[systemd-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Use a stamp file to avoid running systemd-fsck-root.service twice
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
zbyszek at in.waw.pl
Sun May 3 09:16:46 PDT 2015
On Sun, May 03, 2015 at 07:06:14PM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> В Sun, 3 May 2015 15:33:56 +0000
> Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek at in.waw.pl> пишет:
>
> > On Sun, May 03, 2015 at 06:06:58PM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> > > В Sun, 3 May 2015 16:17:15 +0200
> > > Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> пишет:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 02.05.15 13:16, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek (zbyszek at in.waw.pl) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > So, the last time we discussed this we figured we should do this
> > > > differently, and simply generate systemd-fsck-root.service in the
> > > > initrd as well, that uses a different command line internally. The end
> > > > result would then be that we can do without flag file, and always have
> > > > the guarantee that "systemd-fsck-root.service" is the services that
> > > > fsck'ed the root file system, regardless whether in initrd or not.
> > > >
> > >
> > > systemd-fsck at .service has explicit dependency on
> > > systemd-fsck-root.service so other mounts (/usr, anything else?) will
> > > be serialized after it. Currently they can run in parallel.
> > >
> > > Not I think it is a big problem, but at least to consider.
> > Yeah, that's the main wart. I tried to outline it in the second bullet
> > point below.
> >
>
> I was not sure about "stacked filesystems"; do you mean something like
> root on loop mount?
Something like that. Or mounting a small partition to access config to
attach iscsi partition, and then mount that as root. Basically any
physical filesystem which should be mounted before /sysroot qualifies.
Probably it's not very common, but adding an arbitrary "fake" dependency
is best avoided.
Zbyszek
>
> > I prepared a patch to generate systemd-fsck-root.service in
> > generator_write_fsck_deps() first, but I wasn't happy with the result.
> > If we ignore the dependency issue, it might be judged more elegant,
> > since it just uses unit stat to pass information.
> >
> > > > Harald, can you comment?
> >
> > Zbyszek
> >
> > > > > In the initramfs, we run systemd-fsck@<sysroot-device>.service.
> > > > > In the real system we run systemd-fsck-root.service. It is hard
> > > > > to pass the information that the latter should not run if the first
> > > > > succeeded using unit state only.
> > > > >
> > > > > - in the real system, we need a synchronization point between the fsck
> > > > > for root and other fscks, to express the dependency to run this
> > > > > systemd-fsck at .service "before all other systemd-fsck@ units". We
> > > > > cannot express it directly, because there are no wildcard
> > > > > dependencies. We could use a target as a sychronization point, but
> > > > > then we would have to provide drop-ins to order
> > > > > systemd-fsck at -.service before the target, and all others after it,
> > > > > which becomes messy. The currently used alternative of having a
> > > > > special unit (systemd-fsck-root.service) makes it easy to express
> > > > > this dependency, and seems to be the best solution.
> > > > >
> > > > > - we cannot use systemd-fsck-root.service in the initramfs, because
> > > > > other fsck units should not be ordered after it. In the real system,
> > > > > the root device is always checked and mounted before other filesystems,
> > > > > but in the initramfs this doesn't have to be true: /sysroot might be
> > > > > stacked on other filesystems and devices.
> > > > >
> > > > > - the name of the root device can legitimately be specified in a
> > > > > different way in the initramfs (on the kernel command line, or
> > > > > automatically discovered through GPT), and in the real fs (in /etc/fstab).
> > > > > Even if we didn't need systemd-fsck-root.service as a synchronization
> > > > > point, it would be hard to ensure the same instance parameter is
> > > > > provided for systemd-fsck at .service in the initrams and the real
> > > > > system.
> > > > >
> > > > > Let's use a "side channel" to pass this information.
> > > > > /run/systemd/fsck-root-done is touched after fsck in the initramfs
> > > > > succeeds, through an ExecStartPost line in a drop-in for
> > > > > systemd-fsck at sysroot.service.
> > > > >
> > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201979
> > > > > ---
> > > > > src/shared/generator.c | 7 +++++++
> > > > > units/systemd-fsck-root.service.in | 1 +
> > > > > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/src/shared/generator.c b/src/shared/generator.c
> > > > > index 7b2f846175..a71222d1cb 100644
> > > > > --- a/src/shared/generator.c
> > > > > +++ b/src/shared/generator.c
> > > > > @@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ int generator_write_fsck_deps(
> > > > > "RequiresOverridable=%1$s\n"
> > > > > "After=%1$s\n",
> > > > > fsck);
> > > > > +
> > > > > + if (in_initrd() && path_equal(where, "/sysroot"))
> > > > > + return write_drop_in_format(dir, fsck, 50, "stamp",
> > > > > + "# Automatically generated by %s\n\n"
> > > > > + "[Service]\n"
> > > > > + "ExecStartPost=-/bin/touch /run/systemd/fsck-root-done\n",
> > > > > + program_invocation_short_name);
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > return 0;
> > > > > diff --git a/units/systemd-fsck-root.service.in b/units/systemd-fsck-root.service.in
> > > > > index 3617abf04a..48dacc841c 100644
> > > > > --- a/units/systemd-fsck-root.service.in
> > > > > +++ b/units/systemd-fsck-root.service.in
> > > > > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Documentation=man:systemd-fsck-root.service(8)
> > > > > DefaultDependencies=no
> > > > > Before=local-fs.target shutdown.target
> > > > > ConditionPathIsReadWrite=!/
> > > > > +ConditionPathExists=!/run/systemd/fsck-root-done
> > > > >
> > > > > [Service]
> > > > > Type=oneshot
> > > > > --
> > > > > 2.3.5
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > > Lennart
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
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