My kernel crashdumps don't work with vanilla 3.12.30 on a 256GB x86_64 intel box. Centos-6.4. With the standard makedumpfile, makedumpfile segfaults, and no output is written to disk. with makedumpfile 1.5.7, kexec-tools-2.0.8, and crash 7.0.2 I actually get vmcore files, but then crash rejects them with: crash vmcore /boot/vmlinux-3.12.30 crash 7.0.2 ... GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6 ... crash: seek error: kernel virtual address: ffff88207fffcb60 type: "pglist node_id" the grub entry for this kernel is: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.12.30 ro root=LABEL=ROOT numa_balancing=disable intel_idle.max_cstate=0 processor.max_cstate=0 mce=ignore_mce clocksource=tsc nohz=off nomodeset nodmraid rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=256M at 256M console=ttyS1,115200n8 CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x2000000 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x1000000 A similar issue appears with a grub crashkernel=128M at 32M Turning off all the makedumpfile exclusions (dump all pages) results in a much larger vmcore, but it still gets the same failures. Where do I start looking for the problems here? kernel 3.10.65 won't dump either, but an old 3.0.29 kernel dumps just fine. Is this a problem with some .config setting? Berkley -- //E. F. Berkley Shands, MSc Senior Software Architect/Engineer Exegy Systems Engineering// **Exegy Inc.** 349 Marshall Road, Suite 100 St. Louis , MO 63119 Direct: (314) 218-3600 X450 Cell: (314) 303-2546 Office: (314) 218-3600 Fax: (314) 218-3601 The Usual Disclaimer follows... ________________________________ This e-mail and any documents accompanying it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information belonging to Exegy, Inc. Such information may be protected from disclosure by law. The information is intended for use by only the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender by e-mail or phone regarding instructions for return or destruction and do not use or disclose the content to others.