/var/log/messages doesn't have crash info when kernel gets panic/oops/crash

[Dharmosoth Seetharam]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ebiederm at xmission.com
> Sent: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:11:25 -0700
> To: dseetharam at inbox.com
> Subject: Re: /var/log/messages doesn't have crash info when kernel gets
> panic/oops/crash
> 
> Dharmosoth Seetharam <dseetharam at inbox.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi Neil,
>> 
>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>> 
>> What you have suggested is nice when we got/save crash dump (i.e vmcore)
>> What if we failed to save/capture vmcore info or vmcore is corrupted
>> etc. then we dont get any information
>> regarding the panic/crash/oops at anywhere?
> 
Hi Eric,

> Basic questions.
> 1) Do you have panic on oops set?
>    I think that setting more than anything else will be the
>    difference in what shows up in /var/log/messages.

Yes, in my case panic_on_oops was set with 1

> 2) Have you tried a dry run and confirmed you can get a crash dump?

No, I haven't tried this.

> 3) Are you using kvm
kvm? kernel virtual memory?

thanks,
Seetharam

> 
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
>> Thanks and Regards
>> 
>>  Seetharam
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nhorman at redhat.com
>>> Sent: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:05:13 -0400
>>> To: dseetharam at inbox.com
>>> Subject: Re: /var/log/messages doesn't have crash info when kernel gets
>>> panic/oops/crash
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 01:25:49AM -0800, Dharmosoth Seetharam wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I have encounter a problem called /var/log/messages does not contain
>>>> any
>>>> information
>>>> on kernel crash dump.
>>>> 
>>>> Prior to enabling KEXEC we saw stack traces and bug info etc in
>>>> /var/log/messages.
>>>> After enabling KEXEC feature those info was missed.
>>>> 
>>>> How can we get those missed info in /var/log/messages even when KEXEC
>>>> feature is enabled.
>>>> 
>>>> Any help will appreciate.
>>>> 
>>> run crash on the resultant vmcore file that kexec can produce/save and
>>> get the
>>> dmesg log out of it.
>>> alternatively you can use makedumpfile with the --dump-dmesg log
>>> 
>>> Neil
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks and Regards
>>>> Seetharam
>>>> 
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