So, after some investigation, it looks like the zipl-installer d-i component is responsible for creating /etc/zipl.conf with the default crashkernel parameter with value 196M.
With that into consideration, one wonders how kdump-tools would previously set its default value of "384M-:128M" in there. In any case, 196M would work better for most users anyway. But I still wonder how this was not reported before. Maybe other installation methods or upgrades would lead to a different situation. But as we understand the current situation now, and it would be too late to fix d-i at this point, I believe it is acceptable to replace that value when installing or upgrading kdump-tools. I will work on a new test version of the package. Thanks. Cascardo. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877533 Title: [20.10 FEAT] Increase the crashkernel setting if the root volume is luks2-encrypted Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems: In Progress Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Focal: Invalid Status in makedumpfile source package in Focal: In Progress Status in linux source package in Groovy: Invalid Status in makedumpfile source package in Groovy: In Progress Bug description: Description: In case the volume containing the root filesystem is encrypted using LUKS2 the memory used while unlocking the volume may exceed the size allocated to the kdump kernel. This will lead to a failure while processing kdump and the dump file will not be stored. Unfortunately, this condition may not be detected by a client before a problem occurs. The request is to have the kdump package installation script check for LUKS2 encryption (more precisely for Argon2i PBKDF, which is the root cause of the high memory usage). If the condition is met, the installation procedure should increase the crashkernel parameter to a higher value (>=512M)or issue a warning, if the system memory is insufficient to reserve enough crashkernel memory. Business Case: Pervasive Encryption and Secure Execution require encryption of the filesystems in order to keep customer data secure at all times. With the increasing usage of these technologies, the number of kdump will rise too, typically at inconvenient times, when the kdump is triggered due to a real customer issue. With the suggested change, the number of customer complaints and effort to handle them will be reduced. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1877533/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
