On 13/08/2019 07:12, Roland Kammerer wrote:
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 12:00:40PM +0200, Jamie wrote:
Hi all,
I've encountered quite a problem after updating my Fedora 30 and I hope
someone might've come across this problem as well because I couldn't really
find a lot of information online.
I'm using the following:
* drbd.x86_64 - version 9.5.0-2.fc30
* drbd-udev.x86_64 - version 9.5.0-2.fc30
* drbd-utils.x86_64 - version 9.5.0-2.fc30
After updating Fedora 30 from kernel version *5.1.19-300*.fc30.x86_64 to
kernel version *5.2.5-200*.fc30.x86_64 the drbd service won't even start
anymore, giving me the following output (names are anonymized):
This is just utils and udev and stuff, but not the actual kmod, right?
The kmod comes from upstream, is that correct? (cat /proc/drbd).
If so, this would explain it. Unfortunately in kernel DRBD broke between
5.1 and 5.2. There are already discussions how to fix it.
Regards, rck
Hi Roland,
I interpreted the package "drbd.x86_64 - version 9.5.0-2.fc30" as being
the kernel module version 9.5, since what else is left after you've
packages the utilities and udev scripts? There's only the kernel component.
But my curiosity got the better of me and, in fact, drbd.x86_64 isn't
anything at all. It's just a metapackage containing just 2 files
(COPYING and ChangeLog):
https://fedora.pkgs.org/30/fedora-x86_64/drbd-9.5.0-2.fc30.x86_64.rpm.html
The kernel module drbd.ko is in the
kernel-core-5.0.9-301.fc30.x86_64.rpm package:
https://fedora.pkgs.org/30/fedora-x86_64/kernel-core-5.0.9-301.fc30.x86_64.rpm.html
So as the drbd kernel module is in the main kernel package then, yes, as
you suspect it has to be drbd8, certainly, as drbd9 is not upstream yet.
And yes I think you're right the OPs problem is likely the 5.0 to 5.1
bug being discussed on the kernel.org stable list at the moment.
Surprises me, as Fedora is considered a fairly "bleeding edge" distro,
that ironically as a user the default position is you end up running
ancient drbd8. "Yes please, give me the very latest GCC 9, glibc 2.29,
kernel 5.x, bash 5.0 .. and .. ok I'll take drbd8" :-) I know, joking
aside, Fedora is just sticking with what comes with the upstream kernel,
whatever that maybe.
But it is a strange position when you think about it. They're taking the
utilities from Linbit and packaging them, so why not just take the
kernel component directly from Linbit too? Then you get the current
version 9 as well, which isn't even remotely "bleeding edge" by Fedora's
standards.
To the OP, my personal suggestion: you've chosen Fedora with all its
shiny new software versions (a good choice I think), so blacklist the
bundled and ancient drbd.ko and install drbd9, go on, do it :-)
Seriously, drbd9 is awesome, you'll never look back. It's very easy to
install from source. In fact Linbit probably has rpm packages, so go
ahead and uninstall completely the (also ancient by the looks of things)
drbd utilities rpms, and install the utilities from Linbit too. As a
bonus you will also resolve your current problem, which is a drbd8 only
bug. Don't worry, you don't need to "re-do" all your data, you can use
the existing metadata. Just follow whatever is in Linbit's docs about
upgrading from 8 to 9.
Regards,
Eddie
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