Activity log for bug #1981622

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2022-07-13 18:28:27 pelm bug added bug
2022-07-13 18:28:27 pelm attachment added log.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1981622/+attachment/5602928/+files/log.txt
2022-07-13 18:35:15 pelm description After updating my 22.04 system (possibly caused by Systemd update). And now booting, dmesg have two error (red text): 'mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)'. See line 8 and 134 in the included logfile. The system are booting as it should though, and the system are working like it should no errors at all. Is this maybe caused by 'efi-pstore-not-cleared-on-boot.patch' in systemd? I have an EFI mounted at boot but it isn't used because I have installed my system in legacy BIOS mode. Is this maybe the culprit? I could ignore the message but it isn't nice though. Regards After updating my 22.04 system (possibly caused by Systemd update). And now booting, dmesg has two errors (red text): 'mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)'. See line 8 and 134 in the included logfile. The system are booting as it should though, and the system are working like it should no errors at all. Is this maybe caused by 'efi-pstore-not-cleared-on-boot.patch' in systemd? I have an EFI mounted at boot but it isn't used because I have installed my system in legacy BIOS mode. Is this maybe the culprit? I could ignore the message but it isn't nice though. Regards
2022-07-13 18:36:23 pelm description After updating my 22.04 system (possibly caused by Systemd update). And now booting, dmesg has two errors (red text): 'mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)'. See line 8 and 134 in the included logfile. The system are booting as it should though, and the system are working like it should no errors at all. Is this maybe caused by 'efi-pstore-not-cleared-on-boot.patch' in systemd? I have an EFI mounted at boot but it isn't used because I have installed my system in legacy BIOS mode. Is this maybe the culprit? I could ignore the message but it isn't nice though. Regards After updating my 22.04 system (possibly caused by Systemd update). And now booting, dmesg has two errors: 'mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)'. See line 8 and 134 in the included logfile. The system are booting as it should though, and the system are working like it should no errors at all. Is this maybe caused by 'efi-pstore-not-cleared-on-boot.patch' in systemd? I have an EFI mounted at boot but it isn't used because I have installed my system in legacy BIOS mode. Is this maybe the culprit? I could ignore the message but it isn't nice though. Regards
2022-07-14 13:04:35 Launchpad Janitor systemd (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2022-07-15 12:55:05 Nikos X. bug added subscriber Nikos X.
2022-07-17 14:59:21 Jason R. Stevens, CFA bug added subscriber Jason R. Stevens, CFA
2022-07-18 01:44:23 Parsa bug added subscriber Parsa
2022-07-18 12:26:42 Coeur Noir attachment added dmesg.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1981622/+attachment/5603717/+files/dmesg.txt
2022-07-18 15:07:55 Marc bug added subscriber Marc
2022-07-19 15:45:10 Chris Minich bug added subscriber Chris Minich
2022-07-19 17:14:29 Nick Rosbrook tags rls-jj-incoming
2022-07-20 22:34:54 liuyisong bug added subscriber liuyisong
2022-07-21 15:23:05 Lukas Märdian tags rls-jj-incoming fr-2566 rls-jj-incoming
2022-07-21 16:23:31 Brian Murray systemd (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2022-07-21 16:23:44 Brian Murray nominated for series Ubuntu Jammy
2022-07-21 16:23:44 Brian Murray bug task added systemd (Ubuntu Jammy)
2022-07-21 16:23:55 Brian Murray systemd (Ubuntu Jammy): importance Undecided Medium
2022-07-21 16:23:58 Brian Murray systemd (Ubuntu Jammy): status New Confirmed
2022-07-21 16:24:07 Brian Murray tags fr-2566 rls-jj-incoming fr-2566
2022-07-21 18:52:22 Nick Rosbrook description After updating my 22.04 system (possibly caused by Systemd update). And now booting, dmesg has two errors: 'mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)'. See line 8 and 134 in the included logfile. The system are booting as it should though, and the system are working like it should no errors at all. Is this maybe caused by 'efi-pstore-not-cleared-on-boot.patch' in systemd? I have an EFI mounted at boot but it isn't used because I have installed my system in legacy BIOS mode. Is this maybe the culprit? I could ignore the message but it isn't nice though. Regards [WORKAROUND] This will NOT fix a system that is not booting, because the "mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)" message is not the cause of failed boots. This work around is only for those who are annoyed by the error message, but are otherwise not experiencing any issues. If you