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Bug 592312 - kdump's dumprd not rebuilding when appropriate.
Summary: kdump's dumprd not rebuilding when appropriate.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kexec-tools
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: beta
: ---
Assignee: Neil Horman
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 585838 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 459614
Blocks: 468087 5to6kexecTools
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-05-14 14:28 UTC by Dave Maley
Modified: 2018-10-27 15:19 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kexec-tools-2.0.0-74
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 459614
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-07-02 20:52:18 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
patch (2.91 KB, patch)
2010-05-14 14:28 UTC, Dave Maley 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Dave Maley 2010-05-14 14:28:18 UTC 
Created attachment 414068 [details]
patch

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #459614 +++

Description of problem:
kdump's initrd not rebuilt after updating:
  - kdump_pre/kdump_post scripts
  - any of the extra_modules


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kexec-tools-2.0.0-69.el6


How reproducible:
100%


Steps to Reproduce:
for any of the above mentioned kdump.conf directives:
1. touch the component
2. restart kdump service
3. check whether the dumprd is rebuilt with the touched component

  
Actual results:
dumprd not rebuilt 


Expected results:
dumprd rebuilt in all above mentioned cases


Additional info:
(testing done on RHEL6.0-20100512.0 rhts build)
------------
w/out patch:
------------
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:[  OK  ]
Detected /etc/kdump.conf or /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64 change
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Starting kdump:[  OK  ]
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# grep -v ^# /etc/kdump.conf 

kdump_pre /var/crash/foo.sh

[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# touch /var/crash/foo.sh 
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:[  OK  ]
Starting kdump:[  OK  ]
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]#

---------
w/ patch:
---------
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# touch /etc/kdump.conf 
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:[  OK  ]
Detected change(s) the following file(s):
  
  /etc/kdump.conf
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Starting kdump:[  OK  ]
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# grep -v ^# /etc/kdump.conf 

kdump_pre /var/crash/foo.sh

[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# touch /var/crash/foo.sh 
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:[  OK  ]
Detected change(s) the following file(s):
  
  /var/crash/foo.sh
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Starting kdump:[  OK  ]
[root@dell-pe2900-03 ~]#
Comment 1 Qian Cai 2010-05-15 00:39:00 UTC 
A DUP against bug 585838?
Comment 2 Issue Tracker 2010-05-17 08:04:50 UTC 
Event posted on 05-17-2010 05:04pm JST by mfuruta

Hi Engineering,

(In reply to comment #1)
> A DUP against bug 585838?    

Could you please provide test package to verify and check that patch, if
needed?

Thank you in advance.

Best Regards,
Masaki Furuta




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Comment 3 Neil Horman 2010-05-17 10:41:44 UTC 
Just get the latest kexec tools package out of brew:
https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/index
Comment 4 Dave Maley 2010-05-17 14:20:30 UTC 
Yes this is a duplicate of bug 585838.  Apologies for missing that when filing this bug.  I'd suggest closing 585838 as a dup of this bug since we already have a patch, which is the same as added to RHEL5, checked in and ready to go here.

As for the questions raised in:

 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585838#c4

..this is addressed by rebuilding anytime the extra_modules line is non-null.  From bug 459614:

 "I think perhaps the safest thing to do is look to see if extra_modules is
non-null and rebuild if it has anything listed.  Its overkill, but it saves us
having to worry about wierd cases, like if someone has a 3rd parth module that
doesn't update the dep tree or some such."
Comment 5 Neil Horman 2010-05-17 16:08:30 UTC 
*** Bug 585838 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Neil Horman 2010-05-17 16:48:19 UTC 
waiting for Xudon to test
Comment 8 Xudong Yang 2010-05-20 08:54:40 UTC 
Both the patch in bug 585838 and the patch in this bug solve the problem successfully.

The test runs on 
RHEL6.0-Snapshot-4
and version-release number of kexec-tools is
kexec-tools-2.0.0-69.el6

1. When file kdump.conf is as follow:

----- kdump.conf -----
ext4 /dev/vg_dellpe180001/lv_root
path /var/crash
kdump_pre /var/crash/scripts/kdump-pre.sh
kdump_post /var/crash/scripts/kdump-post.sh
extra_bins /usr/bin/gcc
extra_modules gfs2
----------------------
 
running 
# service kdump restart
will always rebuild dumprd as addressed in Comment 4.

For patch in this bug, the output looks like this:
...
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Starting kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
...

For patch in bug 585838, the output looks like this:
...
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
Detected change(s) the following file(s):
  
  gfs2
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Starting kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
...

2. when file kdump.conf is as follow:

----- kdump.conf -----
ext4 /dev/vg_dellpe180001/lv_root
path /var/crash
kdump_pre /var/crash/scripts/kdump-pre.sh
kdump_post /var/crash/scripts/kdump-post.sh
extra_bins /usr/bin/gcc
----------------------

Running
# service kdump restart
after touching each of the components in line kdump_pre, kdump_post and extra_bins, the output looks like this:(Both patches' output looks the same.)
...
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# touch /var/crash/scripts/kdump-pre.sh 
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
Detected change(s) the following file(s):
  
  /var/crash/scripts/kdump-pre.sh
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Starting kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# touch /var/crash/scripts/kdump-post.sh 
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
Detected change(s) the following file(s):
  
  /var/crash/scripts/kdump-post.sh
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Starting kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# touch /usr/bin/gcc
[root@dell-pe1800-01 init.d]# service kdump restart
Stopping kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
Detected change(s) the following file(s):
  
  /usr/bin/gcc
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-25.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Starting kdump:                                            [  OK  ]
...
Comment 9 Qian Cai 2010-05-23 09:48:18 UTC 
NACK. Using the patch in comment #0 on the top of -70.el6 kexec-tools, it re-built kdump initramfs EVERY time no matter the extra_modules has been updated or not using the following kdump.conf for example, 

# cat /etc/kdump.conf
ext4 /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
core_collector makedumpfile -c -d 31
default shell
extra_modules sym53c8xx
Comment 10 Qian Cai 2010-05-23 13:38:20 UTC 
OK. I looked the patch and realized that it was designed to re-built initramfs every time if extra_modules option was present.
Comment 11 Issue Tracker 2010-05-24 00:38:56 UTC 
Event posted on 05-24-2010 09:38am JST by mfuruta

Hi engineering,

Sorry for bothering you,but I would like to inform that TAM still waiting
for SEG to provide us test package for NEC, I am so glad if you would let
SEG know appropriate version of kexec-tools to do so, when ready.

Thank you in advance.

Best Regards,
Masaki Furuta


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Comment 14 Neil Horman 2010-06-04 12:16:55 UTC 
no, its in there, as of version 1.26 of kdump.init
Comment 19 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-07-02 20:52:18 UTC 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta 2 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.
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