DataSourceSmartOS should default to ext4

Bug #1763511 reported by Mike Gerdts
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Mike Gerdts

Bug Description

As reported in Joyent bug IMAGE-1103, ext3 doesn't work with large ephemeral drives.

2018-03-30 23:36:26,529 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed during filesystem operation
Failed to exec of '['/sbin/mkfs.ext3', '/dev/vdb', '-L', 'ephemeral0', '-F']':
Unexpected error while running command.
Command: ['/sbin/mkfs.ext3', '/dev/vdb', '-L', 'ephemeral0', '-F']
Exit code: 1
Reason: -
Stdout:
Stderr: mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
        mkfs.ext3: Size of device (0x100000000 blocks) /dev/vdb too big to be expressed
                in 32 bits using a blocksize of 4096.

The default should switch to ext4. It so happens that this matches the default in DataSourceAzure.py.

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Mike Gerdts (mgerdts)
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mike Gerdts (mgerdts)
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

fwiw, I think you could send vendor-data to with cloud-config to set the fs_setup like you wanted (assuming 'you' here are the cloud platform).

The point of vendor data is so that the vendor could make changes like this without changing cloud-init.

But the 1 byte change is also acceptable.
 (ext3 -> ext4).

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

You probably need to change table_type mbr to gpt too if the point is big disks. In fact it might just be the mbr table that is limiting you.

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Mike Gerdts (mgerdts) wrote : Re: [Bug 1763511] Re: DataSourceSmartOS should default to ext4

I think we've been avoiding this issue so far because the file system is
being created without partitioning the disk (layout: False). With "layout:
False", I'm guessing that whether gpt or mbr is specified makes no
difference.

Mike

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 8:41 PM, Scott Moser <email address hidden>
wrote:

> You probably need to change table_type mbr to gpt too if the point is
> big disks. In fact it might just be the mbr table that is limiting you.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763511
>
> Title:
> DataSourceSmartOS should default to ext4
>
> Status in cloud-init package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> As reported in Joyent bug IMAGE-1103, ext3 doesn't work with large
> ephemeral drives.
>
> 2018-03-30 23:36:26,529 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed during filesystem
> operation
> Failed to exec of '['/sbin/mkfs.ext3', '/dev/vdb', '-L', 'ephemeral0',
> '-F']':
> Unexpected error while running command.
> Command: ['/sbin/mkfs.ext3', '/dev/vdb', '-L', 'ephemeral0', '-F']
> Exit code: 1
> Reason: -
> Stdout:
> Stderr: mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
> mkfs.ext3: Size of device (0x100000000 blocks) /dev/vdb too big
> to be expressed
> in 32 bits using a blocksize of 4096.
>
> The default should switch to ext4. It so happens that this matches
> the default in DataSourceAzure.py.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+
> bug/1763511/+subscriptions
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

ah.yeah, you're probably right.

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:02 AM, Mike Gerdts <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I think we've been avoiding this issue so far because the file system is
> being created without partitioning the disk (layout: False). With "layout:
> False", I'm guessing that whether gpt or mbr is specified makes no
> difference.
>
> Mike
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 8:41 PM, Scott Moser <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > You probably need to change table_type mbr to gpt too if the point is
> > big disks. In fact it might just be the mbr table that is limiting you.
> >
> > --
> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> > report.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763511
> >
> > Title:
> > DataSourceSmartOS should default to ext4
> >
> > Status in cloud-init package in Ubuntu:
> > New
> >
> > Bug description:
> > As reported in Joyent bug IMAGE-1103, ext3 doesn't work with large
> > ephemeral drives.
> >
> > 2018-03-30 23:36:26,529 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed during filesystem
> > operation
> > Failed to exec of '['/sbin/mkfs.ext3', '/dev/vdb', '-L', 'ephemeral0',
> > '-F']':
> > Unexpected error while running command.
> > Command: ['/sbin/mkfs.ext3', '/dev/vdb', '-L', 'ephemeral0', '-F']
> > Exit code: 1
> > Reason: -
> > Stdout:
> > Stderr: mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
> > mkfs.ext3: Size of device (0x100000000 blocks) /dev/vdb too big
> > to be expressed
> > in 32 bits using a blocksize of 4096.
> >
> > The default should switch to ext4. It so happens that this matches
> > the default in DataSourceAzure.py.
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+
> > bug/1763511/+subscriptions
> >
>
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> Title:
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Scott Moser (smoser)
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

An upstream commit landed for this bug.

To view that commit see the following URL:
https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init/commit/?id=025ddc03

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cloud-init - 18.2-14-g6d48d265-0ubuntu1

---------------
cloud-init (18.2-14-g6d48d265-0ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * New upstream snapshot.
    - net: Depend on iproute2's ip instead of net-tools ifconfig or route
    - DataSourceSmartOS: fix hang when metadata service is down
      [Mike Gerdts] (LP: #1667735)
    - DataSourceSmartOS: change default fs on ephemeral disk from ext3 to
      ext4. [Mike Gerdts] (LP: #1763511)
    - pycodestyle: Fix invalid escape sequences in string literals.
    - Implement bash completion script for cloud-init command line

 -- Chad Smith <email address hidden> Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:25:53 -0600

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote : Fixed in cloud-init version 18.3.

This bug is believed to be fixed in cloud-init in version 18.3. If this is still a problem for you, please make a comment and set the state back to New

Thank you.

Changed in cloud-init:
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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