This bug was fixed in the package makedumpfile - 1:1.6.5-1ubuntu1 --------------- makedumpfile (1:1.6.5-1ubuntu1) disco; urgency=low
[ Ubuntu Merge-o-Matic ] * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes: - Bump amd64 crashkernel from 384M-:128M to 512M-:192M. [ Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo ] * Use a different service for vmcore dump. (LP: #1811692) makedumpfile (1:1.6.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Update to new upstream version 1.6.5. * debian: remove debian/source/local-options * [i18n] Move PT debconf translation (Closes: #910465) makedumpfile (1:1.6.4-3) unstable; urgency=medium * Reload kdump after memory/CPU hotplug. (LP: #1655280) * Fix adding crashkernel to zipl.conf when no quotation mark is used. (LP: #1790788) -- Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <casca...@canonical.com> Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:42:44 -0200 ** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790788 Title: Customize 'crashkernel' parameter is not properly working Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in makedumpfile source package in Xenial: New Status in makedumpfile source package in Bionic: New Status in makedumpfile source package in Cosmic: In Progress Bug description: Trying to use crashdump especially in a KVM machine. Installation looks fine and the reboot is triggered. But it does not work because the kernel does not have a 'crashkernel=' parameter. Nothing in /proc/cmdline: $ cat /proc/cmdline root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs Issue seems to be in adding the crashkernel line in this snippet: # Customize crashkernel= value according to architecture ARCH="$(arch)" DEF_PRESET="384M-:128M" case "$ARCH" in s390x) HAS_CRASHKERNEL="$(grep crashkernel /etc/zipl.conf)" || true if test -z "$HAS_CRASHKERNEL"; then sed -i "/parameters/{s|\"$| crashkernel=${DEF_PRESET}\"|}" /etc/zipl.conf zipl fi CIO_IGNORE="$(cio_ignore -u -k)" sed -i "s/\#KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND/KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND/" $INITCONFFILE sed -i "/KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND/{s|\"$| ${CIO_IGNORE}\"|}" $INITCONFFILE ;; esac (especially 1st sed stmt) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1790788/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp