Index: samba/source/lib/util.c
===================================================================
--- samba/source/lib/util.c.orig
+++ samba/source/lib/util.c
@@ -1617,6 +1617,20 @@ BOOL nametogid(const char *name, gid_t *
  Something really nasty happened - panic !
 ********************************************************************/
 
+/*
+ * The following symbol is reference by Crash Reporter symbolicly
+ * (instead of through undefined references. To get strip(1) to know
+ * this symbol is not to be stripped it needs to have the
+ * REFERENCED_DYNAMICALLY bit (0x10) set.  This would have been done
+ * automaticly by ld(1) if this symbol were referenced through undefined
+ * symbols.
+ *
+ * NOTE: this is an unsupported interface and the CrashReporter team reserve
+ * the right to change it at any time.
+ */
+char *__crashreporter_info__ = NULL;
+asm(".desc ___crashreporter_info__, 0x10");
+
 void smb_panic(const char *const why)
 {
 	char *cmd;
@@ -1650,6 +1664,13 @@ void smb_panic(const char *const why)
 					  WEXITSTATUS(result)));
 	}
 
+	/* Get CrashReporter to stash the panic reason in the crash log. Note
+	 * that this is really a very broad hint, since some of the frameworks
+	 * may clobber this and we can crash in ways that don't go through
+	 * smb_panic.
+	 */
+	__crashreporter_info__ = why;
+
 	dump_core();
 }