[Touch-packages] [Bug 1654600] Re: unattended-upgrade-shutdown hangs when /var is a separate filesystem
I get this sometimes on shutdown but not always.
Erik, until the fix reaches users, should I:
systemctl disable unattended-upgrades.service
?
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Title:
unattended-upgrade-shutdown hangs when /var is a separate filesystem
Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The systemd unit file unattended-upgrades.service is used to stop a running
unattended-upgrade
process during shutdown. This unit file is running together with all
filesystem
unmount services.
The unattended-upgrades service checks if the lockfile for unattended-upgrade
(in /var/run) exists, and if it does, there is an unattended-upgrade in
progress
and the service will wait until it finishes (and therefore automatically wait
at
shutdown).
However, if /var is a separate filesystem, it will get unmounted even though
/var/run
is a tmpfs that's still mounted on top of the /var/run directory in the /var
filesystem.
The unattended-upgrade script will fail to find lockfile, sleeps for 5
seconds, and
tries to check the lockfile again. After 10 minutes (the default timeout), it
will finally
exit and the system will continue shutdown.
The problem is the error handling in
/usr/share/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrade-shutdown
where it tries to lock itself:
while True:
res = apt_pkg.get_lock(options.lock_file)
logging.debug("get_lock returned %i" % res)
# exit here if there is no lock
if res > 0:
logging.debug("lock not taken")
break
lock_was_taken = True
The function apt_pkg.get_lock() either returns a file descriptor, or -1 on an
error.
File descriptors are just C file descriptors, so they are always positive
integers.
The code should check the result to be negative, not positive. I have
attached a patch
to reverse the logic.
Additional information:
1)
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
2)
unattended-upgrades:
Installed: 0.90ubuntu0.3
Candidate: 0.90ubuntu0.3
Version table:
*** 0.90ubuntu0.3 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64
Packages
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.90 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
3)
Fast reboot
4)
Very slow reboot (after a 10 minutes timeout)
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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1423796] Re: Unable to mount lvmcache root device at boot time
OK, I managed! I had to add more modules sudo echo "dm_cache" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules sudo echo "dm_cache_mq" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules sudo echo "dm_persistent_data" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules sudo echo "dm_bufio" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules plus, add cache_check as in http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=119644 Booted! This is how I set up the lvmcache sudo vgextend LinuxVG /dev/sdb2 sudo lvcreate -L 10G -n rootCacheLV LinuxVG /dev/sdb2 sudo lvcreate -L 24M -n rootCacheMetaLV LinuxVG /dev/sdb2 sudo lvcreate -L 10G -n homeCacheLV LinuxVG /dev/sdb2 sudo lvcreate -L 24M -n homeCacheMetaLV LinuxVG /dev/sdb2 sudo lvconvert --type cache-pool --poolmetadata LinuxVG/rootCacheMetaLV --cachemode writethrough LinuxVG/rootCacheLV sudo lvconvert --type cache-pool --poolmetadata LinuxVG/homeCacheMetaLV --cachemode writethrough LinuxVG/homeCacheLV sudo lvconvert --type cache --cachepool LinuxVG/rootCacheLV LinuxVG/rootLV sudo lvconvert --type cache --cachepool LinuxVG/homeCacheLV LinuxVG/homeLV where LinuxVG has the root at rootLV and home at homeLV and sdb2 is an SSD -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lvm2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1423796 Title: Unable to mount lvmcache root device at boot time Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in lvm2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm experimenting with Vivid Vervet on a virtual machine and tried a new LVM feature, lvmcache. I made a cache for the root file system, rebuilt the initrd and rebooted the VM. At boot time, the system failed to activate the root LV. After some investigation, I found out, it's because the initrd is missing some essential stuff needed for activating a cached LV. The initrd was missing the dm-cache module. I regenerated the initrd with explicitly listing dm-cache in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, but the system still can't boot up, because now it is missing the /usr/sbin/cache_check utility. As SSDs are becoming more and more common, I think it will be common to use them as cache for root file systems, thus it is mandatory to make sure that an initrd can mount an lvmcached root device when necessary, preferably without /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and other manual initrd hacking. System details: Linux lvmvm 3.18.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 6 09:55:14 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 Codename: vivid LVM version: 2.02.111(2) (2014-09-01) Library version: 1.02.90 (2014-09-01) Driver version: 4.28.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1423796/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1423796] Re: Unable to mount lvmcache root device at boot time
MegaBrutal, can you give some instructions. I followed the instructions at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=119644 but still couldn't boot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lvm2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1423796 Title: Unable to mount lvmcache root device at boot time Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in lvm2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm experimenting with Vivid Vervet on a virtual machine and tried a new LVM feature, lvmcache. I made a cache for the root file system, rebuilt the initrd and rebooted the VM. At boot time, the system failed to activate the root LV. After some investigation, I found out, it's because the initrd is missing some essential stuff needed for activating a cached LV. The initrd was missing the dm-cache module. I regenerated the initrd with explicitly listing dm-cache in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, but the system still can't boot up, because now it is missing the /usr/sbin/cache_check utility. As SSDs are becoming more and more common, I think it will be common to use them as cache for root file systems, thus it is mandatory to make sure that an initrd can mount an lvmcached root device when necessary, preferably without /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and other manual initrd hacking. System details: Linux lvmvm 3.18.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 6 09:55:14 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 Codename: vivid LVM version: 2.02.111(2) (2014-09-01) Library version: 1.02.90 (2014-09-01) Driver version: 4.28.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1423796/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1423796] Re: Unable to mount lvmcache root device at boot time
I also tried the instructions in http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=119644 but still cannot reboot into cached hdd system removing the cache (lvremove lvcache) every time I fail to boot, by using a rescue usb, gave me some corruption and was just inconvenient to further experiment. so I ended up giving up until someone else succeeds using lvmcache. My use would be a laptop with a small ssd 24GB drive and I think this would be a cool way to speed up the system. actually it was intended for that and the MS windows system did that before I wiped it out. Setting up the lvm and installing ubuntu was easy, setting up the lvmcache was easy too... but couldn't manage to make it boot :/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lvm2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1423796 Title: Unable to mount lvmcache root device at boot time Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in lvm2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm experimenting with Vivid Vervet on a virtual machine and tried a new LVM feature, lvmcache. I made a cache for the root file system, rebuilt the initrd and rebooted the VM. At boot time, the system failed to activate the root LV. After some investigation, I found out, it's because the initrd is missing some essential stuff needed for activating a cached LV. The initrd was missing the dm-cache module. I regenerated the initrd with explicitly listing dm-cache in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, but the system still can't boot up, because now it is missing the /usr/sbin/cache_check utility. As SSDs are becoming more and more common, I think it will be common to use them as cache for root file systems, thus it is mandatory to make sure that an initrd can mount an lvmcached root device when necessary, preferably without /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and other manual initrd hacking. System details: Linux lvmvm 3.18.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 6 09:55:14 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 Codename: vivid LVM version: 2.02.111(2) (2014-09-01) Library version: 1.02.90 (2014-09-01) Driver version: 4.28.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1423796/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
