Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.101 Severity: important Tags: patch Hi,
Since my last upgrade on a squeeze with parts of wheezy, update-initramfs fails to create the initrd.img file with the following error message: mkinitramfs: for root /boot/rootfs missing /boot/rootfs /sys/block/ entry mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most mkinitramfs: Error please report the bug The machine is a kvm virtual machine with few space on /boot so the suggested workaround is not an option for me. During my last upgrade, initramfs-tools was *not* upgraded. So I tried to see in details where the problem really come from. Looking into /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions, I see: ===== # find and only copy root relevant modules dep_add_modules() { [...] # findout root block device + fstype eval "$( mount | while read dev foo mp foo fs opts rest ; do \ [ "$mp" = "/" ] && printf "root=$dev\nFSTYPE=$fs" \ && break; done)" # On failure fallback to /proc/mounts if readable if [ -z "$root" ] && [ -r /proc/mounts ]; then eval "$(while read dev mp fs opts rest ; do \ [ "$mp" = "/" ] && [ "$fs" != "rootfs" ] \ && printf "root=$dev\nFSTYPE=$fs"\ && break; done < /proc/mounts)" fi [...] root="$(readlink -f ${root})" [...] # Error out if /sys lack block dev if [ -z "${block}" ] || [ ! -e /sys/block/${block} ]; then echo "mkinitramfs: for root ${root} missing ${block} /sys/block/ entry" >&2 echo "mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most" >&2 echo "mkinitramfs: Error please report the bug" >&2 exit 1 fi [...] } ==== Note how the output of the 'mount' command is handled differently from the contents of '/proc/mounts': there is no test ' && [ "$fs" != "rootfs" ]' in the first case. And if root=rootfs, then 'root="$(readlink -f ${root})"' set root to /boot/rootfs as rootfs does not exist and the script is run from the boot directory. kooot:/boot# mount rootfs on / type rootfs (rw) [...] kooot:/boot# readlink -f rootfs /boot/rootfs kooot:/boot# During my upgrade, sysvinit-utils and initscripts have been upgraded from 2.88dsf-13.1 to 2.88dsf-22.1. I think (I did not check) that this move /etc/mtab into a symlink to /proc/mounts. So, the result of "mount" should be handled the same as the contents of /proc/mounts. And indeed, adding " && [ "$fs" != "rootfs" ]" when handling the output of mount fixed the problem for me. Regards, Vincent -- Package-specific info: -- initramfs sizes -- /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.3.0-trunk-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/eyak-root ro quiet -- resume RESUME=UUID=c595b643-7575-4004-9fe8-a8ed8939488f -- /proc/filesystems ext4 ext3 fuseblk vfat udf iso9660 hfsplus hfs ext2 reiserfs xfs jfs omfs -- lsmod Module Size Used by tun 18340 2 nls_iso8859_1 12461 0 omfs 18216 0 jfs 137479 0 xfs 590971 0 reiserfs 192397 0 ext2 59252 0 hfs 45882 0 hfsplus 71608 0 isofs 35185 0 udf 68066 0 crc_itu_t 12347 2 udf,omfs nls_utf8 12456 0 nls_cp437 16553 0 vfat 17315 0 fat 45701 1 vfat aesni_intel 50708 0 cryptd 14517 1 aesni_intel aes_x86_64 16796 1 aesni_intel aes_generic 33026 2 aes_x86_64,aesni_intel ip6table_filter 12540 0 ip6_tables 22175 1 ip6table_filter iptable_filter 12536 0 ip_tables 22042 1 iptable_filter ebtable_nat 12580 0 ebtables 26274 1 ebtable_nat x_tables 19073 5 ebtables,ip_tables,iptable_filter,ip6_tables,ip6table_filter mperf 12453 0 cpufreq_stats 12866 0 cpufreq_userspace 12576 0 cpufreq_conservative 13147 0 ppdev 12763 0 lp 17149 0 cpufreq_powersave 12454 0 rfcomm 33671 8 bnep 17577 2 binfmt_misc 12957 1 uinput 17440 1 fuse 62117 1 nfsd 220730 2 nfs 313029 0 nfs_acl 12511 2 nfs,nfsd auth_rpcgss 37189 2 nfs,nfsd fscache 36807 1 nfs lockd 67454 2 nfs,nfsd sunrpc 173816 6 lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl,nfs,nfsd