Following is the Tentative plan for improving LTP-KDUMP Test-cases:
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||S.NO|| ACTIVITY || TENTATIVE-TIME ||
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|| 1 || Enhance result analysis code of Link Delay || JAN 2008 ||
|| || and dump filtering || ||
|| 2 || Develop failure recovery code for failures which || JAN 2008 ||
|| || could be identified and fixed || ||
|| 3 || Enhance ltp kdump to support kdump testing || DEC 2007 ||
|| || on open suse and fedora || ||
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Proposed upcoming work from Cai Qian <qcai@redhat.com>:
Here is my first draft plan of Kexec/Kdump tests enhancement sorted by
priorities. I would like to add them as many as possible.
== filtered vmcore utilities ==
- in different compressed levels, verify the vmcore with the correct
layout.
- verify it in flat file or ELF formats from a network host.
== analyse vmcore utilities ==
- GDB
- crash with better error detecting.
- crash to analyse Hypervisor and Dom0 Kernel.
== test scripts ==
- timestamp information for crash was triggered, vmcore was generated,
and vmcore was verified.
- aim to 100% automation, and reduce manual setup.
- tidy up scripts.
== crash scenarios ==
- SDINT switch for ia64 if possible.
- Hypervisor crash for Virtualization.
- crashes on full- and para-virt guests.
== fix bugs in existing tests ==
- printk LKDTM module can hang the second Kernel.
== kdump configurations and init script ==
- capture vmcore after init runs.
- rpm pre- and post-scripts
- kdump_pre and kdump_post directives
== increase coverages for new kexec/kdump development efforts ==
- new reserved region syntax in Kernel.