[Bug 1735046] Re: mkfs.btrfs error checking mount status of loop device backing_file

Ryan Harper 1735046 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Jan 11 21:14:18 UTC 2018


I tested the proposed package and it works as expected.

root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:	14.04

root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# uname -r
3.13.0-137-generic

First, I confirmed it still fails on 3.12-1ubuntu0.1

root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# truncate -s 1G testloop.img
root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# losetup /dev/loop0 testloop.img
root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# mkfs.ext4 /dev/loop0
mke2fs 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
Discarding device blocks: done                            
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
65536 inodes, 262144 blocks
13107 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=268435456
8 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376

Allocating group tables: done                            
Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# mount /dev/loop0 /mnt
root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# rm testloop.img
root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# mkfs.btrfs --force /dev/vdb
Error: error checking /dev/vdb mount status
root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# echo $?
1

Next I added trusty-proposed and updated

root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# apt-cache policy btrfs-tools
btrfs-tools:
  Installed: 3.12-1ubuntu0.1
  Candidate: 3.12-1ubuntu0.2
  Version table:
     3.12-1ubuntu0.2 0
        500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages
 *** 3.12-1ubuntu0.1 0
        500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.12-1 0
        500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

After installing the upgrade, I repeated the mkfs.btrfs command, but
this time it succeeds

# sudo apt install btrfs-tools
sudo: unable to resolve host t-unsubsidized-piper
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  btrfs-tools
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 332 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main btrfs-tools amd64 3.12-1ubuntu0.2 [332 kB]
Fetched 332 kB in 0s (827 kB/s) 
(Reading database ... 51345 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../btrfs-tools_3.12-1ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking btrfs-tools (3.12-1ubuntu0.2) over (3.12-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up btrfs-tools (3.12-1ubuntu0.2) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.10) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-137-generic
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.13) ...
root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# mkfs.btrfs --force /dev/vdb

WARNING! - Btrfs v3.12 IS EXPERIMENTAL
WARNING! - see http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org before using

Turning ON incompat feature 'extref': increased hardlink limit per file to 65536
fs created label (null) on /dev/vdb
	nodesize 16384 leafsize 16384 sectorsize 4096 size 40.00GiB
Btrfs v3.12
root at t-unsubsidized-piper:~# echo $?
0


** Tags removed: verification-needed-trusty
** Tags added: verification-done-trusty

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Title:
  mkfs.btrfs error checking mount status of loop device backing_file

Status in btrfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in btrfs-tools source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in btrfs-tools source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  SRU Template

  [Impact]

   * Users may be unable to successfully create a btrfs filesystem on 
     block devices when a loop device is mounted and the backing file
     no longer exists.  This typically happens in the precense of
     overlayroot but may be encountered in other situations.

     This affects the btrfs-tools package prior to the 3.13 release.
     
   * Backporting the fix from the upstream repository is required to
     allow Trusty MAAS/Cloud images which use overlayrootfs to create
     btrfs filesystems in the presence of a loopdevice with a missing
     backing file.

   * All patches applied are already accepted upstream.  Xenial, Artful,
     and Bionic are not affected.
     

  [Test Case]

   * On a Trusty 14.04 system with a secondary disk (vdb)
      - apt-get install btrfs-tools
      - truncate -s 1G testloop.img
      - losetup /dev/loop0 testloop.img
      - mkfs.ext4 /dev/loop0
      - mount /dev/loop0 /mnt
      - rm testloop.img
      - mkfs.btrfs --force /dev/vdb

      PASS if mkfs.btrfs returns 0 and /dev/vdb has a btrfs filesystem

      FAIL if mkfs.btrfs returns non-zero and /dev/vdb does not have a
      btrfs filesystem.  mkfs.btrfs returns the error message:

      Error: error checking /dev/vdb mount status

  [Regression Potential]

   * mkfs.btrfs fails to detect that the target device is already mounted
     and an existing btrfs filesystem is destroyed.

  
  [Original Description]
  # lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
  Release:        14.04

  # apt-cache policy btrfs-tools
  btrfs-tools:
    Installed: 3.12-1ubuntu0.1
    Candidate: 3.12-1ubuntu0.1
    Version table:
   *** 3.12-1ubuntu0.1 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       3.12-1 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

  # mkfs.btrfs --force /dev/vdd   succeeds

  # # mkfs.btrfs --force /dev/vdd
  Error: error checking /dev/vdd mount status

  # strace -f mkfs.btrfs --force /dev/vdd
  <snip>
  stat("/dev/loop0", {st_mode=S_IFBLK|0660, st_rdev=makedev(7, 0), ...}) = 0
  lstat("/dev", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4180, ...}) = 0
  lstat("/dev/loop0", {st_mode=S_IFBLK|0660, st_rdev=makedev(7, 0), ...}) = 0
  open("/sys/block//loop0/loop/backing_file", O_RDONLY) = 5
  fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
  mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fe8bd73c000
  read(5, "/root.tmp.img (deleted)\n", 4096) = 24
  close(5)                                = 0
  munmap(0x7fe8bd73c000, 4096)            = 0
  lstat("/dev", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4180, ...}) = 0
  lstat("/dev/vdd", {st_mode=S_IFBLK|0660, st_rdev=makedev(253, 48), ...}) = 0
  lstat("/root.tmp.img (deleted)", 0x7ffeaa3f0bf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  close(4)                                = 0
  munmap(0x7fe8bd73d000, 4096)            = 0
  close(3)                                = 0
  write(2, "Error: error checking /dev/vdd m"..., 44Error: error checking /dev/vdd mount status
  ) = 44
  exit_group(1)                           = ?
  +++ exited with 1 +++

  It appears that mkfs.btrfs doesn't like the loop device, /dev/loop0
  which has a deleted backing file.

  root at ubuntu:~# cat /sys/block/loop0/loop/backing_file
  /root.tmp.img (deleted)
  root at ubuntu:~# ls -al /root.tmp.img
  ls: cannot access /root.tmp.img: No such file or directory

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: btrfs-tools 3.12-1ubuntu0.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-135.184-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-135-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Nov 29 02:58:04 2017
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=vt102
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: btrfs-tools
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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