2..e8ad57a60a2f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmcore_info.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 
 void arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 0000325ab98f..913d4022131e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS)	+= ftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_TSC)		+= trace_clock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING)		+= trace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RETHOOK)		+= rethook.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_CORE)	+= crash_core_$(BITS).o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO)	+= vmcore_info_$(BITS).o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE)	+= machine_kexec_$(BITS).o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE)	+= relocate_kernel_$(BITS).o crash.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE)	+= kexec-bzimage64.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_core_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vmcore_info_32.c
similarity index 90%
rename from arch/x86/kernel/crash_core_32.c
rename to arch/x86/kernel/vmcore_info_32.c
index 8a89c109e20a..5995a749288a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_core_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmcore_info_32.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
 
 #include <asm/setup.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_core_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vmcore_info_64.c
similarity index 94%
rename from arch/x86/kernel/crash_core_64.c
rename to arch/x86/kernel/vmcore_info_64.c
index 7d255f882afe..0dec7d868754 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_core_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmcore_info_64.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
 
 #include <asm/setup.h>
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
index 1448f61173b3..66f2e9089631 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include <uapi/linux/qemu_fw_cfg.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Gabriel L. Somlo <somlo@cmu.edu>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("QEMU fw_cfg sysfs support");
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void fw_cfg_sel_endianness(u16 key)
 		iowrite16(key, fw_cfg_reg_ctrl);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO
 static inline bool fw_cfg_dma_enabled(void)
 {
 	return (fw_cfg_rev & FW_CFG_VERSION_DMA) && fw_cfg_reg_dma;
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static ssize_t fw_cfg_read_blob(u16 key,
 	return count;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO
 /* write chunk of given fw_cfg blob (caller responsible for sanity-check) */
 static ssize_t fw_cfg_write_blob(u16 key,
 				 void *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static ssize_t fw_cfg_write_blob(u16 key,
 
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_CORE */
+#endif /* CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO */
 
 /* clean up fw_cfg device i/o */
 static void fw_cfg_io_cleanup(void)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ struct fw_cfg_sysfs_entry {
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO
 static ssize_t fw_cfg_write_vmcoreinfo(const struct fw_cfg_file *f)
 {
 	static struct fw_cfg_vmcoreinfo *data;
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static ssize_t fw_cfg_write_vmcoreinfo(const struct fw_cfg_file *f)
 	kfree(data);
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_CORE */
+#endif /* CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO */
 
 /* get fw_cfg_sysfs_entry from kobject member */
 static inline struct fw_cfg_sysfs_entry *to_entry(struct kobject *kobj)
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int fw_cfg_register_file(const struct fw_cfg_file *f)
 	int err;
 	struct fw_cfg_sysfs_entry *entry;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO
 	if (fw_cfg_dma_enabled() &&
 		strcmp(f->name, FW_CFG_VMCOREINFO_FILENAME) == 0 &&
 		!is_kdump_kernel()) {
diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig
index 32b1116ae137..d80a1431ef7b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config PROC_FS
 config PROC_KCORE
 	bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
 	depends on PROC_FS && MMU
-	select CRASH_CORE
+	select VMCORE_INFO
 	help
 	  Provides a virtual ELF core file of the live kernel.  This can
 	  be read with gdb and other ELF tools.  No modifications can be
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 6422e569b080..8e08a9a1b7ed 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *	Safe accesses to vmalloc/direct-mapped discontiguous areas, Kanoj Sarcar <kanoj@sgi.com>
  */
 
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/kcore.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/buildid.h b/include/linux/buildid.h
index 8a582d242f06..20aa3c2d89f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/buildid.h
+++ b/include/linux/buildid.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ int build_id_parse(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned char *build_id,
 		   __u32 *size);
 int build_id_parse_buf(const void *buf, unsigned char *build_id, u32 buf_size);
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRASH_CORE)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO)
 extern unsigned char vmlinux_build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE_MAX];
 void init_vmlinux_build_id(void);
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 19984ddd2c3a..be1e5c2fdbdc 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #if !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
 
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 #include <linux/crash_reserve.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <linux/range.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_core.h b/include/linux/vmcore_info.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/linux/crash_core.h
rename to include/linux/vmcore_info.h
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
index 8b7be71edd85..8faf27043432 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ menu "Kexec and crash features"
 config CRASH_RESERVE
 	bool
 
-config CRASH_CORE
+config VMCORE_INFO
 	bool
 
 config KEXEC_CORE
-	select CRASH_CORE
+	select VMCORE_INFO
 	select CRASH_RESERVE
 	bool
 
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 933ba73ae317..08980e5c2080 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORMAT) += module_signature.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_SELFTEST) += kallsyms_selftest.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT) += acct.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_CORE) += crash_core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO) += vmcore_info.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_RESERVE) += crash_reserve.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE) += kexec_core.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC) += kexec.o
diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index 1d4bc493b2f4..11526fc42bc2 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ KERNEL_ATTR_RW(kexec_crash_size);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO
 
 static ssize_t vmcoreinfo_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 			       struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ KERNEL_ATTR_RO(crash_elfcorehdr_size);
 
 #endif
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_CORE */
+#endif /* CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO */
 
 /* whether file capabilities are enabled */
 static ssize_t fscaps_show(struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static struct attribute * kernel_attrs[] = {
 	&kexec_crash_loaded_attr.attr,
 	&kexec_crash_size_attr.attr,
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO
 	&vmcoreinfo_attr.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
 	&crash_elfcorehdr_size_attr.attr,
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index f2444b581e16..7d74b000b43a 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
-#include <linux/crash_core.h>
+#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 #include <linux/syslog.h>
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ const struct file_operations kmsg_fops = {
 	.release = devkmsg_release,
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO
 /*
  * This appends the listed symbols to /proc/vmcore
  *
diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/vmcore_info.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/crash_core.c
rename to kernel/vmcore_info.c
diff --git a/lib/buildid.c b/lib/buildid.c
index e3a7acdeef0e..3e6868c86b45 100644
--- a/lib/buildid.c
+++ b/lib/buildid.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int build_id_parse_buf(const void *buf, unsigned char *build_id, u32 buf_size)
 	return parse_build_id_buf(build_id, NULL, buf, buf_size);
 }
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRASH_CORE)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO)
 unsigned char vmlinux_build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE_MAX] __ro_after_init;
 
 /**