are not able to boot your system, but you see this error message, please open a separate bug with your journalctl and dmesg logs. # cp /{lib,etc}/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service # sed -i 's/modprobe@mtdpstore.service //' /etc/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service # systemctl daemon-reload [Original Description] After updating my 22.04 system (possibly caused by Systemd update). And now booting, dmesg has two errors: 'mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)'. See line 8 and 134 in the included logfile. The system are booting as it should though, and the system are working like it should no errors at all. Is this maybe caused by 'efi-pstore-not-cleared-on-boot.patch' in systemd? I have an EFI mounted at boot but it isn't used because I have installed my system in legacy BIOS mode. Is this maybe the culprit? I could ignore the message but it isn't nice though. Regards
2022-07-21 21:08:20 Nick Rosbrook description [WORKAROUND] This will NOT fix a system that is not booting, because the "mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)" message is not the cause of failed boots. This work around is only for those who are annoyed by the error message, but are otherwise not experiencing any issues. If you are not able to boot your system, but you see this error message, please open a separate bug with your journalctl and dmesg logs. # cp /{lib,etc}/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service # sed -i 's/modprobe@mtdpstore.service //' /etc/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service # systemctl daemon-reload [Original Description] After updating my 22.04 system (possibly caused by Systemd update). And now booting, dmesg has two errors: 'mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)'. See line 8 and 134 in the included logfile. The system are booting as it should though, and the system are working like it should no errors at all. Is this maybe caused by 'efi-pstore-not-cleared-on-boot.patch' in systemd? I have an EFI mounted at boot but it isn't used because I have installed my system in legacy BIOS mode. Is this maybe the culprit? I could ignore the message but it isn't nice though. Regards [WORKAROUND] This will NOT fix a system that is not booting, because the "mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)" message is not the cause of failed boots. This work around is only for those who are annoyed by the error message, but are otherwise not experiencing any issues. If you are not able to boot your system, but you see this error message, please open a separate bug with your journalctl and dmesg logs. # cp /{lib,etc}/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service # sed -i 's/modprobe@mtdpstore.service //' /etc/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service # systemctl daemon-reload [Impact] Due to mtdpstore not being properly configured as a pstore backend, when systemd-pstore.service tries to load the module, users get the following error in dmesg: [ 18.453473] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module mtdpstore... [ 18.462685] mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty) This is a distracting error for users trying to diagnose other system issues, especially if their system does not boot after a kernel crash and this is the only message displayed on the console. [Test Plan] * Force a kernel crash to populate /sys/fs/pstore, thus causing systemd-pstore.service to start on the subsequent boot: # echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq # echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic # echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger * When the system reboots, observe the error in dmesg: # dmesg | grep mtd [Where problems could occur] If a system was relying on this pstore backend, and mtdpstore is built as a module, it is possible for systemd-pstore.service to trigger before mtdpstore is loaded, causing systemd-pstore to not copy the contents of /sys/fs/pstore. Note however that before the patched introduced as a result of bug 1978079, systemd-pstore.service would not attempt to load *any* kernel modules. [Original Description] After updating my 22.04 system (possibly caused by Systemd update). And now booting, dmesg has two errors: 'mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)'. See line 8 and 134 in the included logfile. The system are booting as it should though, and the system are working like it should no errors at all. Is this maybe caused by 'efi-pstore-not-cleared-on-boot.patch' in systemd? I have an EFI mounted at boot but it isn't used because I have installed my system in legacy BIOS mode. Is this maybe the culprit? I could ignore the message but it isn't nice though. Regards
2022-07-22 14:45:05 Ron Bovino bug added subscriber Ron Bovino
