> On Mar 5, 2015, at 10:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> On Mar 5, 2015 6:13 PM, "Randy Witt" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> systemd by default tries to write the journal to /var/log/journal. >>> But base-files has a symlink /var/log -> /var/volatile/log. And >>> /var/volatile is a tmpfs mount in /etc/fstab. >>> >>> If the journal service started before /var/volatile was mounted (which >>> was the typical scenario) then the journal would appear empty since >>> the old location was mounted over. >>> >>> This change fixes the problem by ensuring that the journal doesn't start >>> until after the mount happens. >>> >> >> What happens if folks have a different fstab then default? Will it still >> work > > Yes, the "After" only changes behavior if something else has caused > var-volatile.mount to be in the set of services to be started. > > I verified that was the case by removing /var/volatile from /etc/fstab and > the journal still starts with no errors.
perfect thanks. I will test it out in few hrs myself. > >>> [Yocto #7388] >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Randy Witt <[email protected]> >>> --- >>> meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-volatile.conf | 6 ++++++ >>> meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb | 2 ++ >>> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) >>> create mode 100644 >> meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-volatile.conf >>> >>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-volatile.conf >> b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-volatile.conf >>> new file mode 100644 >>> index 0000000..b11e160 >>> --- /dev/null >>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-volatile.conf >>> @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ >>> +# If /var/volatile is a mount point then make sure to mount it before >>> +# the journal starts. This is because base-files creates a symlink >>> +# /var/log -> /var/volatile/log. And if the journal starts before the >> mount >>> +# happens, the journal will appear empty until restarted. >>> +[Unit] >>> +After=var-volatile.mount >>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb >> b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb >>> index 3c4b6cf..2be66af 100644 >>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb >>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb >>> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git:// >> anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd;branch=master;protocol= >>> file://00-create-volatile.conf \ >>> file://init \ >>> file://run-ptest \ >>> + file://journald-volatile.conf \ >>> " >>> >>> S = "${WORKDIR}/git" >>> @@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ do_install() { >>> install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/*.rules >>> ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d/ >>> >>> install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/00-create-volatile.conf >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/tmpfiles.d/ >>> + install -D -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/journald-volatile.conf >> ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/systemd-journald.service.d/journald-volatile.conf >>> >>> if >> ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','sysvinit','true','false',d)}; then >>> install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d >>> -- >>> 1.9.3 >>> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openembedded-core mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
