Bug#737132: Regression: wheezy initrd loads md raids only if defined on mdadm.conf even with INITRDSTART='all'

Fabio Fantoni fabio.fantoni at m2r.biz
Thu Jan 30 13:45:29 UTC 2014


Package: mdadm
Version: 3.2.5-5
Severity: normal

I'm attempting to restore a backup of a root partition on a set of brand new disks (md raid1).
On Wheezy, initramfs doesn't show md devices if they are not defined in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf even if on /etc/default/mdadm there is INITRDSTART='all'.
Such problem may be caused by a regression (squeezy or wheezy) because on lenny I've been always did such task without problem.
I see "initrdstart_notinconf: false" on package configuration template but seems no more used, so it shouldn't be the problem here, right?

-- Package-specific info:
--- mdadm.conf
CREATE owner=root group=disk mode=0660 auto=yes
HOMEHOST <system>
MAILADDR root

--- /etc/default/mdadm
INITRDSTART='all'
AUTOSTART=true
AUTOCHECK=true
START_DAEMON=true
DAEMON_OPTIONS="--syslog"
VERBOSE=false

--- /proc/mdstat:
Personalities : [raid1] 
md1 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1]
      72610624 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
      
md0 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
      5237760 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
      
unused devices: <none>

--- /proc/partitions:
major minor  #blocks  name

   8       32    7843840 sdc
   8       33    7843809 sdc1
  11        0    1048575 sr0
   8        0   78125000 sda
   8        1     203793 sda1
   8        2    5241873 sda2
   8        3   72676279 sda3
   8       16   78125000 sdb
   8       17     203793 sdb1
   8       18    5241873 sdb2
   8       19   72676279 sdb3
   9        0    5237760 md0
   9        1   72610624 md1

--- LVM physical volumes:
LVM does not seem to be used.
--- mount output
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=1538866,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=1232452k,mode=755)
/dev/disk/by-label/ROOT on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=2464900k)
/dev/md1 on /mnt/data type ext4 (rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered)
rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)

--- initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64:
67890 blocks
cd4e75e3374c6a6564ba77d48b90fc6a  ./sbin/mdadm
e3f1b1cbf4f14eb505dee4fde52ba461  ./conf/mdadm
a560b1c713f6f2bf42abcd9dade35d6a  ./scripts/local-top/mdadm
00ba05924de21e62cc6de9d08b35dfd7  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/linear.ko
bda6277e9db3f569eb42f95c85775f49  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/raid456.ko
1d2672b5df3a8e47b3db5042b7a9c318  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/raid1.ko
3baf54cf0178e9fdd57654874f214f7f  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/raid0.ko
b99e69beaba4fe3e98aa3175eb1fe307  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/multipath.ko
a8ac2caaa941e9271a1a9f7cd9ed8137  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko
958dd4317c069dd2a1fa13be1a37d58d  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/raid10.ko
16f27e58797a804ed1ed084e7c99bb28  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/dm-crypt.ko
9c74115ed02be09fff40ec70d7cf61c8  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/md-mod.ko
1fc18795ef0c2f45897047d55c4279d5  ./etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf

--- initrd's /conf/conf.d/md:
no conf/md file.

--- /proc/modules:
dm_crypt 22586 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0247000
dm_mod 63645 1 dm_crypt, Live 0xffffffffa0256000
raid1 30714 2 - Live 0xffffffffa016b000
md_mod 87742 3 raid1, Live 0xffffffffa0135000
raid_class 12832 1 mpt2sas, Live 0xffffffffa006a000
scsi_mod 162269 8 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,usb_storage,mpt2sas,raid_class,scsi_transport_sas,libata, Live 0xffffffffa0007000

--- /var/log/syslog:

--- volume detail:
/dev/sda:
   MBR Magic : aa55
Partition[0] :    156249999 sectors at            1 (type ee)
--
/dev/sda1 is not recognised by mdadm.
/dev/sda2:
          Magic : a92b4efc
        Version : 1.2
    Feature Map : 0x0
     Array UUID : e10e3244:83e2aa20:b6fccb1c:b051213f
           Name : system-install:0
  Creation Time : Wed Jan 29 12:29:01 2014
     Raid Level : raid1
   Raid Devices : 2

