Hi, Cai has proposed to work on the above LTP-KDUMP test cases enrichment/enhancements. Please let us know about your views on the same. We encourage people to review his proposal and the corresponding upcoming test cases. I am going to put this soon on the LTP-KDUMP plan document. http://ltp.cvs.sourceforge.net/ltp/ltp/testcases/kdump/doc/TEST_PLAN.txt, Regards-- Subrata .................................. Here is my first draft plan of Kexec/Kdump tests enhancement sorted by priorities. I would like to add them as many as possible. == filtered vmcore utilities == - in different compressed levels, verify the vmcore with the correct layout. - verify it in flat file or ELF formats from a network host. == analyse vmcore utilities == - GDB - crash with better error detecting. - crash to analyse Hypervisor and Dom0 Kernel. == test scripts == - timestamp information for crash was triggered, vmcore was generated, and vmcore was verified. - aim to 100% automation, and reduce manual setup. - tidy up scripts. == crash scenarios == - SDINT switch for ia64 if possible. - Hypervisor crash for Virtualization. - crashes on full- and para-virt guests. == fix bugs in existing tests == - printk LKDTM module can hang the second Kernel. == kdump configurations and init script == - capture vmcore after init runs. - rpm pre- and post-scripts - kdump_pre and kdump_post directives == increase coverages for new kexec/kdump development efforts == - new reserved region syntax in Kernel. CaiQian
