Change Default for KDUMP_AUTO_RESIZE to "no" #133
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Bugzilla
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205816
Problem
The new KDUMP_AUTO_RESIZE causes problems with Xen virtualization: Both subsystems have a race condition against each other with memory allocation, and the Xen guest finally throws a kernel panic.
Cause
The deeper cause must be left to the kernel experts to discuss.
But one of the latest changes to yast-kdump switched that new feature on by default, and after a long discussion this turned out to be wrong:
https://github.com/openSUSE/kdump/blob/SLE-15-SP5/sysconfig.kdump.in#L57-L65
Fix
Set the default to "no". That is what this PR does.
Side Effect
The default crash kernel sizes now shrink dramatically.