[Bug 818177] Re: boot failures caused by udev race

[James Hunt]

@Adam: Not quite yet, but will work on that when I get a chance tomorrow
if possible. I'm intrigued by your setup though as I have a thinkpad +
kvm but only see the problem very infrequently (and I've tried setting
up images as you specify). How exactly are you invoking kvm? To clarify,
are you using the server image?

@Serge: what was your storage configuration when you saw the problem
without LVs? I think I've seen the problem a couple of times simply by
providing 2 extra raw disks to the system but at that point my udevd
debug wasn't helpful. I have tried modifying udevd to continue
processing events but it then hangs. I really need to be able to
recreate the problem more reliably on a system I've got control over
before fathoming this one out.

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Title:
  boot failures caused by udev race

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” source package in Oneiric:
  Incomplete
Status in “udev” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After running a do-release-upgrade -d on a natty server, I'm unable to
  boot the machine properly.

  It looks like it doesn't see the local disks anymore.

  I think this looks quite a lot like the debbug linked from here:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/linux/+bug/746751

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: linux-image-3.0.0-7-server 3.0.0-7.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.8-server 3.0.0
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-server x86_64
  AlsaDevices:
   total 0
   crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 2011-07-29 13:34 seq
   crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2011-07-29 13:34 timer
  AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Date: Fri Jul 29 13:40:10 2011
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=844d17fa-ff69-4250-844b-33b930236c56
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
   
   eth1      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: HP ProLiant DL380 G5
  PciMultimedia:
   
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-7-server root=/dev/mapper/User Name-root ro INIT_VERBOSE=yes
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-7-server N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-7-server  N/A
   linux-firmware                          1.56
  RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-29 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/28/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: HP
  dmi.bios.version: P56
  dmi.chassis.type: 23
  dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHP:bvrP56:bd06/28/2007:svnHP:pnProLiantDL380G5:pvr:cvnHP:ct23:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: ProLiant DL380 G5
  dmi.sys.vendor: HP

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