2022-07-22 19:25:48 Launchpad Janitor merge proposal linked https://code.launchpad.net/~enr0n/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+git/systemd/+merge/427302
2022-07-22 19:29:09 Launchpad Janitor merge proposal linked https://code.launchpad.net/~enr0n/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+git/systemd/+merge/427303
2022-07-22 19:31:51 Launchpad Janitor merge proposal linked https://code.launchpad.net/~enr0n/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+git/systemd/+merge/427304
2022-07-25 14:17:35 Lukas Märdian nominated for series Ubuntu Focal
2022-07-25 14:17:35 Lukas Märdian bug task added systemd (Ubuntu Focal)
2022-07-25 14:17:44 Lukas Märdian systemd (Ubuntu): status Confirmed In Progress
2022-07-25 14:35:52 liuyisong removed subscriber liuyisong
2022-07-26 08:08:44 Lukas Märdian systemd (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Committed
2022-07-26 19:40:53 Launchpad Janitor systemd (Ubuntu Focal): status New Confirmed
2022-07-29 03:51:23 Smirnov Denis bug added subscriber Smirnov Denis
2022-08-01 17:53:33 Launchpad Janitor systemd (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2022-08-06 11:42:10 Max Wenzin bug added subscriber Max Wenzin
2022-08-06 23:32:52 Matthew Newton bug added subscriber Matthew Newton
2022-08-10 17:57:59 Brian Murray systemd (Ubuntu Jammy): status Confirmed Triaged
2022-08-10 17:58:01 Brian Murray systemd (Ubuntu Focal): status Confirmed Triaged
2022-08-13 15:37:44 Guss bug added subscriber Guss
2022-08-17 20:42:56 Florent bug added subscriber Florent
2022-08-18 00:19:36 ebi72 bug added subscriber ebi72
2022-08-18 14:25:25 Jani Uusitalo bug added subscriber Jani Uusitalo
2022-08-19 03:42:42 Darin Miller bug added subscriber Darin Miller
2022-08-25 16:42:52 Ken Wilson bug added subscriber Ken Wilson
2022-09-03 09:41:39 Laurent Bonnaud bug added subscriber Laurent Bonnaud
2022-09-04 09:46:31 joeyiscream bug added subscriber joeyiscream
2022-09-05 08:57:28 Łukasz Zemczak systemd (Ubuntu Jammy): status Triaged Fix Committed
2022-09-05 08:57:29 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2022-09-05 08:57:31 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2022-09-05 08:57:39 Łukasz Zemczak tags fr-2566 fr-2566 verification-needed verification-needed-jammy
2022-09-06 08:18:55 Taha tags fr-2566 verification-needed verification-needed-jammy fr-2566 verification-failed-jammy verification-needed verification-needed-jammy
2022-09-06 08:21:22 Taha bug added subscriber Taha
2022-09-06 10:20:53 Launchpad Janitor merge proposal linked https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+git/systemd/+merge/429490
2022-09-06 16:15:53 Taha tags fr-2566 verification-failed-jammy verification-needed verification-needed-jammy fr-2566 verification-needed verification-needed-jammy
2022-09-06 16:19:06 Taha tags fr-2566 verification-needed verification-needed-jammy fr-2566 verification-done-jammy verification-needed verification-needed-jammy
2022-09-12 00:05:12 Matthieu Clemenceau tags fr-2566 verification-done-jammy verification-needed verification-needed-jammy foundations-todo fr-2566 verification-done-jammy verification-needed verification-needed-jammy
2022-09-12 00:05:25 Matthieu Clemenceau bug added subscriber Ubuntu Foundations Team
2022-09-12 16:26:03 Łukasz Zemczak tags foundations-todo fr-2566 verification-done-jammy verification-needed verification-needed-jammy foundations-todo fr-2566 verification-needed verification-needed-jammy
2022-09-12 20:06:16 Nick Rosbrook tags foundations-todo fr-2566 verification-needed verification-needed-jammy foundations-todo fr-2566 verification-done verification-done-jammy
2022-09-14 17:32:51 Marc removed subscriber Marc
2022-09-15 15:36:51 Matthieu Clemenceau bug added subscriber Ubuntu Foundations Bugs
2022-09-15 15:36:55 Matthieu Clemenceau removed subscriber Ubuntu Foundations Team
2022-09-15 17:58:57 Nick Rosbrook systemd (Ubuntu Focal): status Triaged Fix Committed
2022-09-15 17:59:18 Nick Rosbrook systemd (Ubuntu Focal): importance Undecided Medium
2022-09-19 00:14:16 Michael Hudson-Doyle systemd (Ubuntu Focal): status Fix Committed In Progress
2022-09-20 16:28:50 Nick Rosbrook systemd (Ubuntu Focal): status In Progress Invalid
2022-09-22 09:08:57 Launchpad Janitor systemd (Ubuntu Jammy): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2022-09-22 09:09:33 Łukasz Zemczak removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2022-09-23 08:27:12 jomuller bug added subscriber jomuller
2022-09-28 16:18:42 Benjamin Drung tags foundations-todo fr-2566 verification-done verification-done-jammy fr-2566 verification-done verification-done-jammy
2023-08-15 22:07:23 Launchpad Janitor merge proposal linked https://code.launchpad.net/~enr0n/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+git/systemd/+merge/449220