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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 3978fb704c53..1dbd0b0df6fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -918,12 +918,16 @@ the parameter has no effect. crash_kexec_post_notifiers - Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping - kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always - succeeds in any situation. - Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure, - because some panic notifiers can make the crashed - kernel more unstable. + Only jump to kdump kernel after running the panic + notifiers and dumping kmsg. This option increases + the risks of a kdump failure, since some panic + notifiers can make the crashed kernel more unstable. + In configurations where kdump may not be reliable, + running the panic notifiers could allow collecting + more data on dmesg, like stack traces from other CPUS + or extra data dumped by panic_print. Note that some + configurations enable this option unconditionally, + like Hyper-V, PowerPC (fadump) and AMD SEV-SNP. crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]] [KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' |