[Bug 1711011] Re: fsck.jfs may be attempted before multipath devices are available

[Benjamin Drung]

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** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  fsck.jfs may be attempted before multipath devices are available

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in jfsutils package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Detected machine type: 0000000000000101
  command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-4.11.0-13-generic root=UUID=8c6162e8-9bb1-4171-a901-30e001222a14 ro splash quiet
  Max number of cores passed to firmware: 2048 (NR_CPUS = 2048)
  Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... done
  memory layout at init:
    memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned)
    alloc_bottom : 0000000007620000
    alloc_top    : 0000000030000000
    alloc_top_hi : 0000000780000000
    rmo_top      : 0000000030000000
    ram_top      : 0000000780000000
  instantiating rtas at 0x000000002fff0000... done
  prom_hold_cpus: skipped
  copying OF device tree...
  Building dt strings...
  Building dt structure...
  Device tree strings 0x0000000007630000 -> 0x00000000076309e6
  Device tree struct  0x0000000007640000 -> 0x0000000007650000
  Quiescing Open Firmware ...
  Booting Linux via __start() @ 0x0000000002000000 ...
   -> smp_release_cpus()
  spinning_secondaries = 7
   <- smp_release_cpus()
  Linux ppc64le
  #19-Ubuntu SMP T[    0.970009] Unable to open file: /etc/keys/x509_ima.der (-2)
  [    0.970011] Unable to open file: /etc/keys/x509_evm.der (-2)
  fsck: error 2 (No such file or directory) while executing fsck.jfs for /dev/mapper/mpatha-part2
  fsck exited with status code 8

  
  I haven't investigated more than that, it looks like jfsutils does not include anything to copy fsck.jfs to the initramfs. Clearly hooks/fsck in initramfs-tools appears to not be doing its job in this case.

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