summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/tmpfiles.d
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'tmpfiles.d')
-rw-r--r--tmpfiles.d/systemd-pstore.conf11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-pstore.conf b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-pstore.conf
index 8b6a1dafc3..e8e9ed48ae 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-pstore.conf
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-pstore.conf
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@
# control writes into pstore.
#
# The crash_kexec_post_notifiers parameter enables the kernel to write
-# dmesg (including stack trace) into pstore upon a panic, and
-# printk.always_kmsg_dump parameter enables the kernel to write dmesg
+# dmesg (including stack trace) into pstore upon a panic even if kdump
+# is loaded, only needed if you want to use pstore with kdump. Without
+# this parameter, kdump could block writing to pstore for stability
+# reason. Note this increases the risk of kdump failure even if pstore
+# is not available.
+#
+# The printk.always_kmsg_dump parameter enables the kernel to write dmesg
# upon a normal shutdown (shutdown, reboot, halt).
#
# To configure the kernel parameters, uncomment the appropriate
@@ -26,4 +31,4 @@
d /var/lib/systemd/pstore 0755 root root 14d
#w- /sys/module/printk/parameters/always_kmsg_dump - - - - Y
-w- /sys/module/kernel/parameters/crash_kexec_post_notifiers - - - - Y
+#w- /sys/module/kernel/parameters/crash_kexec_post_notifiers - - - - Y