{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let crashdump = config.boot.crashDump; kernelParams = concatStringsSep " " crashdump.kernelParams; in ###### interface { options = { boot = { crashDump = { enable = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = '' If enabled, NixOS will set up a kernel that will boot on crash, and leave the user in systemd rescue to be able to save the crashed kernel dump at /proc/vmcore. It also activates the NMI watchdog. ''; }; reservedMemory = mkOption { default = "128M"; type = types.str; description = '' The amount of memory reserved for the crashdump kernel. If you choose a too high value, dmesg will mention "crashkernel reservation failed". ''; }; kernelParams = mkOption { type = types.listOf types.str; default = [ "1" "boot.shell_on_fail" ]; description = '' Parameters that will be passed to the kernel kexec-ed on crash. ''; }; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf crashdump.enable { boot = { postBootCommands = '' echo "loading crashdump kernel..."; ${pkgs.kexectools}/sbin/kexec -p /run/current-system/kernel \ --initrd=/run/current-system/initrd \ --reset-vga --console-vga \ --command-line="systemConfig=$(readlink -f /run/current-system) init=$(readlink -f /run/current-system/init) irqpoll maxcpus=1 reset_devices ${kernelParams}" ''; kernelParams = [ "crashkernel=${crashdump.reservedMemory}" "nmi_watchdog=panic" "softlockup_panic=1" ]; kernelPatches = [ { name = "crashdump-config"; patch = null; extraConfig = '' CRASH_DUMP y DEBUG_INFO y PROC_VMCORE y LOCKUP_DETECTOR y HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR y ''; } ]; }; }; }