Depurando bloqueos del kernel usando kdump

Introducción

kdump is a service that creates crash dumps when there is a kernel crash. It uses kexec(8) to boot into a secondary kernel (known as a capture kernel), then exports the contents of the kernel’s memory (known as a crash dump or vmcore) to the filesystem. The contents of vmcore can then be analyzed to root cause the kernel crash.

Configuring kdump requires setting the crashkernel kernel argument and enabling the kdump systemd service. Memory must be reserved for the crash kernel during booting of the first kernel. crashkernel=auto generally doesn’t reserve enough memory on Fedora CoreOS, so it is recommended to specify crashkernel=300M.

By default, the vmcore will be saved in /var/crash. It is also possible to write the dump to some other location on the local system or to send it over the network by editing /etc/kdump.conf. For additional information, see kdump.conf(5) and the comments in /etc/kdump.conf and /etc/sysconfig/kdump.

Configuring kdump via Ignition

Example kdump configuration

variant: fcos
version: 1.6.0
kernel_arguments:
  should_exist:
  - 'crashkernel=300M'
systemd:
  units:
  - name: kdump.service
    enabled: true

yaml

Configuring kdump after initial provision

Set the crashkernel kernel argument
```
sudo rpm-ostree kargs --append='crashkernel=300M'
```
bash
Más información sobre como modificar kargs por medio de rpm-ostree.
Habilitar el servicio kdump systemd.
```
sudo systemctl enable kdump.service
```
bash
Reinicie su sistema.
```
sudo systemctl reboot
```
bash

Es altamente recomendable probar la configuración después de ajustar el servicio kdump, con atención extra a la cantidad de memoria reservada para el bloqueo del kernel. Para más información sobre como probar que kdump está armado apropiadamente y como analizar el volcado, vea la Documentación kdump para Fedora y la documentación de Linux kernel sobre kdump.

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