[PATCH 0/2] Allow crash dumps with crash_kexec_post_notifiers

From: Petr Tesarik
Date: Wed Jul 13 2016 - 08:21:24 EST


Hello all,

this patch series makes it possible to save a kernel crash dump when the
kernel command line includes "crash_kexec_post_notifiers". There might
be other approaches, but mine has the advantage that no new sysctl is
required, and the behaviour is the same whether panic notifiers are run
or not: If you load a crash kernel with kexec, it will be used, otherwise
the hypervisor facility is used (using a hypercall).

Feedback welcome!

Petr T

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Petr Tesarik (2):
Add a kexec_crash_loaded() function
Allow kdump with crash_kexec_post_notifiers


arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/kexec.h | 2 ++
kernel/kexec_core.c | 5 +++++
kernel/ksysfs.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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