"default halt" in kdump conf doesn't work and the system reboots after dumping a vmcore file.

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • "default halt" in kdump conf doesn't work and the system reboots after dumping a vmcore file.

kdump.conf

path /var/crash
core_collector makedumpfile -c -l --message-level 1 -d 31
default halt
  • As per the parameter definition in /etc/kdump.conf file, if the default action is halt the system should halt after a crash regardless of success or failure.
# default 
#                       - 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 and loose the core that you are
#                                 trying to retrieve.
#                         halt:   If the default action is halt, then simply
#                                 halt the system after attempting to capture
#                                 a vmcore, regardless of success or failure.
#                         poweroff: The system will be powered down
#                         shell:  If the default action is shell, then drop to
#                                 an shell session inside the initramfs from
#                                 where you can try to record the core manually.
#                                 Exiting this shell reboots the system.
#                                 Note: kdump uses bash as the default shell.
#                         dump_to_rootfs: If non-root dump target is specified,
#                                 the default action can be set as dump_to_rootfs.
#                                 That means when dump to target fails, dump vmcore
#                                 to rootfs from initramfs context and reboot.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • kexec-tools

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