Let me know what I can do to help move this forward. The ubuntu-load- zfs-unconditionally patch was not a great solution as it results in systems that install zfsutils-linux to come up in a failed state when there are no ZFS pools present:
$ systemctl --failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION * zfs-import-cache.service loaded failed failed Import ZFS pools by cache file We use a common system image across a large fleet, some with ZFS pools, most without - and would prefer not having to do a local override.conf in our image. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to zfs-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741081 Title: zfs-import-cache.service fails on startup Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I just noticed on my test VM of artful that zfs-import-cache.service does not have a ConditionPathExists=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache. Because of that, it fails on startup, since the cache file does not exist. This line is being deleted by debian/patches/ubuntu-load-zfs-unconditionally.patch. This patch seems to exist per: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1672749 This patch still exists in bionic, so I assume it will be similarly broken. If the goal of the patch is to load the module (and only that), I think it should create a third unit instead: zfs-load-module.service ^^ runs modprobe zfs zfs-import-cache.service & zfs-import-scan.service ^^ per upstream minus modprobe plus Requires=zfs-load-module.service I have tested this manually and it works. I can submit a package patch if this is the desired solution. Interestingly, before this change, zfs-import-scan.service wasn't starting. If started manually, it worked. I had to give it a `systemctl enable zfs-import-scan.service` to create the Wants symlinks. Looking at the zfsutils-linux.postinst, I see the correct boilerplate from dh_systemd, so I'm not sure why this wasn't already done. Can anyone confirm or deny whether zfs-import-scan.service is enabled out-of-the-box on their system? Is the zfs-import-scan.service not starting actually the cause of the original bug? The design is that *either* zfs-import-cache.service or zfs-import-scan.service starts. They both call modprobe zfs. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zfs-linux/+bug/1741081/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
