[Bug 1607920] Re: zfs services fail on firstboot if zfs-utils is integrated into the deployment image

[Eric Desrochers]

** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  
   * zfs services fail on firstboot if zfs-utils is integrated into the
  deployment image.
  
   * Output from systemd -
  sudo systemctl --failed
  UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
  ● zfs-import-scan.service loaded failed failed Import ZFS pools by device scanning
  ● zfs-mount.service loaded failed failed Mount ZFS filesystems
  
   * This is particularly frustrating for users who use automated
  monitoring as it means virtual machines must always be restarted before
  showing as clean.
  
   * This failure is due to zfs services starting up before /etc/mtab has
  a chance to be symlinked to /proc/mounts.
  
  [Test Case]
  
   1. Grab a stock xenial image, and unpack it and add zfs-utils to it.  Repack it.
   2. Boot machine
   3. Check systemctl --failed.
  
  [Regression Potential]
  
-  * none expected, patch has been merged upstream and ubuntu package has
- been tested by people from the community.
+  * none expected, patch has been intensively tested by the zfs test
+ scripts and then merged upstream.
+ 
+  * A ubuntu package has been tested as well by a user of the community
+ facing this bug, and confirmed it fixes the problem (see comment #7).
  
  [Other Info]
  
-  * Author: Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers at canonical.com>
-  
-  * Origin: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/commit/792517389fad5c495a2738b61c2e9c65dedaaa9a
+  * Author: Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers at canonical.com>
  
-  * Bug: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/4680
+  * Origin:
+ https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/commit/792517389fad5c495a2738b61c2e9c65dedaaa9a
+ 
+  * Bug: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/4680

** Tags added: sts-sponsor sts-sru

** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  
   * zfs services fail on firstboot if zfs-utils is integrated into the
  deployment image.
  
   * Output from systemd -
  sudo systemctl --failed
  UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
  ● zfs-import-scan.service loaded failed failed Import ZFS pools by device scanning
  ● zfs-mount.service loaded failed failed Mount ZFS filesystems
  
   * This is particularly frustrating for users who use automated
  monitoring as it means virtual machines must always be restarted before
  showing as clean.
  
   * This failure is due to zfs services starting up before /etc/mtab has
  a chance to be symlinked to /proc/mounts.
  
  [Test Case]
  
   1. Grab a stock xenial image, and unpack it and add zfs-utils to it.  Repack it.
   2. Boot machine
   3. Check systemctl --failed.
  
  [Regression Potential]
  
   * none expected, patch has been intensively tested by the zfs test
  scripts and then merged upstream.
  
-  * A ubuntu package has been tested as well by a user of the community
+  * A ubuntu package has been tested as well by a user of the community
  facing this bug, and confirmed it fixes the problem (see comment #7).
  
  [Other Info]
  
   * Author: Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers at canonical.com>
  
-  * Origin:
+  * Upstream commit :
  https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/commit/792517389fad5c495a2738b61c2e9c65dedaaa9a
  
-  * Bug: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/4680
+  * Upstream bug: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/4680

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Title:
  zfs services fail on firstboot if zfs-utils is integrated into the
  deployment image

Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * zfs services fail on firstboot if zfs-utils is integrated into the
  deployment image.

   * Output from systemd -
  sudo systemctl --failed
  UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
  ● zfs-import-scan.service loaded failed failed Import ZFS pools by device scanning
  ● zfs-mount.service loaded failed failed Mount ZFS filesystems

   * This is particularly frustrating for users who use automated
  monitoring as it means virtual machines must always be restarted
  before showing as clean.

   * This failure is due to zfs services starting up before /etc/mtab
  has a chance to be symlinked to /proc/mounts.

  [Test Case]

   1. Grab a stock xenial image, and unpack it and add zfs-utils to it.  Repack it.
   2. Boot machine
   3. Check systemctl --failed.

  [Regression Potential]

   * none expected, patch has been intensively tested by the zfs test
  scripts and then merged upstream.

   * A ubuntu package has been tested as well by a user of the community
  facing this bug, and confirmed it fixes the problem (see comment #7).

  [Other Info]

   * Author: Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers at canonical.com>

   * Upstream commit :
  https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/commit/792517389fad5c495a2738b61c2e9c65dedaaa9a

   * Upstream bug: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/4680

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