 Avail Dev Size : 10475554 (5.00 GiB 5.36 GB)
     Array Size : 5237760 (5.00 GiB 5.36 GB)
  Used Dev Size : 10475520 (5.00 GiB 5.36 GB)
    Data Offset : 8192 sectors
   Super Offset : 8 sectors
          State : clean
    Device UUID : e9da4d4a:faca6be4:172122ba:9eaf017a

    Update Time : Thu Jan 30 14:43:06 2014
       Checksum : e2f7d97e - correct
         Events : 19


   Device Role : Active device 0
   Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
--
/dev/sda3:
          Magic : a92b4efc
        Version : 1.2
    Feature Map : 0x0
     Array UUID : 54894ab9:bd9a072c:4dd5bf3b:43a43f9a
           Name : system-install:1
  Creation Time : Wed Jan 29 12:29:02 2014
     Raid Level : raid1
   Raid Devices : 2

 Avail Dev Size : 145221487 (69.25 GiB 74.35 GB)
     Array Size : 72610624 (69.25 GiB 74.35 GB)
  Used Dev Size : 145221248 (69.25 GiB 74.35 GB)
    Data Offset : 131072 sectors
   Super Offset : 8 sectors
          State : clean
    Device UUID : fcb81958:2f4e42b0:4a8bb584:f74f20f8

    Update Time : Thu Jan 30 10:34:36 2014
       Checksum : 10e566c2 - correct
         Events : 26


   Device Role : Active device 0
   Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
--
/dev/sdb:
   MBR Magic : aa55
Partition[0] :    156249999 sectors at            1 (type ee)
--
/dev/sdb1 is not recognised by mdadm.
/dev/sdb2:
          Magic : a92b4efc
        Version : 1.2
    Feature Map : 0x0
     Array UUID : e10e3244:83e2aa20:b6fccb1c:b051213f
           Name : system-install:0
  Creation Time : Wed Jan 29 12:29:01 2014
     Raid Level : raid1
   Raid Devices : 2

 Avail Dev Size : 10475554 (5.00 GiB 5.36 GB)
     Array Size : 5237760 (5.00 GiB 5.36 GB)
  Used Dev Size : 10475520 (5.00 GiB 5.36 GB)
    Data Offset : 8192 sectors
   Super Offset : 8 sectors
          State : clean
    Device UUID : 404e4be6:c844064e:7ec66c94:bb2a447c

    Update Time : Thu Jan 30 14:43:06 2014
       Checksum : c51ce728 - correct
         Events : 19


   Device Role : Active device 1
   Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
--
/dev/sdb3:
          Magic : a92b4efc
        Version : 1.2
    Feature Map : 0x0
     Array UUID : 54894ab9:bd9a072c:4dd5bf3b:43a43f9a
           Name : system-install:1
  Creation Time : Wed Jan 29 12:29:02 2014
     Raid Level : raid1
   Raid Devices : 2

 Avail Dev Size : 145221487 (69.25 GiB 74.35 GB)
     Array Size : 72610624 (69.25 GiB 74.35 GB)
  Used Dev Size : 145221248 (69.25 GiB 74.35 GB)
    Data Offset : 131072 sectors
   Super Offset : 8 sectors
          State : clean
    Device UUID : 3d509681:d16d6858:4a586d94:99fdfbd5

    Update Time : Thu Jan 30 10:34:36 2014
       Checksum : d01b9847 - correct
         Events : 26


   Device Role : Active device 1
   Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
--
/dev/sdc:
   MBR Magic : aa55
Partition[0] :     15687618 sectors at           62 (type 83)
--
/dev/sdc1 is not recognised by mdadm.

