sosreport is several hundreds of GB big and shows a huge file /proc/fs/panfs/tracebuf

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Every time a sosreport is created, the sosreport is really big, something like 100 GB or more!
  • This affects systems using the panfs module from 3rd party software vendor www.panasas.com

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8
    • sosreport
    • panfs (3rd party kernel module from www.panasas.com)

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