action #31654
closed[qam] [ppc64le] ltp_fs_readonly and ltp_fs_ext4
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Description
swapped system and test device causes breakage of this two ltp tests on ppc64le SLE12SP3
Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (ppc64le) - Kernel 4.4.103-6.38-default (hvc1).
suse-test login: root
Password:
Last login: Fri Jan 26 06:33:49 on hvc1
[1msuse-test:~ #[m(B PS1="# "
# export TERM=dumb; stty cols 2048 ; echo NtGTe-$?-
NtGTe-0-
# echo Logged into $(tty) ; echo dohaM-$?-
Logged into /dev/hvc1
dohaM-0-
# dmesg --console-level 7 ; echo ccNyO-$?-
ccNyO-0-
# export LTPROOT=/opt/ltp; export LTP_COLORIZE_OUTPUT=n TMPDIR=/tmp PATH=$LTPROOT/testcases/bin:$PATH ; echo v9535-$?-
v9535-0-
# export PASSWD='nots3cr3t' ; echo NJML2-$?-
NJML2-0-
# lsblk -la; export LTP_BIG_DEV=/dev/vdb ; echo UNCHa-$?-
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sr0 11:0 1 3.4G 0 rom
vda 254:0 0 6G 0 disk
vdb 254:16 0 20G 0 disk
vdb1 254:17 0 7M 0 part
vdb2 254:18 0 2G 0 part [SWAP]
vdb3 254:19 0 18G 0 part /
UNCHa-0-
# uname -v| grep '/kGraft-' ; echo WuZtU-$?-
#1 SMP Mon Dec 25 20:44:33 UTC 2017 (e4b9067/kGraft-90f211a)
WuZtU-0-
# env ; echo Z285j-$?-
Updated by rpalethorpe about 6 years ago
AFAICT OpenQA passes the devices on the QEMU command line in order, so either QEMU or the kernel (udev?) are doing something which creates a strange order. I don't think this is a product bug however we are just relying on behaviour which is not guaranteed. I think there are a few potential fixes:
1) Create a util function which uses some heuristics (e.g. unmounted, writable and larger than 1 GB) to select a suitable drive. This might be a problem on bare metal, but is quite safe in VMs.
2) Set and/or use the drive serial number to identify the drive. On bare metal this would require a worker specific variable.
3) Poke around in QEMU and the Kernel to find some other solution.
Updated by osukup about 6 years ago
Hm, seems Worker dependent
on QA-Power8-5-kvm is order of disks swiched - https://openqa.suse.de/tests/1514744
but on powerqaworker-qam-1 is correct - https://openqa.suse.de/tests/1508732
Updated by pcervinka over 5 years ago
Still relevant or was is already sorted out?