Public bug reported: I'm not able to take a crashdump on Ubuntu Xenial 16.04.2 in 4.8.0-46 kernel.
kdump-tools 1:1.5.9-5ubuntu0.4 makedumpfile 1:1.5.9-5ubuntu0.4 linux-image-4.8.0-46-generic 4.8.0-46.49~16.04.1 # kdump-config show DUMP_MODE: kdump USE_KDUMP: 1 KDUMP_SYSCTL: kernel.panic_on_oops=1 KDUMP_COREDIR: /var/crash crashkernel addr: 0x2b000000 /var/lib/kdump/vmlinuz: symbolic link to /boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-46-generic kdump initrd: /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img: symbolic link to /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-4.8.0-46-generic current state: ready to kdump kexec command: /sbin/kexec -p --command-line="BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-46-generic root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs ro nmi_watchdog=0 elevator=deadline net.ifnames=1 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 irqpoll nr_cpus=1 nousb systemd.unit=kdump-tools.service" --initrd=/var/lib/kdump/initrd.img /var/lib/kdump/vmlinuz The kernel trace [ 10.738064] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000088 [ 10.740946] IP: [<ffffffff88e1afc2>] hswep_uncore_cpu_init+0x52/0xa0 [ 10.743571] PGD 0 [ 10.744482] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 10.745615] Modules linked in: [ 10.747000] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.8.0-46-generic #49~16.04.1-Ubuntu [ 10.750255] Hardware name: HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9, BIOS I36 02/17/2017 [ 10.752574] task: ffff8f16b2938ec0 task.stack: ffff8f16b2940000 [ 10.754892] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff88e1afc2>] [<ffffffff88e1afc2>] hswep_uncore_cpu_init+0x52/0xa0 [ 10.758371] RSP: 0018:ffff8f16b2943e40 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 10.760337] RAX: 0000000000000050 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000000000238a [ 10.762787] RDX: ffff8f16b01f47e0 RSI: ffff8f16b2c1c700 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 10.765289] RBP: ffff8f16b2943e50 R08: 000000000001c700 R09: ffffffff89231a97 [ 10.767968] R10: ffffea0000c07000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff89c1a030 [ 10.770399] R13: ffffffff89ea7760 R14: ffffffff89c0daf8 R15: ffff8f16b2c19300 [ 10.772894] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8f16b2c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 10.775945] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 10.777935] CR2: 0000000000000088 CR3: 000000002d806000 CR4: 00000000001406f0 [ 10.780398] Stack: [ 10.781154] ffff8f16b2943e50 00000000df388e ffff8f16b2943e88 ffffffff89d8b292 [ 10.884602] 0000000000000000 0000000000000105 ffffffff89d8b196 ffffffff89c0daf8 [ 10.887394] ffff8f16b2c19300 ffff8f16b2943f08 ffffffff88e02190 ffffffff88ea377f [ 10.890699] Call Trace: [ 10.891596] [<ffffffff89d8b292>] intel_uncore_init+0xfc/0x2d6 [ 10.893587] [<f? uncore_type_init+0x15f/0x15f [ 11.395474] [<ffffffff88e02190>] do_one_initcall+0x50/0x1a0 [ 11.397431] [<ffffffff88ea377f>] ? parse_args+0x2cf/0x490 [ 11.399313] [<ffffffff89d86175>] kernel_init_freeable+0x178/0x217 [ 11.402112] [<ffffffff8968d2ce>] kernel_init+0xe/0x100 [ 11.404013] [<ffffffff8969aa1f>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40 [ 11.405895] [<ffffffff8968d2c0>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 [ 11.407720] Code: 01 f4 00 39 15 2c 02 e0 00 7e 06 89 15 24 02 e0 00 48 98 48 8b 15 57 36 0e 01 48 8d 04 40 48 8d 04 c2 48 8b 40 10 48 85 c0 74 1b <8b> 70 38 48 8b 78 10 48 8d 4d f4 ba 94 00 00 00 e8 49 e2 45 00 [ 11.422367] RIP [<ffffffff88e1afc2>] hswep_uncore_cpu_init+0x52/0xa0 [ 11.425174] RSP <ffff8f16b2943e40> [ 11.426588] CR2: 0000000000000088 [ 11.427978] ---[ end trace d8adbfe4355f5160 ]--- [ 11.430006] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000009 [ 11.430006] [ 11.433354] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000009 [ 11.433354] Please find the full kernel trace ** Affects: makedumpfile (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: kdump-tools ** Attachment added: "full-kernel-trace" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687779/+attachment/4871072/+files/kdump-kernel-trace.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687779 Title: Ubuntu 16.04.2: kdump is not working in 4.8.0-46 kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1687779/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs