[Bug 1731543] Re: mdadm hangs when update-initramfs was run inside apt-get upgrade.

Scott Moser ssmoser2+ubuntu at gmail.com
Fri Nov 10 20:25:44 UTC 2017 

** Description changed:

  I've run a dist-upgrade on a system with mdadm installed:
  
  It hangs like this:
  
+ Setting up iproute2 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.2) ...
+ Setting up resolvconf (1.78ubuntu5) ...
+ Setting up lshw (02.17-1.1ubuntu3.4) ...
+ Setting up golang-1.6-src (1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4) ...
+ Setting up golang-1.6-go (1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4) ...
+ Setting up iptstate (2.2.5-1ubuntu0.1) ...
+ Setting up mdadm (3.3-2ubuntu7.5) ...
+ Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/mdadm ...
+ update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
+ Generating grub configuration file ...
+ Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-98-generic
+ Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-98-generic
+ Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-97-generic
+ Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-97-generic
+ Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-96-generic
+ Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic
+ done
+ update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling ba
+ ck to defaults
+ Setting up debootstrap (1.0.78+nmu1ubuntu1.5) ...
+ Setting up python3-distupgrade (1:16.04.23) ...
  Setting up python3-update-manager (1:16.04.10) ...
  Setting up ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (1:16.04.23) ...
  Setting up update-manager-core (1:16.04.10) ...
  Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.78ubuntu5) ...
  Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21) ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.9) ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-98-generic
  W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
+  
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: mdadm 3.3-2ubuntu7.5
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic ppc64le
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: ppc64el
  Date: Fri Nov 10 20:08:36 2017
  Lsusb:
-  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
-  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
-  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
-  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
+  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
+  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
+  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
+  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MDadmExamine.dev.sda: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sda'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdb: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdb'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdb: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdc: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdc'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdc: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdd: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdd'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdd: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sde: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sde'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sde: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdf: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdf'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdf: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdg: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdg'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdg: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdh: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdh'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdh: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdi: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdi'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdi: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdj: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdj'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdj: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdk: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdk'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdk: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdl: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdl'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdl: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdm: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdm'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdm: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdn: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdn'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdn: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdo: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdo'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdo: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdp: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdp'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdp: Permission denied
  ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=screen
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=screen
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/mpath0-part2 ro console=hvc0
  ProcLoadAvg: 1.02 0.63 0.27 1/2906 154130
  ProcMDstat:
-  Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] 
-  unused devices: <none>
+  Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
+  unused devices: <none>
  ProcSwaps:
-  Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
-  /swap.img                               file		8388544	0	-1
+  Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
+  /swap.img                               file		8388544	0	-1
  ProcVersion: Linux version 4.4.0-97-generic (buildd at bos01-ppc64el-013) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (User Name/IBM 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) ) #120-User Name SMP Tue Sep 19 17:26:02 UTC 2017
  SourcePackage: mdadm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 20
  cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 20
  cpu_smt: SMT is off
  etc.blkid.tab: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/blkid.tab'

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Title:
  mdadm hangs when update-initramfs was run inside apt-get upgrade.

Status in mdadm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I've run a dist-upgrade on a system with mdadm installed:

  It hangs like this:

  Setting up iproute2 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.2) ...
  Setting up resolvconf (1.78ubuntu5) ...
  Setting up lshw (02.17-1.1ubuntu3.4) ...
  Setting up golang-1.6-src (1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4) ...
  Setting up golang-1.6-go (1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4) ...
  Setting up iptstate (2.2.5-1ubuntu0.1) ...
  Setting up mdadm (3.3-2ubuntu7.5) ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/mdadm ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
  Generating grub configuration file ...
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-98-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-98-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-97-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-97-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-96-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic
  done
  update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling ba
  ck to defaults
  Setting up debootstrap (1.0.78+nmu1ubuntu1.5) ...
  Setting up python3-distupgrade (1:16.04.23) ...
  Setting up python3-update-manager (1:16.04.10) ...
  Setting up ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (1:16.04.23) ...
  Setting up update-manager-core (1:16.04.10) ...
  Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.78ubuntu5) ...
  Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21) ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.9) ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-98-generic
  W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
   

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: mdadm 3.3-2ubuntu7.5
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic ppc64le
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: ppc64el
  Date: Fri Nov 10 20:08:36 2017
  Lsusb:
   Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MDadmExamine.dev.sda: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sda'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdb: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdb'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdb: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdc: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdc'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdc: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdd: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdd'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdd: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sde: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sde'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sde: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdf: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdf'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdf: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdg: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdg'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdg: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdh: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdh'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdh: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdi: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdi'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdi: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdj: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdj'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdj: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdk: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdk'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdk: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdl: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdl'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdl: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdm: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdm'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdm: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdn: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdn'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdn: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdo: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdo'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdo: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sdp: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sdp'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdp: Permission denied
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/mpath0-part2 ro console=hvc0
  ProcLoadAvg: 1.02 0.63 0.27 1/2906 154130
  ProcMDstat:
   Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
   unused devices: <none>
  ProcSwaps:
   Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
   /swap.img                               file		8388544	0	-1
  ProcVersion: Linux version 4.4.0-97-generic (buildd at bos01-ppc64el-013) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (User Name/IBM 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) ) #120-User Name SMP Tue Sep 19 17:26:02 UTC 2017
  SourcePackage: mdadm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 20
  cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 20
  cpu_smt: SMT is off
  etc.blkid.tab: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/blkid.tab'

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