In the latest releases of Fedora CoreOS, the /boot
directory is mounted read-only. Instead of always placing the
generated kdump initrd next to the default initrd (which is
usually under /boot), make the generated initrd's location
configurable in `/etc/sysconfig/kdump`.
Signed-off by: Kelvin Fan <kfan(a)redhat.com>
---
kdump.sysconfig | 3 +++
kdumpctl | 12 +++++++++---
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kdump.sysconfig b/kdump.sysconfig
index 30f0c63..952d5c7 100644
--- a/kdump.sysconfig
+++ b/kdump.sysconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll maxcpus=1 reset_devices
novmcoredd"
# KEXEC_ARGS="--elf32-core-headers"
KEXEC_ARGS=""
+# Where to store the generated kdump initrd
+TARGET_INITRD_DIR=""
+
#Where to find the boot image
#KDUMP_BOOTDIR="/boot"
diff --git a/kdumpctl b/kdumpctl
index 24f5cf7..a4e8763 100755
--- a/kdumpctl
+++ b/kdumpctl
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ rebuild_kdump_initrd()
rebuild_initrd()
{
- if [[ ! -w "$KDUMP_BOOTDIR" ]];then
- derror "$KDUMP_BOOTDIR does not have write permission. Can not rebuild
$TARGET_INITRD"
+ TARGET_INITRD_DIR=$(dirname $TARGET_INITRD)
+ if [[ ! -w "$TARGET_INITRD_DIR" ]];then
+ derror "$TARGET_INITRD_DIR does not have write permission. Can not rebuild
$TARGET_INITRD"
return 1
fi
@@ -335,7 +336,12 @@ setup_initrd()
# with fadump aware initrd
backup_default_initrd
else
- TARGET_INITRD="$KDUMP_INITRD"
+ if [ -z $TARGET_INITRD_DIR ]; then
+ TARGET_INITRD="$KDUMP_INITRD"
+ else
+ KDUMP_INITRD_BASE=$(basename "$KDUMP_INITRD")
+ ARGET_INITRD="$TARGET_INITRD_DIR"/"$KDUMP_INITRD_BASE"
+ fi
# check if a backup of default initrd exists. If yes,
# it signifies a switch from fadump mode. So, restore
--
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