Bug#788050: systemd-fsck : Check disks at each reboot

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Debian folks,


Am Montag, den 08.06.2015, 10:48 +0200 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 08.06.2015 um 10:26 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> > Am 08.06.2015 um 08:01 schrieb Ludovic Lebègue:
> > 
> > > For a few days now each time the computer boots it forces a file 
> > > system
> > > check on two of my disks.
> > > 
> > > Here is the relevant journalctl entry :
> > > 
> > > Jun 08 07:48:19 leonardo kernel: input: PS/2 Generic Mouse
> > > as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8
> > > Jun 08 07:50:50 leonardo systemd-fsck[459]: fsck: Warning... 
> > > fsck.ext4
> > > for device /dev/sdb1 exited with signal 13.
> > > Jun 08 07:50:50 leonardo systemd-fsck[459]: fsck failed with 
> > > error code
> > > 8.
> 
> […]
> 
> > Afaics, the underlying problem is, that fsck fails to fix the 
> > problems.
> > So it's rerun on each boot.
> > 
> > What odd though, return code 13 is the sum of
> > 
> > 1      Filesystem errors corrected
> > 4      Filesystem errors left uncorrected
> > 8      Operational error
> > 
> > So, fsck at the same time says the errors were corrected, on the 
> > other
> > side it says they weren't.
> > Am I interpreting the return codes correctly?
> > 
> > CCed the e2fsprogs maintainers for input.
> 
> Sorry, somehow I completely overlooked the "signal" string.
> So signal 13 means SIGPIPE, pitti suspects a communication error 
> between fsck -C   <-> systemd-fsck and the actual return code is 8, 
> i.e. Operational error.
> 
> He also points out, that systemd ignores any return codes from fsck
> other then 2 and 6.

I am still experiencing this error in Debian Sid/unstable. Could the
cause be pinpointed? Please tell me, if you need more debug information
from an affected system.


Thanks,

Paul
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