Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2016-03-22 Thread Khalid Aziz
On 03/16/2016 12:18 PM, Jan Stattegger-Sievers wrote: > Hi, > > for the second time we ran into this problem and lost again data on > several servers. First time, we assumed a firmware update we ran before > the reboot to be the cause. > > This time, there was no firmware update and we looked fur

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2016-03-19 Thread Jan Stattegger-Sievers
Hi, for the second time we ran into this problem and lost again data on several servers. First time, we assumed a firmware update we ran before the reboot to be the cause. This time, there was no firmware update and we looked further into this, knowing now this is no singular issue. And it turns

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2016-03-04 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 2016-03-03 21:48, Khalid Aziz wrote: Is this issue happening for you on jessie or sid? Your original bug report said Debian 8.0, so I have been focusing on jessie. it happens on both, but primarily I'm testing sid. Regards, Daniel

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2016-03-03 Thread Khalid Aziz
On 03/03/2016 12:10 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 2016-03-03 01:33, Khalid Aziz and Shuah Khan wrote: >> I have not been able to reproduce this bug and that has been the >> limiting factor in being able to fix it. > > I can reliably reproduce it on unmodified, standard/default sid minimal > insta

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2016-03-03 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 2016-03-03 01:33, Khalid Aziz and Shuah Khan wrote: I have not been able to reproduce this bug and that has been the limiting factor in being able to fix it. I can reliably reproduce it on unmodified, standard/default sid minimal install with / on raid1. i'll check tomorrow if i can also re

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2016-03-02 Thread Khalid Aziz and Shuah Khan
On 02/26/2016 01:13 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hi, > > thanks for maintaining kexec-tools, however, kexec-tools reliably and > reproducibly trashes my root filesystem *on* *every* *reboot*. > > can this be finally fixed please? > > Regards, > Daniel > Hi Daniel, I have not been able to repro

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2016-02-26 Thread Daniel Baumann
Hi, thanks for maintaining kexec-tools, however, kexec-tools reliably and reproducibly trashes my root filesystem *on* *every* *reboot*. can this be finally fixed please? Regards, Daniel

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2015-06-25 Thread Thomas Stangner
Hi, some additional information/thoughts: Systemds builtin kexec.target is indeed the indended way to do kexec reboots by the developers. See man systemctl: kexec Shut down and reboot the system via kexec. This is mostly equivalent to start kexec.target --irreversible, but also prints a wall me

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2015-06-19 Thread Thomas Stangner
Hi Khalid, first of all, thanks for looking into the issue. I am by far no systemd expert, so if I get anything wrong, please correct me :) I do think however, that I know enough to be certain that there is a problem with the package when utilizing systemd as init system. > Have you seen any ev

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2015-06-19 Thread Khalid Aziz
I have a freshly installed jessie system (which is running systemd, not SysV init) and I am having trouble reproducing most of these issues. Let me address these one at a time below. On 05/19/2015 07:15 AM, Thomas Stangner wrote: Package: kexec-tools Version: 1:2.0.7-5 Severity: grave Tags: pa

Bug#785714: kexec-tools is broken when using systemd, danger of filesystem corruption

2015-05-19 Thread Thomas Stangner
Package: kexec-tools Version: 1:2.0.7-5 Severity: grave Tags: patch Rebooting via kexec is currently broken when using the default init system of Jessie (systemd) and may result in filesystem corruption or other unwanted effects of improperly shutdown services. This bug does not apply when using