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action #89551
closedNFS mount fails after boot (reproducible on some OSD workers)
Start date:
2021-03-05
Due date:
2021-03-31
% Done:
0%
Estimated time:
Description
problem¶
- The NFS mount for
/var/lib/openqa/sharefails when booting. This has been reproduced onopenqaworker13(see #88900),openqaworker2(see #89551#note-5) and possiblyopenqaworker-arm-2(see #75016). - Technically all workers might be affected because the problem is quite generic: The systemd service for the NFS mount does not wait until the ethernet connection is established.
impact¶
The mounting is actually re-attempted automatically after a few minutes so it shouldn't be a big deal. However, since the systemd unit for the mount stays failed for a few minutes false alerts are triggered which should be prevented.
acceptance criteria¶
- AC1: No false alerts are triggered if the NFS mountpoint fails just for a few minutes after booting.
notes¶
- The dependency to
network-online.targetis correct. However,network-online.targetdoes not really ensure the ethernet connection is up in our setup. This is pretty clear from the logs mentioned in #88900#note-5. - To configure
network-online.targetcorrectly further configuration would be required.- The official documentation only mentions how to do it for NetworkManager and systermd-networkd: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget/#cutthecraphowdoimakesurethatmyservicestartsafterthenetworkisreallyonline
- Likely it doesn't make much sense relying on
network-online.targetanyways and just cope with the fact that the mountpoint might fail for a few minutes.
Updated by okurz about 3 years ago
- Priority changed from Normal to High
- Target version set to Ready
Updated by okurz about 3 years ago
- Related to action #88191: openqaworker2 boot ends in emergency shell added
Updated by okurz about 3 years ago
- Related to action #68053: powerqaworker-qam-1 fails to come up on reboot (repeatedly) added
Updated by okurz about 3 years ago
- Related to action #75016: [osd-admins][alert] Failed systemd services alert (workers): os-autoinst-openvswitch.service (and var-lib-openqa-share.mount) on openqaworker-arm-2 and others added
Updated by mkittler about 3 years ago
Also happening on openqaworker2:
[ OK ] Reached target Network is Online.
Starting Reboot Manager...
Mounting /var/lib/openqa/share...
Starting Login and scanning of iSCSI devices...
Starting Load kdump kernel and initrd...
[FAILED] Failed to mount /var/lib/openqa/share.
See 'systemctl status var-lib-openqa-share.mount' for details.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Remote File Systems.
[ OK ] Started OpenQA Worker Cache Service.
[ OK ] Started OpenQA Worker Cache Service Minion.
Starting Permit User Sessions...
[ OK ] Started Login and scanning of iSCSI devices.
[ OK ] Started Permit User Sessions.
[ OK ] Started OpenSSH Daemon.
[ OK ] Started Reboot Manager.
[ OK ] Started Daemon to remotely execute Nagios plugins.
[ OK ] Started NTP Server Daemon.
[ OK ] Reached target System Time Synchronized.
[ OK ] Started Check if mainboard battery is Ok.
[ OK ] Started Backup of RPM database.
[ OK ] Started Discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem.
[ OK ] Started Timeline of Snapper Snapshots.
[ OK ] Started daily update of the root trust anchor for DNSSEC.
[ OK ] Started Reminder for degraded MD arrays.
[ OK ] Started Nightly trigger of auto-update..
[ OK ] Started MD array scrubbing.
[ OK ] Started Command Scheduler.
[ OK ] Started Scrub btrfs filesystem, verify block checksums.
[ OK ] Started Balance block groups on a btrfs filesystem.
[ OK ] Started Daily rotation of log files.
[ OK ] Started Backup of /etc/sysconfig.
[ OK ] Started Discard unused blocks once a week.
[ OK ] Reached target Timers.
[ OK ] Started Load kdump kernel and initrd.
[ 77.476580] br0: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 77.482321] br0: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 77.488220] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[ 77.516255] device tap0 entered promiscuous mode
[ 77.565105] device tap1 entered promiscuous mode
[ 77.583359] device tap10 entered promiscuous mode
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[ OK ] Started tgt admin.
[ 78.026556] device tap144 entered promiscuous mode
[ 78.039552] device tap145 entered promiscuous mode
[ 78.061487] device tap146 entered promiscuous mode
[ OK ] Started Update cron periods from /etc/sysconfig/btrfsmaintenance.
