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On 16/05/2022 13:18, Luck, Tony wrote:
>> [...]
> Would it be possible to have some global "kdump is configured + enabled" flag?
> 
> Then notifiers could make an informed choice on whether to deep dive to
> get all the possible details (when there is no kdump) or just skim the high
> level stuff (to maximize chance of getting a successful kdump).
> 
> -Tony

Good idea Tony! What if I wire a kexec_crash_loaded() in the notifier?

With that, are you/Petr/Dinh OK in moving it for the info list?
Cheers,


Guilherme