--- /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 root=LABEL=ROOT ro quiet

--- grub2:
insmod raid
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 root=LABEL=ROOT ro  quiet

--- udev:
ii  udev           175-7.2      amd64        /dev/ and hotplug management daem
6df86db16655769fa94086d3ee13453a  /lib/udev/rules.d/64-md-raid.rules

--- /dev:
brw-rw---T 1 root disk 9, 0 Jan 30 10:10 /dev/md0
brw-rw---T 1 root disk 9, 1 Jan 30 10:10 /dev/md1

/dev/disk/by-id:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:09 ata-PLDS_DVD-ROM_DH-16D5S -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:09 ata-ST3808110AS_5LR710ES -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 ata-ST3808110AS_5LR710ES-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 ata-ST3808110AS_5LR710ES-part2 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 ata-ST3808110AS_5LR710ES-part3 -> ../../sdb3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 ata-WDC_WD800JD-75MSA3_WD-WMAM9YY11169 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 ata-WDC_WD800JD-75MSA3_WD-WMAM9YY11169-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 ata-WDC_WD800JD-75MSA3_WD-WMAM9YY11169-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 ata-WDC_WD800JD-75MSA3_WD-WMAM9YY11169-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 md-name-system-install:0 -> ../../md0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 md-name-system-install:1 -> ../../md1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 md-uuid-54894ab9:bd9a072c:4dd5bf3b:43a43f9a -> ../../md1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 md-uuid-e10e3244:83e2aa20:b6fccb1c:b051213f -> ../../md0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:09 scsi-SATA_ST3808110AS_5LR710ES -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 scsi-SATA_ST3808110AS_5LR710ES-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 scsi-SATA_ST3808110AS_5LR710ES-part2 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 scsi-SATA_ST3808110AS_5LR710ES-part3 -> ../../sdb3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800JD-75M_WD-WMAM9YY11169 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800JD-75M_WD-WMAM9YY11169-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800JD-75M_WD-WMAM9YY11169-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800JD-75M_WD-WMAM9YY11169-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:09 usb-Corsair_Voyager_3.0_09020000001181700000001823-0:0 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 usb-Corsair_Voyager_3.0_09020000001181700000001823-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1

/dev/disk/by-label:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 DATA -> ../../md1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 ROOT -> ../../md0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 SYSTEM-INSTALL -> ../../sdc1

/dev/disk/by-path:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:09 pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.1.2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.1.2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:09 pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:09 pci-0000:03:00.0-sas-0x4433221106000000-lun-0 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 pci-0000:03:00.0-sas-0x4433221106000000-lun-0-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 pci-0000:03:00.0-sas-0x4433221106000000-lun-0-part2 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 pci-0000:03:00.0-sas-0x4433221106000000-lun-0-part3 -> ../../sdb3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 pci-0000:03:00.0-sas-0x4433221107000000-lun-0 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 pci-0000:03:00.0-sas-0x4433221107000000-lun-0-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 pci-0000:03:00.0-sas-0x4433221107000000-lun-0-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:10 pci-0000:03:00.0-sas-0x4433221107000000-lun-0-part3 -> ../../sda3

/dev/disk/by-uuid:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 30 10:09 0d02fd99-1c33-424b-9502-5b3d5a38aa31 -> ../../sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 5f7e01a0-0ec5-4b4a-b857-d2bea47a9e76 -> ../../md1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 30 10:10 b6e8c25b-a090-43c9-9733-2531a57b1b77 -> ../../md0

/dev/md:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jan 30 10:10 0 -> ../md0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jan 30 10:10 1 -> ../md1

Auto-generated on Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:43:33 +0100
by mdadm bugscript 3.2.5-5

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mdadm depends on:
ii  debconf      1.5.49
ii  initscripts  2.88dsf-41+deb7u1
ii  libc6        2.13-38
ii  lsb-base     4.1+Debian8+deb7u1
ii  udev         175-7.2

Versions of packages mdadm recommends:
ii  module-init-tools               9-3
ii  postfix [mail-transport-agent]  2.9.6-2

mdadm suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errexist:
  mdadm/initrdstart_msg_intro:
  mdadm/autostart: true
* mdadm/autocheck: true
  mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errblock:
* mdadm/mail_to: root
  mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errmd:
* mdadm/initrdstart: all
  mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errconf:
  mdadm/initrdstart_notinconf: false
* mdadm/start_daemon: true



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