After booting via an initramfs created with dracut and >=sys-apps/systemd-217-r4 journalctl -k contains no logging before switch root. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge >=sys-apps/systemd-217-r4 2. Use dracut to create an initramfs 3. Boot using that initramfs Actual Results: Boot succeeds but journalctl -k starts after switch root Expected Results: Boot succeeds and journalctl -k starts at initramfs initiation Applying this patch to dracut and recreating initramfs fixes the issue --- /usr/bin/dracut 2015-01-16 14:58:30.000000000 +0000 +++ /usr/bin/dracut-fix 2015-01-19 09:08:26.653169483 +0000 @@ -1282,9 +1282,9 @@ fi done - ln -sfn ../run "$initdir/var/run" - ln -sfn ../run/lock "$initdir/var/lock" - ln -sfn ../run/log "$initdir/var/log" +# ln -sfn ../run "$initdir/var/run" +# ln -sfn ../run/lock "$initdir/var/lock" +# ln -sfn ../run/log "$initdir/var/log" else for d in lib "$libdir"; do [[ -e "${initdir}${prefix}/$d" ]] && continue emerge --info Portage 2.2.14 (python 2.7.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.8.3, glibc-2.19-r1, 3.18.3-gentoo-65-sd x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.18.3-gentoo-65-sd-x86_64-AMD_FX-tm-9590_Eight-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 32922592 total, 30659988 free KiB Swap: 46137328 total, 46137328 free Timestamp of tree: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 02:15:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 3.1.9 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.3_p30-r1 dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0 dev-lang/perl: 5.18.2-r2 dev-lang/python: 2.7.9-r1, 3.3.5-r1, 3.4.1 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.9-r4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.12.2-r1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.13.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1, 1.13.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.4, 4.7.3-r1, 4.8.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2-r1 sys-devel/make: 4.0-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.16 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.19-r1 Repositories: gentoo local ikelos systemd wuodan Installed sets: @kernels ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=amdfam10 -mtune=amdfam10 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0 /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=amdfam10 -mtune=amdfam10 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/mnt/portage.autofs/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y -j9 --load-average=8 --quiet-build=y" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch parallel-install preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.qubenet.net/mirror/gentoo/ http://mirrors.linuxant.fr/distfiles.gentoo.org/ ftp://mirror.qubenet.net/mirror/gentoo/ http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/ http://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/ http://gentoo.modulix.net/gentoo/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j17 --load-average=16" PKGDIR="/mnt/portage.autofs/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=lost+found/" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /var/lib/layman/ikelos /var/lib/layman/systemd /var/lib/layman/wuodan" SYNC="rsync://datastoreone/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X a52 aac accessibility acl acpi alsa amarok amd64 amr authdaemond bash-completion berkdb bluetooth bluray branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cdr cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dv dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode exif fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gif glamor gpm gtk iconv ieee1394 ipv6 jpeg kde lcms ldap libnotify lm_sensors lock mad mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib mysql ncurses network nls nptl ofx ogg opengl openmp oss pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds qt3 qt3support qt4 readline samba sasl sdl semantic-desktop session spell sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg systemd tcpd thunar tiff truetype udev udisks uk_bleb uk_rt unicode upower usb v4l v4l2 vdpau vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xine xinerama xml xv xvid xvmc zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias cgi cgid" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" DRACUT_MODULES="lvm syslog" DVB_CARDS="usb-dib0700" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-32 efi-64 pc multiboot mount" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_GB" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby20" SANE_BACKENDS="hp5590 hp net abaton agfafocus apple artec artec_eplus48u as6e avision bh canon canon630u canon_dr canon_pp cardscan coolscan coolscan2 coolscan3 dc210 dc240 dc25 dell1600n_net dmc epjitsu epson epson2 fujitsu genesys gt68xx hp3500 hp3900 hp4200 hp5400 hpljm1005 hpsj5s hs2p ibm kodak kvs1025 kvs20xx leo lexmark ma1509 magicolor matsushita microtek microtek2 mustek mustek_pp mustek_usb nec niash p5 pie pixma plustek plustek_pp pnm qcam ricoh rts8891 s9036 sceptre sharp sm3600 sm3840 snapscan sp15c st400 stv680 tamarack teco1 teco2 teco3 test u12 umax umax1220u umax_pp xerox_mfp" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
This bug also occurs with earlier releases of dracut. i.e. sys-kernel/dracut-037-r3
Created attachment 394314 [details] rdsosreport.txt Invalid root lvm supplied to cause boot to abort and allow collection of rdsosreport. Only the tail of the report is of interest: /sbin/rdsosreport@49(main): command -v journalctl /sbin/rdsosreport@50(main): journalctl -ab --no-pager -o short-monotonic No journal files were found.
Created attachment 394316 [details] dmesg just before switch root The interesting entries are: [ 2.039628] systemd-journald[148]: Flushing to /var... [ 2.039633] systemd-journald[148]: Root directory /run/log/journal added. [ 2.039637] systemd-journald[148]: Considering /run/log/journal/69c378e8ad9749b6ab66794c76fa6c9d. [ 2.039641] systemd-journald[148]: Directory /run/log/journal/69c378e8ad9749b6ab66794c76fa6c9d added. [ 2.039651] systemd-journald[148]: File /run/log/journal/69c378e8ad9749b6ab66794c76fa6c9d/system.journal added. [ 2.039660] systemd-journald[148]: File /run/log/journal/69c378e8ad9749b6ab66794c76fa6c9d/system@00050cfbfb1df1e8-bb0a8fe5d0565550.journal~ added. [ 2.039832] systemd[1]: Starting Sockets. [ 2.040355] systemd-journald[148]: Root directory /run/log/journal removed. [ 2.040357] systemd-journald[148]: Directory /run/log/journal/69c378e8ad9749b6ab66794c76fa6c9d removed.
Could you test the following upstream patch? http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/dracut/dracut.git/commit/?id=99d4fd6bb791ca8ce07e07e13b58445f3e20894a
(In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #4) > Could you test the following upstream patch? > > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/dracut/dracut.git/commit/ > ?id=99d4fd6bb791ca8ce07e07e13b58445f3e20894a Thanks for your quick response. sys-kernel/dracut-040-r3 re-emerged with patch applied. New initramfs created. Booted OK. This patch resolves the issue.
Thanks :)
Should be fixed in dracut-041
