Linux needs commit a0b1280368d1e91ab72f849ef095b4f07a39bbf1 ("kdump: write correct address of mem_section into vmcoreinfo").
** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) Status: Confirmed ** Also affects: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) Status: In Progress ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Artful) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Artful) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1750021 Title: fails to dump with latest kpti fixes Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Xenial: New Status in makedumpfile source package in Xenial: New Status in linux source package in Artful: New Status in makedumpfile source package in Artful: New Status in linux source package in Bionic: Confirmed Status in makedumpfile source package in Bionic: In Progress 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1750021/+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