kdump fails to save vmcore on azure guest instance type "Standard M416s v2" with sysrq-c command.
Issue
- kdump fails to save vmcore on azure guest instance type "Standard M416s v2" with sysrq-c command.
- Kdump becomes extremely slow and never able to save vmcore when crashed with SysRq-C command.
[ 2.117713] systemd[1]: Detected virtualization microsoft.
[ 2.121076] systemd[1]: Detected architecture x86-64.
[ 2.124188] systemd[1]: Running in initial RAM disk.
[ 32.224197] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <hostname>. <---- [Observe printk time in seconds, just 32 seconds to set hostname]
[ 32.440601] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
[ 62.944215] systemd[1]: Reached target Slices.
[ 93.152100] systemd[1]: Reached target Network is Online.
[ 123.360161] systemd[1]: Reached target Swap.
[ 153.568097] systemd[1]: Reached target Local File Systems.
[ 183.776205] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd Root Device.
[ 213.984235] systemd[1]: Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
[ 244.192374] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket.
[ 274.401458] systemd[1]: Started Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon.
[ 304.609424] systemd[1]: Started Memstrack Anylazing Service.
[ 334.817495] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Modules...
[ 334.841439] IPMI message handler: version 39.2
[ 334.845834] ipmi device interface
[ 365.025151] systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories...
[ 395.233341] systemd[1]: Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev...
[ 425.440424] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket.
[ 455.648401] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log).
[ 485.857217] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[ 516.064156] systemd[1]: Reached target Sockets.
[ 636.896195] systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
[ 848.353270] systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console... <--- till here kdump almost took more than 10minutes.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 beta.
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