unsigned long           size;
 } __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
+/* Maximum size of architecture specific data in a hibernation header */
+#define MAX_ARCH_HEADER_SIZE   (sizeof(struct new_utsname) + 4)
 
+extern int arch_hibernation_header_save(void *addr, unsigned int max_size);
+extern int arch_hibernation_header_restore(void *addr);
+
+static inline int init_header_complete(struct swsusp_info *info)
+{
+       return arch_hibernation_header_save(info, MAX_ARCH_HEADER_SIZE);
+}
+
+static inline char *check_image_kernel(struct swsusp_info *info)
+{
+       return arch_hibernation_header_restore(info) ?
+                       "architecture specific data" : NULL;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
 /*
  * Keep some memory free so that I/O operations can succeed without paging
  * [Might this be more than 4 MB?]
  */
 #define PAGES_FOR_IO   ((4096 * 1024) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+
 /*
  * Keep 1 MB of memory free so that device drivers can allocate some pages in
  * their .suspend() routines without breaking the suspend to disk.
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static void init_header(struct swsusp_info *info)
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
+static int init_header_complete(struct swsusp_info *info)
 {
-       memset(info, 0, sizeof(struct swsusp_info));
+       memcpy(&info->uts, init_utsname(), sizeof(struct new_utsname));
        info->version_code = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static char *check_image_kernel(struct swsusp_info *info)
+{
+       if (info->version_code != LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
+               return "kernel version";
+       if (strcmp(info->uts.sysname,init_utsname()->sysname))
+               return "system type";
+       if (strcmp(info->uts.release,init_utsname()->release))
+               return "kernel release";
+       if (strcmp(info->uts.version,init_utsname()->version))
+               return "version";
+       if (strcmp(info->uts.machine,init_utsname()->machine))
+               return "machine";
+       return NULL;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER */
+
+static int init_header(struct swsusp_info *info)
+{
+       memset(info, 0, sizeof(struct swsusp_info));
        info->num_physpages = num_physpages;
-       memcpy(&info->uts, init_utsname(), sizeof(struct new_utsname));
-       info->cpus = num_online_cpus();
        info->image_pages = nr_copy_pages;
        info->pages = nr_copy_pages + nr_meta_pages + 1;
        info->size = info->pages;
        info->size <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
+       return init_header_complete(info);
 }
 
 /**
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
        if (!handle->offset) {
-               init_header((struct swsusp_info *)buffer);
+               int error;
+
+               error = init_header((struct swsusp_info *)buffer);
+               if (error)
+                       return error;
                handle->buffer = buffer;
                memory_bm_position_reset(&orig_bm);
                memory_bm_position_reset(©_bm);
        }
 }
 
-static inline int check_header(struct swsusp_info *info)
+static int check_header(struct swsusp_info *info)
 {
-       char *reason = NULL;
+       char *reason;
 
-       if (info->version_code != LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
-               reason = "kernel version";
-       if (info->num_physpages != num_physpages)
+       reason = check_image_kernel(info);
+       if (!reason && info->num_physpages != num_physpages)
                reason = "memory size";
-       if (strcmp(info->uts.sysname,init_utsname()->sysname))
-               reason = "system type";
-       if (strcmp(info->uts.release,init_utsname()->release))
-               reason = "kernel release";
-       if (strcmp(info->uts.version,init_utsname()->version))
-               reason = "version";
-       if (strcmp(info->uts.machine,init_utsname()->machine))
-               reason = "machine";
        if (reason) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "swsusp: Resume mismatch: %s\n", reason);
                return -EPERM;