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udevd error with lvm-raid array leading to race condition with luks

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65177: closed (udevd error with lvm-raid array leading to
 race condition with luks)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:00:04 +0000

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From: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: udevd error with lvm-raid array leading to race condition with luks
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 12:25:02 +0200

Hi there.
My setup is the following (LVM array containing a LUKS partition):

  (mapped-devices
   (list
    (mapped-device
      (source "HOMERAID")
      (target "HOMERAID-HOMERAID_data")
      (type lvm-device-mapping))
    (mapped-device
      (source "/dev/mapper/HOMERAID-HOMERAID_data")
      (target "luks-f0a72a6c-499b-4445-8d13-21dc99337752")
      (type luks-device-mapping))))

  (file-systems
    (cons*
      (file-system
        (mount-point "/")
        (device (uuid "2e44f3f7-bb6b-43ac-933a-e8992bf10d29" 'ext4))
        (type "ext4"))
      (file-system
        (mount-point "/home")
        (device "/dev/mapper/luks-f0a72a6c-499b-4445-8d13-21dc99337752")
        (type "ext4")
        (dependencies mapped-devices))
      (file-system
        (mount-point "/boot/efi")
        (device (uuid "DC58-946E" 'fat32))
        (type "vfat"))
     %base-file-systems)))

I use Guix System since 2022, and never had any problem booting with 
this configuration. But I did update my system (and reconfigure it) last 
week and now I can't boot. I don't have any older generation to restore 
(yes I'm dumb, I executed a delete-generations to show how it works to a 
friend), but I think the last working one was from July, 25th or just a 
bit older.

I have in my /var/log/messages :

  Aug  9 11:40:27 localhost vmunix: [    7.525877] udevd[515]: failed 
to execute '/usr/bin/systemd-run' '/usr/bin/systemd-run --no-block 
--property DefaultDependencies=no --unit lvm-activate-HOMERAID 
/gnu/store/hffkn63zx2zjadawrkxpnr486frc9n74-lvm2-2.03.21/sbin/lvm 
vgchange -aay --autoactivation event HOMERAID': No such file or directory

On the screen, during boot, I obtain a wall of messages like (not the 
exact message, sorry, can't find on syslog) "Device 
HOMERAID-HOMERAID_data could not be found: does not exist or access 
denied" and after that the system hangs.

However, I can boot successfully if and only if I press Scroll Lock just 
after modesetting and before this message ("Device ... not be found") 
appears and when I press it again (to deactivate its effect) after some 
seconds, the LUKS passphrase prompt appears and allows me to boot properly.

I can use my system but it requires multiple tries each time x) I have 
to be really synchronized with the modesetting and the message xD

Thank you very much.

Freely,
-- 
Adrien Bourmault
Co-maintainer, GNU Boot project
Elected member, XMPP Standards Foundation
Associate member, Free Software Foundation
Trésorier, Association Libre en Communs (https://www.a-lec.org)
GPG : 1DF1132CF1658A8559025C98AAD6B069819E6979

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From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Yann Dupont <Yann.Dupont <at> univ-nantes.fr>
Cc: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>,
 65177-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#65177: udevd error with lvm-raid array leading to race
 condition with luks
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:59:59 +0100

Hi,

>>> All I can say is that the VMs now boot.
>>
>> WDYT about this patch?
>
> For easing the discussion, I extracted Yann’s diff and prepared a patch
> ready to merge.  See:
>
>     https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/66586

Patch pushed as c0895371c5759c7d9edb330774e90f192cc4cf2c.

Closing.

Feel free to reopen if the patch does not fix the issue.

Cheers,
simon

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