Comment 3 for bug 1845048

commit 9a77ef188b24742b595f69891b97d48dc997f5e2
Author: Louis Bouchard <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Jan 29 16:03:04 2015 +0100

    [debian] Fix panic_on_oops faulty handling

    Signed-off-by: Louis Bouchard <email address hidden>

diff --git a/debian/kdump-config b/debian/kdump-config
index 7ea26cab1c95..64489a74757f 100755
--- a/debian/kdump-config
+++ b/debian/kdump-config
@@ -310,9 +310,10 @@ function fadump_register()
        logger -t $NAME "fadump registered successfully"

        # Last step: make sure panic_on_oops is enabled
- if [ -x /sbin/sysctl -a "$KDUMP_SYSCTL" != " " ] ; then
- sysctl -w $KDUMP_SYSCTL >/dev/null
- fi
+ PANIC_ON_OOPS=`/sbin/sysctl kernel.panic_on_oops | cut -d" " -f3`
+ if [ $PANIC_ON_OOPS != "1" ] ; then
+ sysctl -w kernel.panic_on_oops=1 >/dev/null
+ fi
 }

 # Returns: none. prints warnings or exit
@@ -393,9 +394,11 @@ function kdump_load()
        fi

        # Last step: make sure panic_on_oops is enabled
- if [ -x /sbin/sysctl -a "$KDUMP_SYSCTL" != " " ] ; then
- sysctl -w $KDUMP_SYSCTL >/dev/null
- fi
+ PANIC_ON_OOPS=`/sbin/sysctl kernel.panic_on_oops | cut -d" " -f3`
+ if [ $PANIC_ON_OOPS != "1" ] ; then
+ sysctl -w kernel.panic_on_oops=1 >/dev/null
+ fi
+
 }