[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#701956: btrfs can't fsck /run/rootdev on boot

[Ben Klein]

Let's try this again. Simple, explicit test for btrfs, patch attached.

On 14 July 2013 01:53, Roger Leigh <rleigh at codelibre.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 11:27:07PM +1000, Ben Klein wrote:
>> Bug still occurs with
>> * btrfs-tools 0.19+20130315-2
>> * sysv-rc 2.88dsf-41
>> * sysvinit 2.88dsf-41
>> * sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-41
>> * initscripts 2.88dsf-41
>>
>> I notice this bug has been reduced in severity from "critical" to
>> "important" again. Sorry, but I have to agree that it IS a critical
>> bug, unless systemd has suddenly become the standard init system.
>
> Totally agreed; it's been set back to critical.  I've been suffering
> from it also.
>
>> Even worse, systemd is behaving incorrectly in this case, as it is
>> SKIPPING fsck instead of finding the root device some other way and
>> running fsck on that (though this would still trigger bug #712078). So
>> ultimately, the issue is either:
>> * in mountpoint's syscall for getting the device node, or
>> * in checkroot.sh which needs some btrfs-specific method to find the
>> correct argument to pass to btrfsck/btrfs check (taking subvolumes
>> into account)
>>
>> I've attached an alternative patch for checkroot.sh that explicitly
>> checks for btrfs and, more importantly, triggers a warning when it is
>> detected.
>
> I didn't see an attachment.  I'll be happy to look over it and apply it
> --it needs to be worked around in the short term irrespective of it
> being fixed down the line.  Though I hope the btrfs tools are fixed
> since they are currently horribly broken.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
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