On 07/06/16 at 06:40pm, Pratyush Anand wrote:
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Dave Young <dyoung(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> On 07/05/16 at 11:41am, Pratyush Anand wrote:
>> Add notes in kdumpctl man page with limitations of kdump when used in
>> conjunction with watchdog.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <panand(a)redhat.com>
>> ---
>> kdumpctl.8 | 9 +++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kdumpctl.8 b/kdumpctl.8
>> index b446b81bc37a..713342700b17 100644
>> --- a/kdumpctl.8
>> +++ b/kdumpctl.8
>> @@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ to start / stop / enable kdump service instead. However,
>> .B kdumpctl
>> provides more details for debug and a helper to setup ssh key authentication.
>>
>> +.SH NOTES
>> +If a watchdog has been activated manually or by any daemon after kdump
>> +service start, then user must restart kdump service in order to rebuild
>> +kdump initrd with active watchdog module.
>> +If a custom application and not systemd daemon is used to activate and kick
>> +watchdog then, it is user's responsibility to pass name of the application
>> +in /etc/kdump.conf:extra_bins and the watchdog kick command in
>> +/etc/kdump.conf:kdump_pre.
>
> Maybe this is not necessary to be covered in kdumpctl manpage. Declare that
> we only support systemd wdt interface somewhere should be enough.
I remember vaguely that I had got comment for RFC patch to include
these information in man page.
Yes, if we limit to systemd support only then it will be easier. But
where to put that information other than man page.
Maybe add one section in the howto.txt about the wdt notes should be fine.
Thanks
Dave
>
> >
> > Systemd wdt will always run before kdump service?
>
> Yes,
>
>
> >
> >> +
> >> .SH COMMANDS
> >> .TP
> >> .I start
> >> --
> >> 2.5.5
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> ~Pratyush