kvm_intel 122008 0 kvm 293782 1 kvm_intel ext3 161959 1 jbd 57131 1 ext3 coretemp 12898 0 loop 22641 0 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 30783 1 snd_hda_codec_idt 53822 1 arc4 12458 2 snd_hda_intel 26345 8 nouveau 575705 0 snd_seq_midi 12848 0 snd_hda_codec 82625 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_hdmi iwlwifi 171306 0 snd_seq_midi_event 13316 1 snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi 23060 1 snd_seq_midi snd_hwdep 13186 1 snd_hda_codec mac80211 320642 1 iwlwifi mxm_wmi 12473 1 nouveau snd_pcm_oss 41107 0 joydev 17266 0 uvcvideo 62253 0 ttm 58093 1 nouveau snd_mixer_oss 17916 3 snd_pcm_oss dell_wmi 12477 0 videobuf2_vmalloc 12664 1 uvcvideo i915 361885 4 snd_seq 45130 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi videobuf2_memops 12526 1 videobuf2_vmalloc sparse_keymap 12760 1 dell_wmi videobuf2_core 25974 1 uvcvideo snd_pcm 63998 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi cfg80211 142333 2 mac80211,iwlwifi videodev 70909 1 uvcvideo snd_seq_device 13176 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi drm_kms_helper 27273 2 i915,nouveau psmouse 64997 0 dell_laptop 17120 0 snd_page_alloc 13003 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel iTCO_wdt 17081 0 parport_pc 22364 1 v4l2_compat_ioctl32 16655 1 videodev media 18148 2 videodev,uvcvideo btusb 17509 2 bluetooth 129614 23 btusb,bnep,rfcomm dcdbas 13307 1 dell_laptop evdev 17562 26 serio_raw 12976 0 pcspkr 12595 0 i2c_i801 16870 0 snd_timer 22917 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq iTCO_vendor_support 12704 1 iTCO_wdt rfkill 19012 4 bluetooth,dell_laptop,cfg80211 i2c_algo_bit 12841 1 i915 snd 52982 24 snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_hdmi parport 31858 3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev wmi 13243 3 dell_wmi,mxm_wmi,nouveau drm 183832 7 drm_kms_helper,i915,ttm,nouveau video 17628 2 i915,nouveau battery 13109 0 i2c_core 23876 7 drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,videodev,i915,nouveau soundcore 13065 3 snd button 12937 2 i915,nouveau ac 12624 0 processor 28212 0 usb_storage 43902 0 uas 13234 0 ext4 351132 3 crc16 12343 2 ext4,bluetooth jbd2 62291 1 ext4 mbcache 13065 3 ext4,ext2,ext3 usbhid 40559 0 hid 81480 1 usbhid power_supply 13519 4 hid,ac,battery,dell_laptop dm_mod 63574 13 sd_mod 36136 4 crc_t10dif 12348 1 sd_mod ahci 24997 3 libahci 22820 1 ahci libata 141011 2 libahci,ahci ehci_hcd 40215 0 sdhci_pci 17852 0 scsi_mod 162487 4 libata,sd_mod,uas,usb_storage sdhci 26993 1 sdhci_pci usbcore 128753 7 ehci_hcd,usbhid,uas,usb_storage,btusb,uvcvideo mmc_core 77131 2 sdhci,sdhci_pci e1000e 129016 0 usb_common 12354 1 usbcore thermal 17383 0 thermal_sys 18048 3 thermal,processor,video -- /etc/initramfs-tools/modules -- /etc/kernel-img.conf # Kernel image management overrides # See kernel-img.conf(5) for details do_symlinks = yes do_bootloader = no do_initrd = yes link_in_boot = no -- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf MODULES=most BUSYBOX=y KEYMAP=n COMPRESS=gzip BOOT=local DEVICE= NFSROOT=auto -- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf update_initramfs=yes backup_initramfs=no -- mkinitramfs hooks /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks: busybox dmsetup fuse keymap klibc kmod lvm2 ntfs_3g thermal udev uswsusp -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.3.0-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on: ii cpio 2.11-7 ii klibc-utils 2.0~rc3-1 ii module-init-tools 6-2 ii udev 175-3.1 Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends: ii busybox 1:1.19.3-5 Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests: ii bash-completion 1:1.99-3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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