ELBA-2020-1783

ELBA-2020-1783 - kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type:	BUG
Impact:	NA
Release Date:	2020-05-05

Description

[2.0.20-14.0.1]
- kdump: append no_timer_check to kdump kernel cmdline on xen guests [Orabug: 30928441]
- arm64: skip purgatory integrity checks to speed up reboot [Orabug: 30822387]
- kdump: append iommu=off to kdump kernel cmdline [Orabug: 30832988]
- makedumpfile: fix RHCK makedumpfile [Orabug: 30580398]
- makedumpfile: backport latest upstream 52-bit VA arm patch [Orabug: 30580398]
- makedumpfile: rebase rhonly-kexec-tools-2.0.18-makedumpfile* patch [Orabug: 30580398]
- makedumpfile: backport latest aarch64-related upstream patches [Orabug: 30352094]
- makedumpfile: update to 1.6.7, drop patches, now present in upstream code [Orabug: 30446702]
- change makedumpfile fixed size buffer for VMCOREINFO [Orabug: 29870551]
- 99kdumpbase: Do not append ip=:dhcp if ip=dhcp is present [Orabug: 29518713]
- rebase kexec-tools-2.0.8-dracut-module-setup-ibft-avoid-dup-config.patch [Orabug: 28872281]
- dont patch files in SOURCES directory. That breaks building from the srpm (dave.kleikamp@oracle.com)
- dracut-module-setup: avoid duplicate config for ibft [Orabug: 22780125]
- kdumpctl: exclude default_hugepagesz setting from kdump kernel cmdline
(Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 19134999]
- kdumpctl: verify if kernel support securelevel interface
(Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 18905671]

[2.0.20-14]
- kexec-tools/module-setup: Ensure eth devices get IP address for VLAN

[2.0.20-13]
- Add document to declare FCoE support

[2.0.20-12]
- powerpc: enable the scripts to capture dump on POWERNV platform

[2.0.20-11]
- s390: Use get_kaslr_offset_general() for s390x

[2.0.20-10]
- arm64: kdump: deal with a lot of resource entries in /proc/iomem
- arm64: kexec: allocate memory space avoiding reserved regions
- kexec: add variant helper functions for handling memory regions

[2.0.20-9]
- makedumpfile: assign bitmap1/2 fd for subprocess in non-cyclic mode

[2.0.20-8]
- makedumpfile: remove -lebl

[2.0.20-7]
- makedumpfile: Fix off-by-one issue in exclude_nodata_pages()

[2.0.20-6]
-rhel-8.2.0, origin/rhel-8.2.0) Increase SECTION_MAP_LAST_BIT to 4
- spec: move binaries from /sbin to /usr/sbin
- As /etc/kdump.conf timestamp is updated do not compare it when doing rpm --verify
- kdumpctl: make reload fail proof

[2.0.19-12.1]
- Dont execute final_action if failure_action terminates the system
- module-setup: re-fix 99kdumpbase network dependency
- kdumpctl: bail out immediately if host key verification failed
- kdumpctl: echo msg when waiting for connection
- kdumpctl: distinguish the failed reason of ssh
- kdumpctl: wait a while for network ready if dump target is ssh
- dracut-module-setup: filter out localhost for generic_fence_kdump
- dracut-module-setup: get localhost alias by manual

[2.0.19-12.4]
- dracut-module-setup.sh: Dont use squash module for fadump
- Dont mount the dump target unless needed
- dracut-module-setup: fix bond ifcfg processing
- Doc: amend the man page of kdump.conf

[2.0.19-12.3]
- Limit the size of vmcore-dmesg.txt to 2G
- makedumpfile: x86_64: Fix incorrect exclusion by -e option with KASLR
- mkdumprd: ensure ssh path exists before check size

[2.0.19-12.2]
- rebase to kexec-tools-2.0.20 and makedumpfile-1.6.6

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 8 (aarch64)	kexec-tools-2.0.20-14.0.1.el8.src.rpm	bcb8f95e1420e3b458dd9b58f23a19fa1f0661b3996edf67faeb29c502a6f6ed	-	ol8_aarch64_baseos_latest
	kexec-tools-2.0.20-14.0.1.el8.src.rpm	bcb8f95e1420e3b458dd9b58f23a19fa1f0661b3996edf67faeb29c502a6f6ed	-	ol8_aarch64_u2_baseos_base
	kexec-tools-2.0.20-14.0.1.el8.aarch64.rpm	d567c1bc1a3c705bd32c936420d3ed019282bcbb6cc475fe346f0f19d1b5ff99	-	ol8_aarch64_baseos_latest
	kexec-tools-2.0.20-14.0.1.el8.aarch64.rpm	d567c1bc1a3c705bd32c936420d3ed019282bcbb6cc475fe346f0f19d1b5ff99	-	ol8_aarch64_u2_baseos_base
Oracle Linux 8 (x86_64)	kexec-tools-2.0.20-14.0.1.el8.src.rpm	bcb8f95e1420e3b458dd9b58f23a19fa1f0661b3996edf67faeb29c502a6f6ed	-	ol8_x86_64_baseos_latest
	kexec-tools-2.0.20-14.0.1.el8.src.rpm	bcb8f95e1420e3b458dd9b58f23a19fa1f0661b3996edf67faeb29c502a6f6ed	-	ol8_x86_64_u2_baseos_base
	kexec-tools-2.0.20-14.0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm	2947849b404e1f9c8a3923e78eb790a0d871c7dbf3c416db60049723641216f3	-	ol8_x86_64_baseos_latest
	kexec-tools-2.0.20-14.0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm	2947849b404e1f9c8a3923e78eb790a0d871c7dbf3c416db60049723641216f3	-	ol8_x86_64_u2_baseos_base

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