It seems like the upstream commits to fix this may have made journalctl --flush flaky and/or introduced other regressions: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12230#issuecomment-491593897
Additionally, the fix upstream is not a trivial backport and has the potential to cause even more problems for SRU releases. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12230/commits As this bug is rather limited in scope (only systems with /var or /var/log mounted separately from /) and the only potential issue I see is /var isn't cleanly unmounted, it seems like backporting the upstream fix may bring more problems than it solves. Possibly there is some simpler workaround we could add for SRU releases, but it would take some more investigation. I'm removing myself as bug owner here, so possibly someone else can investigate, in case I'm not able to get back to this. ** Tags removed: ddstreet-next ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: In Progress => New ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Cosmic) Status: In Progress => New ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Disco) Status: In Progress => New ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Eoan) Status: In Progress => New ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Bionic) Assignee: Dan Streetman (ddstreet) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Cosmic) Assignee: Dan Streetman (ddstreet) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Disco) Assignee: Dan Streetman (ddstreet) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Eoan) Assignee: Dan Streetman (ddstreet) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788048 Title: systemd journald failed unmounting var Status in systemd: Fix Released Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Status in systemd source package in Bionic: New Status in systemd source package in Cosmic: New Status in systemd source package in Disco: New Status in systemd source package in Eoan: New Bug description: [impact] on a system with /var and/or /var/log mounted separately from /, shutdown can't unmount /var (or /var/log) cleanly because systemd- journald is using it. [test case] install a system with /var mounted separately from / shutdown, and notice: [FAILED] Failed unmounting /var. [regression potential] TBD [other info] original description: -- When the system is shut down or restarted the systemd-journal does not disassemble the disks correctly. On this thread https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/378678/why- do-i-get-the-error-failed-unmounting-var-during-shutdown I checked what editing /etc/systemd/journald.conf to change the Storage = line to Storage = volatile the problem is solved, but some of the logs on the shutdown are lost. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: systemd 237-3ubuntu10.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Aug 20 18:15:07 2018 ExecutablePath: /lib/systemd/systemd-journald InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-20 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-32-generic root=UUID=65cb761b-4881-4031-9113-e6bb6a1437b4 ro SourcePackage: systemd SystemdDelta: [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service → /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/user@.service → /lib/systemd/system/user@.service.d/timeout.conf 2 overridden configuration files found. UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox dmi.board.name: VirtualBox dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.board.version: 1.2 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine dmi.product.name: VirtualBox dmi.product.version: 1.2 dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.journald.conf: 2018-08-20T18:00:58.586165 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1788048/+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
