casper needs to handle the overlayfs V2 format (overlay filesystem type) in later kernels

Bug #1412411 reported by Andy Whitcroft
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
casper (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Andy Whitcroft
Trusty
Fix Released
Medium
Andy Whitcroft

Bug Description

casper needs to handle the overlayfs V2 format (overlay filesystem type) in later kernels

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :

With the issues we are seeing with overlayfs V1 format support in v3.18 and later kernels we need to switch over to V2 format urgently for the liveCDs. See Bug #1410480 for details.

Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw)
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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :

We need to evaluate whether we need this support in Trusty for the lts-vivid backport. It is likely we do not, but creating this task to ensure we review before the point release.

Changed in casper (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw)
milestone: none → ubuntu-14.04.2
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package casper - 1.348

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casper (1.348) vivid; urgency=low

  * scripts/casper: switch up to overlayfs V2 format (overlay filesystem
    type) when available. (LP: #1412411)
 -- Andy Whitcroft <email address hidden> Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:58:16 +0000

Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1412411

tags: added: iso-testing
Andy Whitcroft (apw)
Changed in casper (Ubuntu Trusty):
milestone: ubuntu-14.04.2 → ubuntu-14.04.3
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Bin Li (binli) wrote :

Andy,

 We need it in trusty, could help to backport it? Thanks!

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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Andy, or anyone else affected,

Accepted casper into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/1.340.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in casper (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
Adam Conrad (adconrad)
tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package casper - 1.340.1

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casper (1.340.1) trusty; urgency=low

  * scripts/casper: move union content into a subdirectory of the /cow
    device, to allow us to create a workdir where that is needed for
    overlayfs. Also attempt to mount overlayfs with and without the
    workdir= to cope with the semantic change in newer kernels.
    (LP: #1401620)
  * scripts/casper: switch up to overlayfs V2 format (overlay filesystem
    type) when available. (LP: #1412411)

 -- Andy Whitcroft <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:57:11 +0100

Changed in casper (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for casper has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

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