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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2025-08-20 20:42:41 +0300 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2025-08-20 20:42:41 +0300 |
| commit | 5c40cd7db64a2949f268d7467b9be551a565d14b (patch) | |
| tree | fb8a67f6edcb0c9922c256a598d675c1c04051d6 /Documentation/admin-guide/kdump | |
| parent | 8bde384a2090759efc9b92f34300887d418a2a3a (diff) | |
| parent | 25bf10be219d37d2fb221c93816a913f5f735530 (diff) | |
| download | linux-rolling-stable.tar.xz | |
Merge v6.16.2linux-rolling-stable
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/kdump')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst | 4 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst index 1f7f14c6e184..20fabdf6567e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst @@ -547,6 +547,38 @@ from within add_taint() whenever the value set in this bitmask matches with the bit flag being set by add_taint(). This will cause a kdump to occur at the add_taint()->panic() call. +Write the dump file to encrypted disk volume +============================================ + +CONFIG_CRASH_DM_CRYPT can be enabled to support saving the dump file to an +encrypted disk volume (only x86_64 supported for now). User space can interact +with /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys for setup, + +1. Tell the first kernel what logon keys are needed to unlock the disk volumes, + # Add key #1 + mkdir /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/7d26b7b4-e342-4d2d-b660-7426b0996720 + # Add key #1's description + echo cryptsetup:7d26b7b4-e342-4d2d-b660-7426b0996720 > /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/description + + # how many keys do we have now? + cat /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/count + 1 + + # Add key #2 in the same way + + # how many keys do we have now? + cat /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/count + 2 + + # To support CPU/memory hot-plugging, re-use keys already saved to reserved + # memory + echo true > /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_key/reuse + +2. Load the dump-capture kernel + +3. After the dump-capture kerne get booted, restore the keys to user keyring + echo yes > /sys/kernel/crash_dm_crypt_keys/restore + Contact ======= diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst index 0f714fc945ac..8cf4614385b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst @@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ PG_lru|PG_private|PG_swapcache|PG_swapbacked|PG_slab|PG_hwpoision|PG_head_mask|P Page attributes. These flags are used to filter various unnecessary for dumping pages. -PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_buddy)|PAGE_OFFLINE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_offline) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_buddy)|PAGE_OFFLINE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_offline)|PAGE_OFFLINE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_unaccepted) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More page attributes. These flags are used to filter various unnecessary for dumping pages. |