diff --git a/SOURCES/mkdumprd.8 b/SOURCES/mkdumprd.8 index 7faae57..2ac3d5a 100644 --- a/SOURCES/mkdumprd.8 +++ b/SOURCES/mkdumprd.8 @@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ be loaded in the initramfs (based on configuration retrieved from \fI/etc/kdump.conf)\fR \fBmkdumprd\fR add a new \fBdracut\fR module 99kdumpbase and use \fBdracut\fR -utility to generate the initramfs. +utility to generate the initramfs. When generating a kdump initramfs, \fBmkdumprd\fR +will determine how much disk space is available, if the dump target's available +space is not greater than the total system memory, \fBmkdumprd\fR will print a +warning to remind that there might not be enough space to save a vmcore. The +warning covers extreme scenarios such as the slab explodes with non-zero data or +a full vmcore, etc. Therefore, need to prevent users from having minimum disk +space for crash dump. \fBmkdumprd\fR was not intended for casual use outside of the service initialization script for the kdump utility, and should not be run manually. If diff --git a/SPECS/kexec-tools.spec b/SPECS/kexec-tools.spec index 15c4893..cf64485 100644 --- a/SPECS/kexec-tools.spec +++ b/SPECS/kexec-tools.spec @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Name: kexec-tools Version: 2.0.20 -Release: 40%{?dist} +Release: 41%{?dist} License: GPLv2 Group: Applications/System Summary: The kexec/kdump userspace component @@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ done %endif %changelog +* Fri Dec 18 2020 Pingfan Liu - 2.0.20-41 +- Doc: improve mkdumprd man page + * Tue Dec 15 2020 Pingfan Liu - 2.0.20-40 - Rework on dracut-module-setup.sh: Use systemctl call to replace ln_r