Comment 25 for bug 1655280

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2018-08-11 08:48 EDT-------
After upgrading to kdump-tools_1.6.4-1~16.04.0cascardo2_ppc64el.deb package,
dump capture succeeds without any complaints:

The udev rules trigger kdump-tools service reload as can be seen below:
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root@ubuntu:~# dpkg -l | grep kdump-tools
ii kdump-tools 1:1.6.4-1~16.04.0cascardo2 ppc64el scripts and tools for automating kdump (Linux crash dumps)
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~# systemctl status kdump-tools.service -l
? kdump-tools.service - Kernel crash dump capture service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/kdump-tools.service; enabled; vendor pres
Active: active (exited) since Sat 2018-08-11 08:33:27 EDT; 2min 8s ago
Process: 25166 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/kdump-tools stop (code=exited, status=0/SU
Process: 25200 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/kdump-tools start (code=exited, status=0/
Main PID: 25200 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Aug 11 08:33:26 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting Kernel crash dump capture service...
Aug 11 08:33:26 ubuntu kdump-tools[25200]: Starting kdump-tools: * Creating sym
Aug 11 08:33:26 ubuntu kdump-tools[25200]: * Creating symlink /var/lib/kdump/in
Aug 11 08:33:26 ubuntu kdump-tools[25200]: Modified cmdline:BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vml
Aug 11 08:33:26 ubuntu kdump-tools[25200]: * loaded kdump kernel
Aug 11 08:33:26 ubuntu kdump-tools[25248]: /sbin/kexec -p --command-line="BOOT_I
Aug 11 08:33:27 ubuntu kdump-tools[25249]: loaded kdump kernel
Aug 11 08:33:27 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Kernel crash dump capture service.
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~# drmgr -c mem -r -q 1
Validating Memory DLPAR capability...yes.
[1459216.723209] pseries-hotplug-mem: Attempting to hot-remove 1 LMB(s)
[1459216.749014] Offlined Pages 4096
[1459193.925176] kdump-tools[25419]: Stopping kdump-tools: * unloaded kdump kernel
[1459193.985143] kdump-tools[25453]: Starting kdump-tools: * Creating symlink /var/lib/kdump/vmlinuz
[1459193.986120] kdump-tools[25453]: * Creating symlink /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img
[1459194.024961] kdump-tools[25453]: Modified cmdline:BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-4.15.0-24-generic root=UUID=1aa9458c-3974-4cb4-9ab3-9ee03c0f4e5e ro xmon=on nr_cpus=1 systemd.unit=kdump-tools.service irqpoll noirqdistrib nousb elfcorehdr=158144K
[1459217.005820] pseries-hotplug-mem: Memory at 40000000 was hot-removed
DR_TOTAL_RESOURCES=1
root@ubuntu:~# [1459194.297073] kdump-tools[25453]: * loaded kdump kernel

root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~# systemctl status kdump-tools.service -l
? kdump-tools.service - Kernel crash dump capture service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/kdump-tools.service; enabled; vendor pres
Active: active (exited) since Sat 2018-08-11 08:35:47 EDT; 12s ago
Process: 25419 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/kdump-tools stop (code=exited, status=0/SU
Process: 25453 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/kdump-tools start (code=exited, status=0/
Main PID: 25453 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Aug 11 08:35:47 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting Kernel crash dump capture service...
Aug 11 08:35:47 ubuntu kdump-tools[25453]: Starting kdump-tools: * Creating sym
Aug 11 08:35:47 ubuntu kdump-tools[25453]: * Creating symlink /var/lib/kdump/in
Aug 11 08:35:47 ubuntu kdump-tools[25453]: Modified cmdline:BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vml
Aug 11 08:35:47 ubuntu kdump-tools[25453]: * loaded kdump kernel
Aug 11 08:35:47 ubuntu kdump-tools[25505]: /sbin/kexec -p --command-line="BOOT_I
Aug 11 08:35:47 ubuntu kdump-tools[25506]: loaded kdump kernel
Aug 11 08:35:47 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Kernel crash dump capture service.
root@ubuntu:~#
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and dump captured successfully after memory dlpar operation:

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[ 139.944700] kdump-tools[1278]: Starting kdump-tools: * running makedumpfile -c -d 31 /proc/vmcore /var/crash/201808110838/dump-incomplete
Copying data : [100.0 %] - eta: 0s
[ 147.858420] kdump-tools[1278]: The kernel version is not supported.
[ 147.858718] kdump-tools[1278]: The makedumpfile operation may be incomplete.
[ 147.859002] kdump-tools[1278]: The dumpfile is saved to /var/crash/201808110838/dump-incomplete.
[ 147.859260] kdump-tools[1278]: makedumpfile Completed.
[ 147.899799] kdump-tools[1278]: * kdump-tools: saved vmcore in /var/crash/201808110838
[ 147.998442] kdump-tools[1278]: * running makedumpfile --dump-dmesg /proc/vmcore /var/crash/201808110838/dmesg.201808110838
[ 148.008063] kdump-tools[1278]: The kernel version is not supported.
[ 148.008436] kdump-tools[1278]: The makedumpfile operation may be incomplete.
[ 148.008672] kdump-tools[1278]: The dmesg log is saved to /var/crash/201808110838/dmesg.201808110838.
[ 148.008913] kdump-tools[1278]: makedumpfile Completed.
[ 148.009135] kdump-tools[1278]: * kdump-tools: saved dmesg content in /var/crash/201808110838
[ 148.033105] kdump-tools[1278]: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 08:38:51 -0400
[ 148.069165] kdump-tools[1278]: Rebooting.
[ 148.276176] reboot: Restarting system
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Thanks
Hari