Recommended update for crash
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for crash
This collective update for the Kdump stack provides the following fixes
and enhancements:
crash:
* Fix display of the CPU number in back traces on systems with more
than 255 cores. (bnc#847353)
* Add support for kernel dumps from systems with 46-bit addressing
enabled. (bnc#841145, FATE#316838)
* Fix NMI backtrace for kernels patched to handle nested NMIs.
(bnc#874179)
kdump:
* Unmount all filesystems prior to reboot. (bnc#849621)
* Provide per-filesystem mount points in kdump environment.
(bnc#839999)
* Add disable_cpu_apicid for BSP to the crash kernel commandline.
(bnc#861981)
* Add NOSPLIT flag to disable makedumpfile split mode. (bnc#854600)
* Add '-X' to makedumpfile when dumping a Xen host. (bnc#864910)
makedumpfile:
* Add support for kernel dumps on systems with 46-bit addressing
enabled. (bnc#841145, FATE#316838)
* Allow --dump-dmesg for Xen vmcores. (bnc#864910, bnc#829646)
* Fix creation of kernel dumps on Xen systems. (bnc#864910, bnc#829646)
* Calculate cyclic buffer size according to info->num_dumpfile.
(bnc#854600)
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2014:0690-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #829646 #839999 #841145 #847353 #849621 #854600 #861981 #864910 #874179 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 9 recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This collective update for the Kdump stack provides the following fixes
and enhancements:
crash:
* Fix display of the CPU number in back traces on systems with more
than 255 cores. (bnc#847353)
* Add support for kernel dumps from systems with 46-bit addressing
enabled. (bnc#841145, FATE#316838)
* Fix NMI backtrace for kernels patched to handle nested NMIs.
(bnc#874179)
kdump:
* Unmount all filesystems prior to reboot. (bnc#849621)
* Provide per-filesystem mount points in kdump environment.
(bnc#839999)
* Add disable_cpu_apicid for BSP to the crash kernel commandline.
(bnc#861981)
* Add NOSPLIT flag to disable makedumpfile split mode. (bnc#854600)
* Add '-X' to makedumpfile when dumping a Xen host. (bnc#864910)
makedumpfile:
* Add support for kernel dumps on systems with 46-bit addressing
enabled. (bnc#841145, FATE#316838)
* Allow --dump-dmesg for Xen vmcores. (bnc#864910, bnc#829646)
* Fix creation of kernel dumps on Xen systems. (bnc#864910, bnc#829646)
* Calculate cyclic buffer size according to info->num_dumpfile.
(bnc#854600)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-kdump-stack-201404-9183 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kdump-stack-201404-9183 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kdump-stack-201404-9183 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kdump-stack-201404-9183
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- crash-devel-6.0.7-0.16.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- crash-6.0.7-0.16.1
- makedumpfile-1.5.1-0.15.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- crash-6.0.7-0.16.1
- crash-sial-6.0.7-0.16.1
- kdump-0.8.4-0.39.2
- makedumpfile-1.5.1-0.15.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- crash-6.0.7-0.16.1
- crash-sial-6.0.7-0.16.1
- kdump-0.8.4-0.39.2
- makedumpfile-1.5.1-0.15.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- kdump-0.8.4-0.39.2
- makedumpfile-1.5.1-0.15.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/829646
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/839999
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/841145
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/847353
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/849621
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/854600
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/861981
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/864910
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/874179
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=03e6d4e3fe11abed0645c384aaf0f07c