diff --git a/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/include/load_conf.h b/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/include/load_conf.h
index 881bba276..664c6ccd5 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/include/load_conf.h
+++ b/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/include/load_conf.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ struct log_t {
 	size_t		path_len;
 	const char	*lines;
 	size_t		lines_len;
+	const char	*sizelimit;
+	size_t		sizelimit_len;
 
 	void (*get)(struct log_t *, void *);
 };
diff --git a/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/load_conf.c b/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/load_conf.c
index 4e8c6e003..3bfa9121c 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/load_conf.c
+++ b/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/load_conf.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static void print(void)
 		print_id_item(type, log, id);
 		print_id_item(lines, log, id);
 		print_id_item(path, log, id);
+		print_id_item(sizelimit, log, id);
 	}
 
 	for_each_info(id, info, conf) {
@@ -466,6 +467,8 @@ static int parse_log(xmlNodePtr cur, struct log_t *log)
 			res = load_cur_content(cur, log, path);
 		else if (name_is(cur, "lines"))
 			res = load_cur_content(cur, log, lines);
+		else if (name_is(cur, "sizelimit"))
+			res = load_cur_content(cur, log, sizelimit);
 
 		if (res)
 			return -1;
diff --git a/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/sender.c b/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/sender.c
index 7f2a63f6a..b0dffe1a3 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/sender.c
+++ b/tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/sender.c
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ static void get_log_file(const char *despath, const char *srcpath,
 		get_log_file_complete(despath, srcpath);
 }
 
-static void get_log_node(const char *despath, const char *nodepath)
+static void get_log_node(const char *despath, const char *nodepath,
+			size_t sizelimit)
 {
-	const int res = do_copy_eof(nodepath, despath);
+	const int res = do_copy_limit(nodepath, despath, sizelimit);
 
 	if (res < 0) {
 		LOGE("copy (%s) failed, error (%s)\n", nodepath,
@@ -156,8 +157,17 @@ static void get_log_by_type(const char *despath, const struct log_t *log,
 			if (cfg_atoi(log->lines, log->lines_len, &lines) == -1)
 				return;
 		get_log_file(despath, srcpath, lines);
-	} else if (!strcmp("node", log->type))
-		get_log_node(despath, log->path);
+	} else if (!strcmp("node", log->type)) {
+		int size;
+
+		if (!log->sizelimit)
+			size = 0;
+		else
+			if (cfg_atoi(log->sizelimit, log->sizelimit_len,
+				     &size) == -1)
+				return;
+		get_log_node(despath, log->path, (size_t)(size * 1024 * 1024));
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp("cmd", log->type))
 		get_log_cmd(despath, log->path);
 }
diff --git a/tools/acrn-crashlog/common/fsutils.c b/tools/acrn-crashlog/common/fsutils.c
index 397d1150e..99833259e 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-crashlog/common/fsutils.c
+++ b/tools/acrn-crashlog/common/fsutils.c
@@ -528,44 +528,57 @@ int file_update_int(const char *filename, unsigned int current,
  *
  * @param src Path of source file.
  * @param dest Path of destin file.
+ * @param limitsize Bytes will copy from src at most.
  *
- * @return 0 if successful, or a negative value if not.
+ * @return 0 if successful, or -1 if not.
  */
-int do_copy_eof(const char *src, const char *des)
+int do_copy_limit(const char *src, const char *des, size_t limitsize)
 {
 	char buffer[CPBUFFERSIZE];
 	int rc = 0;
-	int fd1 = -1, fd2 = -1;
-	struct stat info;
-	int r_count, w_count = 0;
+	int fd1;
+	int fd2;
+	size_t dsize = 0;
+	size_t rbsize = CPBUFFERSIZE;
+	ssize_t r_count;
+	ssize_t w_count;
 
 	if (src == NULL || des == NULL)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -1;
 
-	if (stat(src, &info) < 0) {
-		LOGE("can not open file: %s\n", src);
-		return -errno;
+	fd1 = open(src, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+	if (fd1 < 0) {
+		LOGE("failed to open file: %s, err: %s\n", src,
+		     strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
 	}
 
-	fd1 = open(src, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd1 < 0)
-		return -errno;
-
 	fd2 = open(des, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0660);
 	if (fd2 < 0) {
-		LOGE("can not open file: %s\n", des);
+		LOGE("failed to open file: %s, err: %s\n", des,
+		     strerror(errno));
 		close(fd1);
-		return -errno;
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* Start copy loop */
 	while (1) {
+		if (limitsize > 0) {
+		       if (dsize >= limitsize)
+				break;
+			rbsize = MIN(limitsize - dsize, CPBUFFERSIZE);
+		}
+
 		/* Read data from src */
-		r_count = read(fd1, buffer, CPBUFFERSIZE);
+		r_count = read(fd1, buffer, rbsize);
 		if (r_count < 0) {
-			LOGE("read failed, err:%s\n", strerror(errno));
-			rc = -1;
-			break;
+			if (errno == EAGAIN) {
+				break;
+			} else {
+				LOGE("read failed, err:%s\n", strerror(errno));
+				rc = -1;
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (r_count == 0)
@@ -579,11 +592,13 @@ int do_copy_eof(const char *src, const char *des)
 			break;
 		}
 		if (r_count != w_count) {
-			LOGE("write failed, r_count:%d w_count:%d\n",
+			LOGE("write failed, r_count:%zd w_count:%zd\n",
 			     r_count, w_count);
 			rc = -1;
 			break;
 		}
+
+		dsize += w_count;
 	}
 
 	if (fd1 >= 0)
diff --git a/tools/acrn-crashlog/common/include/fsutils.h b/tools/acrn-crashlog/common/include/fsutils.h
index 8fde72058..b5ae6a387 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-crashlog/common/include/fsutils.h
+++ b/tools/acrn-crashlog/common/include/fsutils.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void file_reset_init(const char *filename);
 int file_read_int(const char *filename, unsigned int *pcurrent);
 int file_update_int(const char *filename, unsigned int current,
 			unsigned int max);
-int do_copy_eof(const char *src, const char *des);
+int do_copy_limit(const char *src, const char *des, size_t limitsize);
 int space_available(const char *path, int quota);
 int count_lines_in_file(const char *filename);
 int read_full_binary_file(const char *path, unsigned long *size,
diff --git a/tools/acrn-crashlog/data/acrnprobe.xml b/tools/acrn-crashlog/data/acrnprobe.xml
index 9e02bef58..0939cf94b 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-crashlog/data/acrnprobe.xml
+++ b/tools/acrn-crashlog/data/acrnprobe.xml
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@
 		</log>
 		<log id='2' enable='true'>
 			<name>kmsg</name>
-			<type>cmd</type>
-			<path>dmesg</path>
+			<type>node</type>
+			<path>/dev/kmsg</path>
+			<sizelimit>2</sizelimit>
 		</log>
 		<log id='3' enable='true'>
 			<name>cmdline</name>