This was somehow removed between kdump-tools 1.5.5 and 1.5.9. I'll see if I can pinpoint the exact version in history and try to find some justification. But this is an old regression.
-- 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/1845048 Title: /etc/default/kdump-tools KDUMP_SYSCTL does not set sysctl params Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [impact] Documentation, and past behavior, for kdump-tools was that the KDUMP_SYSCTL variable in the /etc/default/kdump-tools file would be applied to the system kernel params at kdump 'load'. However this is no longer true, and those params are no longer applied to the system's kernel param settings. [test case] install linux-crashdump (and kdump-tools). Edit the /etc/default/kdump-tools file to set the KDUMP_SYSCTL param to something other than default, e.g.: KDUMP_SYSCTL="kernel.panic_on_oops=1 kernel.panic_on_warn=1" reboot, or unload/reload kdump, to pick up the changes to the file. Check if the panic_on_warn param is set: $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_warn 0 the problem does not seem to be with sysctl, as manually calling it does work: $ KDUMP_SYSCTL="kernel.panic_on_oops=1 kernel.panic_on_warn=1" $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_warn 0 $ sudo sysctl -w $KDUMP_SYSCTL kernel.panic_on_oops = 1 kernel.panic_on_warn = 1 $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_warn 1 [regression potential] TBD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1845048/+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
