On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 1:39 AM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
<zbys...@in.waw.pl> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 04:28:36PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 4:12 AM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
> > <zbys...@in.waw.pl> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 01:12:44PM -0500, Ben Cotton wrote:
> > > > * Name: [[User:dkeefe|Dennis Keefe]], [[User:mulhern|Anne Mulhern]],
> > > > [[User:jbaublitz|John Baublitz]]
> > > > * Email: dke...@redhat.com, amulh...@redhat.com, jbaubl...@redhat.com
> > >
> > > > == Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
> > > >
> > > > Stratis symlinks have moved.  Existing symlinks in /stratis/<pool
> > > > name>/<filesystem name> will need to be migrated to
> > > > /dev/stratis/<pool name>/<filesystem name>.  This is accomplished by
> > > > running the migration script (stratis_migrate_symlinks.sh) that comes
> > > > with the
> > > > 2.2.0 release of Stratis or rebooting the system.  Any configurations
> > > > that make use of the old symlink locations will
> > > > need to be updated to use the new location.  So, if there has been
> > > > manual changes to systemd unit files or /etc/fstab
> > > > for automatically mounting Stratis filesystems, then these will need
> > > > to be updated to reflect the change.
> > >
> > > How large is the risk that systems that were using the old /stratis/foo
> > > paths will fail to mount the filesystems, and possibly fail to boot, after
> > > the upgrade? (Sorry, I have never used stratis, so I don't know how often
> > > those migration steps would be necessary.)
> > >
> > > Shouldn't /startis symlink be created for compatibility on *upgrades* ?
> >
> > It's not supported for booting yet. But if there's an fstab entry
> > using a path from /stratis, and also doesn't include the nofail or
> > noauto mount options, boot can fail waiting indefinitely on a file
> > system that won't ever appear
>
> Right, but the question is: how common is that? Do we even have any general
> idea how many people are using stratis?

No idea. But I think the feature and its release notes can adequately
inform users of the possibility of boot failure and whatever
workaround is needed.


-- 
Chris Murphy
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