1Following is the Tentative plan for improving LTP-KDUMP Test-cases: 2 3=========================================================================================================== 4||S.NO|| ACTIVITY || TENTATIVE-TIME || 5=========================================================================================================== 6|| 1 || Enhance result analysis code of Link Delay || JAN 2008 || 7|| || and dump filtering || || 8|| 2 || Develop failure recovery code for failures which || JAN 2008 || 9|| || could be identified and fixed || || 10|| 3 || Enhance ltp kdump to support kdump testing || DEC 2007 || 11|| || on open suse and fedora || || 12=========================================================================================================== 13 14Proposed upcoming work from Cai Qian <qcai@redhat.com>: 15 16Here is my first draft plan of Kexec/Kdump tests enhancement sorted by 17priorities. I would like to add them as many as possible. 18 19== filtered vmcore utilities == 20- in different compressed levels, verify the vmcore with the correct 21 layout. 22- verify it in flat file or ELF formats from a network host. 23 24== analyse vmcore utilities == 25- GDB 26- crash with better error detecting. 27- crash to analyse Hypervisor and Dom0 Kernel. 28 29== test scripts == 30- timestamp information for crash was triggered, vmcore was generated, 31 and vmcore was verified. 32- aim to 100% automation, and reduce manual setup. 33- tidy up scripts. 34 35== crash scenarios == 36- SDINT switch for ia64 if possible. 37- Hypervisor crash for Virtualization. 38- crashes on full- and para-virt guests. 39 40== fix bugs in existing tests == 41- printk LKDTM module can hang the second Kernel. 42 43== kdump configurations and init script == 44- capture vmcore after init runs. 45- rpm pre- and post-scripts 46- kdump_pre and kdump_post directives 47 48== increase coverages for new kexec/kdump development efforts == 49- new reserved region syntax in Kernel. 50