Bug#929730: systemd: boot-and-services test expects first kernel log line, but not always in logs

[Michael Biebl]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 13:04:50 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Am 29.05.19 um 18:49 schrieb Dan Streetman:
> > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 12:35 PM Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Am 29.05.19 um 18:19 schrieb Dan Streetman:
> >>> Package: systemd
> >>> Version: 241-5
> >>> Severity: normal
> >>> Tags: patch
> >>> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>> Usertags: origin-ubuntu eoan ubuntu-patch
> >>>
> >>> Dear Maintainer,
> >>>
> >>> boot-and-services test expects the first(ish) kernel log line to be in the system logs, but that is not guaranteed to be in the logs.
> >>>
> >>> -- Package-specific info:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   * d/t/boot-and-services:
> >>>     - don't fail if some kernel msgs are missed (LP: #1830479)
> >>
> >>
> >> Afair, this is due to the kernel ring buffer being too small (on arm64)
> >> Wouldn't it be better to address that? After all, you also want early
> >> boot messages when running systemd in production.
> > 
> > that's one reason; is systemd missing kernel messages due to no fault
> > of its own really something that should fail the test case?

I guess I agree here. The purpose of the test is not to check if the
kernel ring buffer is setup appropriately.

> Good question. Since Martin is our autopkgtest expert, it's probably
> best to wait for his reply here.
> 
> Again, if you submit a MR via salsa, you make it a bit easier for us to
> review and apply the changes.

Dan, could you submit your patch as merge request?
Martin, your feedback would also be most welcome here.

Regards,
Michael


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