Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.120+deb8u2 Severity: normal Hi,
I am trying to configure kdump-tools on a Debian jessie live system (which runs entirely on tmpfs mount points using a custom made initrd). kdump-tools uses initramfs-tools to generate an initramfs for the crash kernel. On package installation, it runs: root@host:~$ /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools $(uname -r) kdump-tools: Generating /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-4.4.36-2 mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for / mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check: grep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/ Error please report bug on initramfs-tools Include the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts' update-initramfs: failed for with 1. Since kdump-tools specifies a config directory, the suggested grep command is incorrect (patch to fix that is attached). root@host:~$ grep -r MODULES /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools/ /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf:# MODULES: [ most | netboot | dep | list ] /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf:MODULES=dep The recommended workaround (set MODULES=most) does not work either: root@host:~$ sudo sed -i "s/MODULES=dep/MODULES=most/" /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf root@host:~$ grep -r MODULES /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools/ /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf:# MODULES: [ most | netboot | dep | list ] /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf:MODULES=most root@host:~$ sudo /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools $(uname -r) kdump-tools: Generating /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-4.4.36-2 mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for / mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check: grep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/ Error please report bug on initramfs-tools Include the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts' update-initramfs: failed for with 1. Here is the requeted output of mount (/proc/mounts says the same): root@host:~$ mount proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=755840k,nr_inodes=188960,mode=755) tmpfs on / type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=2097152k) tmpfs on /var type tmpfs (rw,nodev,relatime,size=1048576k) tmpfs on /var/log type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=204800k) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=524288k) tmpfs on /home type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=102400k) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755) tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k) tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls) systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=22,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct) configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime) mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime) hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime,mode=755) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime) Workaround: Comment all calls in dep_add_modules() in hook-functions. -- Benjamin Drung System Developer Debian & Ubuntu Developer ProfitBricks GmbH Greifswalder Str. 207 D - 10405 Berlin Email: benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com URL: http://www.profitbricks.com Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin. Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 125506B. Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gauger, Achim Weiss.
>From f1db2c0c7687c13db182965c1da0ede97b570857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Drung <benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 18:01:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix config directory in error message /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools calls mkinitramfs with -d /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools. This call might fail, but the recommended grep command points to the wrong directory: $ sudo /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools $(uname -r) kdump-tools: Generating /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-4.4.36-2 mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for / mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check: grep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/ Error please report bug on initramfs-tools Include the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts' update-initramfs: failed for with 1. --- hook-functions | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hook-functions b/hook-functions index 53753ba..fa6862f 100644 --- a/hook-functions +++ b/hook-functions @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ dep_add_modules_mount() || ! [ -b "$dev_node" ]; then echo "mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for $dir" >&2 echo "mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check:" >&2 - echo "grep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/" >&2 + echo "grep -r MODULES ${CONFDIR-/etc/initramfs-tools/}" >&2 echo "" >&2 echo "Error please report bug on initramfs-tools" >&2 echo "Include the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts'" >&2 -- 2.9.3