diff --git a/mkdumprd.8 b/mkdumprd.8 index 7faae57..2ac3d5a 100644 --- a/mkdumprd.8 +++ b/mkdumprd.8 @@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ be loaded in the initramfs (based on configuration retrieved from \fI/etc/kdump.conf)\fR \fBmkdumprd\fR add a new \fBdracut\fR module 99kdumpbase and use \fBdracut\fR -utility to generate the initramfs. +utility to generate the initramfs. When generating a kdump initramfs, \fBmkdumprd\fR +will determine how much disk space is available, if the dump target's available +space is not greater than the total system memory, \fBmkdumprd\fR will print a +warning to remind that there might not be enough space to save a vmcore. The +warning covers extreme scenarios such as the slab explodes with non-zero data or +a full vmcore, etc. Therefore, need to prevent users from having minimum disk +space for crash dump. \fBmkdumprd\fR was not intended for casual use outside of the service initialization script for the kdump utility, and should not be run manually. If