[ 78.079166] device tap147 entered promiscuous mode
[ 78.102144] device tap148 entered promiscuous mode
[ 78.120427] device tap149 entered promiscuous mode
[ 78.142676] device tap15 entered promiscuous mode
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[ 78.285660] device tap16 entered promiscuous mode
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[ 78.626346] device tap3 entered promiscuous mode
[ 78.646515] device tap4 entered promiscuous mode
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[ 78.687668] device tap6 entered promiscuous mode
[ 78.709956] device tap64 entered promiscuous mode
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[ 78.841224] device tap7 entered promiscuous mode
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[ 78.975211] device tap75 entered promiscuous mode
[ 78.997893] device tap76 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.022463] device tap77 entered promiscuous mode
[ OK ] Started The Salt Minion.
[ 79.046314] device tap78 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.070128] device tap79 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.091225] device tap8 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.116235] device tap80 entered promiscuous mode
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[ 79.183811] device tap83 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.210520] device tap84 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.232698] device tap85 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.269581] device tap86 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.291124] device tap87 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.316877] device tap88 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.338280] device tap89 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.363663] device tap9 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.386391] device tap90 entered promiscuous mode
[ 79.412213] device tap91 entered promiscuous mode
[ 81.301252] igb 0000:01:00.0 eth0: igb: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
[ 81.310951] br0: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 81.316148] br0: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
[ 81.321625] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br0: link becomes ready
[ OK ] Stopped OpenQA Worker Cache Service Minion.
[ OK ] Started OpenQA Worker Cache Service Minion.
[ OK ] Started os-autoinst openvswitch helper.
Also happening on previous reboots:
martchus@openqaworker2:~> sudo journalctl -u var-lib-openqa-share.mount
-- Logs begin at Wed 2021-02-24 17:41:48 CET, end at Fri 2021-03-05 15:08:59 CET. --
Feb 28 03:31:30 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Unmounting /var/lib/openqa/share...
Feb 28 03:31:30 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Unmounted /var/lib/openqa/share.
-- Reboot --
Feb 28 03:36:08 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Mounting /var/lib/openqa/share...
Feb 28 03:36:08 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: var-lib-openqa-share.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=32
Feb 28 03:36:08 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Failed to mount /var/lib/openqa/share.
Feb 28 03:36:08 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: var-lib-openqa-share.mount: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 28 03:40:33 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Mounting /var/lib/openqa/share...
Feb 28 03:40:34 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Mounted /var/lib/openqa/share.
Mär 05 14:57:26 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Unmounting /var/lib/openqa/share...
Mär 05 14:57:26 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Unmounted /var/lib/openqa/share.
-- Reboot --
Mär 05 15:03:29 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Mounting /var/lib/openqa/share...
Mär 05 15:03:29 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: var-lib-openqa-share.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=32
Mär 05 15:03:29 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Failed to mount /var/lib/openqa/share.
Mär 05 15:03:29 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: var-lib-openqa-share.mount: Unit entered failed state.
Mär 05 15:07:54 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Mounting /var/lib/openqa/share...
Mär 05 15:07:55 openqaworker2 systemd[1]: Mounted /var/lib/openqa/share.
This also confirms that it automatically tries again after a few minutes. I suppose we can rely on that.
Updated by mkittler about 3 years ago
- Description updated (diff)
- Assignee set to mkittler
Updated by okurz about 3 years ago
- Related to action #88900: openqaworker13 was unreachable added
Updated by mkittler about 3 years ago
Maybe some mount options can help (https://man.archlinux.org/man/nfs.5#MOUNT_OPTIONS, https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd.mount.5#FSTAB).
If we would add x-systemd.mount-timeout=10m,retry=10 it would actually retry for 10 minutes and only then be considered failed. If a try times out after 3 minutes as the documentation suggests this would mean at least 3 tries. (We need x-systemd.mount-timeout=10m to prevent systemd from stopping/failing the mount earlier if DefaultTimeoutStartSec= is set to a lower timeout in the systemd config.)
Updated by mkittler about 3 years ago
Alternatively we could also just rely on https://gitlab.suse.de/openqa/salt-states-openqa/-/merge_requests/463 which triggers the alert only after 15 minutes.
Updated by okurz about 3 years ago
With the above MR merged, how would you see the current situation?
Updated by okurz about 3 years ago
- Due date set to 2021-03-31
Setting due date based on mean cycle time of SUSE QE Tools
Updated by mkittler about 3 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
With the above MR merged, how would you see the current situation?
I actually haven't seen any related systemd service alerts anymore.
Updated by okurz about 3 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
I can confirm that now sudo salt \* cmd.run 'systemctl --no-legend --failed' does not show the problem and AFAIR no related alert was raised recently. As discussed with mkittler setting to "Resolved".
Updated by okurz almost 3 years ago
- Copied to action #92302: NFS mount var-lib-openqa-share.mount often fails after boot of some workers added
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