This bug was fixed in the package makedumpfile - 1:1.6.3-2 --------------- makedumpfile (1:1.6.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium
* Add support for SPARSEMEM_EXTREME mem_section as a pointer. (LP: #1750021) * Add an autopkgtest that test that a crash produces a compressed dump file. * Create initrd for previously installed kernels. (LP: #1751329) -- Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <casca...@debian.org> Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:28:55 -0300 ** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750021 Title: fails to dump with latest kpti fixes Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in makedumpfile source package in Xenial: New Status in linux source package in Artful: Fix Released Status in makedumpfile source package in Artful: New Status in linux source package in Bionic: Fix Released Status in makedumpfile source package in Bionic: Fix Released Bug description: When commit 83e3c48729d9ebb7af5a31a504f3fd6aff0348c4 ("mm/sparsemem: Allocate mem_section at runtime for CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME=y") was backported, it broke the exporting of mem_section on vmcoreinfo. makedumpfile will fail to dump in that case. Backporting a kernel fix will make it work again, but that means that some kernel versions won't be dumpable. A solution for makedumpfile should be done as well. Cascardo. break-fix: 83e3c48729d9ebb7af5a31a504f3fd6aff0348c4 a0b1280368d1e91ab72f849ef095b4f07a39bbf1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1750021/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp