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- fallocate swapfile has holes on 5.8 ext4 + fallocate swapfile has holes on 5.8 ext4, causes: swapon failed: Invalid argument -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1894910 Title: fallocate swapfile has holes on 5.8 ext4, causes: swapon failed: Invalid argument Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 1) Groovy 2) root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# apt-cache policy linux-image-generic linux-image-generic: Installed: 5.8.0.18.22 Candidate: 5.8.0.18.22 Version table: *** 5.8.0.18.22 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) swapon --verbose /swap.img enables swap file successfully 4) swapon returns error, says swapfile has holes. ---- Curtin creates file-based swap files with fallocate: fallocate -l XXXM /swap.img When booting Groovy (5.8 kernel), the swapfile fails to load, complains it has holes root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# swapon --verbose /swap.img swapon: /swap.img: found signature [pagesize=4096, signature=swap] swapon: /swap.img: pagesize=4096, swapsize=1251999744, devsize=1251999744 swapon /swap.img [ 178.283022] swapon: swapfile has holes swapon: /swap.img: swapon failed: Invalid argument root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# uname -r 5.8.0-18-generic This configuration works fine on Focal (5.4) and older. Previous Groovy kernels, (5.7) also worked. It may be related to: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/4/259 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: linux-image-generic 5.8.0.18.22 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-18.19-generic 5.8.4 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-18-generic x86_64 AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Sep 8 21:38 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Sep 8 21:38 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu44 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Tue Sep 8 21:44:13 2020 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig' Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: Lsusb-t: Lsusb-v: Error: command ['lsusb', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=vt220 PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=C.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 bochs-drmdrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.8.0-18-generic root=UUID=ce45bbaf-5a44-4487-b89e-035c2dd40657 ro console=ttyS0 systemd.mask=snapd.seeded.service systemd.mask=snapd.service panic=-1 softlockup_panic=1 hung_task_panic=1 nmi_watchdog=panic,1 ip=:::::BOOTIF:dhcp RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.8.0-18-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.8.0-18-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.190 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014 dmi.bios.release: 0.0 dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS dmi.bios.version: 1.13.0-1ubuntu1 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-focal dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvr1.13.0-1ubuntu1:bd04/01/2014:br0.0:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-focal:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-focal: dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-focal dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1894910/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
