Externalizing comment for canonical to take a look and advise: root@roselp1:~# cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-2-generic root=UUID=b0dee2d0-a2c9-43e2-a43b-70fec2cf6180 ro splash quiet smt-enabled=off xmon=on crashkernel=384M-:128M root@roselp1:~# root@roselp1:~# ls /var/crash/ .lock _usr_bin_host.0.crash root@roselp1:~# service kdump-tools status ? kdump-tools.service - Kernel crash dump capture service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/kdump-tools.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Fri 2016-02-12 03:47:59 CST; 8min ago Process: 4359 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/kdump-tools start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 4359 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 0 (limit: 512) CGroup: /system.slice/kdump-tools.service
Feb 12 03:47:59 roselp1 systemd[1]: Starting Kernel crash dump capture serv..... Feb 12 03:47:59 roselp1 kdump-tools[4359]: Starting kdump-tools: * Broken s...c Feb 12 03:47:59 roselp1 kdump-tools[4359]: * Creating symlink /var/lib/kdump...z Feb 12 03:47:59 roselp1 kdump-tools[4359]: * /etc/default/kdump-tools: KDUMP...z Feb 12 03:47:59 roselp1 systemd[1]: Started Kernel crash dump capture service. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. root@roselp1:~# root@roselp1:~# echo l > /proc/sysrq-trigger [ 1034.134755] sysrq: SysRq : Show backtrace of all active CPUs root@roselp1:~# root@roselp1:~# echo 8 > /proc/sysrq-trigger [ 1246.306981] sysrq: SysRq : Changing Loglevel [ 1246.306989] sysrq: Loglevel set to 8 root@roselp1:~# poweroff --reboot [-1;-1f[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[ 1441.837792] kexec_core: Starting new kernel [-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . .[-1;-1fUbuntu 16.04[-1;-1f. . . . ------>> HUNG <<----------- ----------------------------------- kdump and xmon are configured, however the lpar neither have kernel core dump nor did the lpar drop to xmon. >From console, while reboot [ 1441.837792] kexec_core: Starting new kernel Need to check kernel code kernel/kexec_core.c:kernel_kexec() ------------------8<---------------- { kexec_in_progress = true; kernel_restart_prepare(NULL); migrate_to_reboot_cpu(); /* * migrate_to_reboot_cpu() disables CPU hotplug assuming that * no further code needs to use CPU hotplug (which is true in * the reboot case). However, the kexec path depends on using * CPU hotplug again; so re-enable it here. */ cpu_hotplug_enable(); pr_emerg("Starting new kernel\n"); machine_shutdown(); } machine_kexec(kexec_image); -------------------8<-------------- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1544438 Title: ISST:LTE: LPAR roselp1 kexec_core from reboot command To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1544438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs