| Summary: | kdump.conf default halt comment conflicts with man page | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Reporter: | Donald Berry <dberry> |
| Component: | kexec-tools | Assignee: | Xunlei Pang <xlpang> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Emma Wu <xiawu> |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 7.2 | CC: | bhe, ccui, ruyang, xiawu |
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Fixed In Version: | kexec-tools-2.0.7-45.el7 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2016-11-04 06:55:30 UTC | Type: | Bug |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
| Bug Depends On: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 1203710, 1295826, 1296180, 1313485 | ||
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2016-2466.html |
Description of problem: /etc/kdump.conf has a comment that 'default halt' will halt the system, regardless of the success or failure of vmcore capture: [root@el7a ~]# less /etc/kdump.conf ... # default <reboot | halt | poweroff | shell | dump_to_rootfs> ... # halt: If the default action is halt, then simply # halt the system after attempting to capture # a vmcore, regardless of success or failure. This conflicts with the kdump.conf man page, which says 'default' specifies the 'Action to preform in case dumping to intended target fails': [root@el7a ~]# man kdump.conf ... default <reboot | halt | poweroff | shell | dump_to_rootfs> Action to preform in case dumping to intended target fails. If no default action is specified, "reboot" is assumed default. reboot: If the default action is reboot simply reboot the system (this is what most people will want, as it returns the system to a nominal state). shell: If the default action is shell, then drop to an shell session inside the initramfs from where you can manually preform additional recovery actions. Exiting this shell reboots the system. halt: bring the system to a halt, requiring manual reset poweroff: The system will be powered down. dump_to_rootfs:If the default action is dump_to_rootfs, specified root will be mounted and dump will be saved in "path" directory. Note: kdump uses bash as the default shell. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@el7a ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo) [root@el7a ~]# rpm -q kexec-tools kexec-tools-2.0.7-38.el7.x86_64 Additional info: Also lots of typos in /etc/kdump.conf and man kdump.conf (e.g. 'preform', 'an shell')