Hello, I am trying to run a custom script before the dump (ie /etc/kdump/pre.d/* ) which I am unable to do. I can say this, as the script is supposed to create a folder under /var/crash and a file which it is not. It also does not generate the vmcore file. I am failing to understand what obvious step I am missing. Can someone please help out. While the "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger" successfully reboots the output is not what is expected. Here is my setup for kdump/kexec. Thanks! -------Expected output------- 01. Under /var/crash we should be having a folder as "DBGMSG-<date>". 02. Under /var/crash we should be having a file as "test512". 03. vmcore file 04. dmesg file -------current output------- Nothing under /var/crash -------Below are the info and conf script details------- # uname -a (Kernel version) Linux rocky8 4.18.0-240.1.1.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 19 20:41:01 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # rpm -qa | grep -i kexec (kexec-tool version) kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64 # cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8.x86_64 root=UUID=<UUID...> ro crashkernel=128M resume=UUID=<UUID...> ------/etc/kdump.conf------- path /var/crash core_collector makedumpfile -l --message-level 7 -d 31 extra_bins /var/crash/kdumppre.sh /bin/bash /usr/bin/cat /usr/bin/date kdump_pre /var/crash/kdumppre.sh force_rebuild 1 # tree /etc/kdump/ /etc/kdump/ ├── post.d └── pre.d └── 50-collect.sh -------/etc/kdump/pre.d/50-collect.sh------- #!/bin/bash # base location LOC=/sysroot/var/crash # dbgmsg identifier string DBGMSG="DBGMSG" # log file LFILE=log.out # Granularity in seconds LOCFOLDER=${LOC}/$DBGMSG-$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S) # Create folder. mkdir -p $LOCFOLDER if [ -f "/proc/spl/kstat/zfs/dbgmsg" ]; then echo "/proc/spl/kstat/zfs/dbgmsg found" >> $LOCFOLDER/$LFILE cat /proc/spl/kstat/zfs/dbgmsg >> $LOCFOLDER/$LFILE else echo "/proc/spl/kstat/zfs/dbgmsg not found" >> $LOCFOLDER/$LFILE fi exit 0 -------/var/crash/kdumppre.sh------- #!/bin/bash echo "Test512.......$(date)" >> /sysroot/var/carsh/test512 exit 0 (Lines starting with [Debug] is the debug statement put for debugging to verify if we are picking up correct key=value pairs) # kdumpctl restart kdump: DEFAULT_DUMP_MODE=kdump kdump: kexec: unloaded kdump kernel kdump: Stopping kdump: [OK] [DEBUG]found config... path : /var/crash [DEBUG]found config... core_collector : makedumpfile -l --message-level 7 -d 31 [DEBUG]found config... extra_bins : /var/crash/kdumppre.sh /bin/bash /usr/bin/cat /usr/bin/date [DEBUG]found config... kdump_pre : /var/crash/kdumppre.sh [DEBUG]found config... force_rebuild : 1 kdump: restore default initrd: /boot/initramfs-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64.img [DEBUG]files=/etc/kdump.conf /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64 /var/crash/kdumppre.sh /var/crash/kdumppre.sh /bin/bash /usr/bin/cat /usr/bin/date /usr/sbin/makedumpfile [DEBUG]hook files=/etc/kdump.conf /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64 /var/crash/kdumppre.sh /var/crash/kdumppre.sh /bin/bash /usr/bin/cat /usr/bin/date /usr/sbin/makedumpfile /etc/fstab /etc/kdump/post.d/ /etc/kdump/pre.d/ /etc/kdump/pre.d/50-collect.sh :: /etc/kdump/post.d/ /etc/kdump/pre.d/ /etc/kdump/pre.d/50-collect.sh kdump: Detected change(s) in the following file(s): /etc/kdump/pre.d/ kdump: Force rebuild /boot/initramfs-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64kdump.img kdump: Rebuilding /boot/initramfs-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64kdump.img kdump: rebuild kdump initrd: /sbin/mkdumprd -f /boot/initramfs-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64kdump.img 4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64 kdump: /sbin/kexec -s -d -p --command-line=BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64 ro resume=UUID=d5fad714-147f-419c-a8ea-9e7984b0ef2f irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices cgroup_disable=memory mce=off numa=off udev.children-max=2 panic=10 rootflags=nofail acpi_no_memhotplug transparent_hugepage=never nokaslr novmcoredd hest_disable disable_cpu_apicid=0 --initrd=/boot/initramfs-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64kdump.img /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_lustre.x86_64 kdump: kexec: loaded kdump kernel kdump: Starting kdump: [OK] _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec