Description of problem: x-systemd.automount entry in /etc/fstab stopped working after update from 7.4 to 7.5 in case when mount point does.nt exist. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): systemd-219-57 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: # echo tmpfs /mnt/auto.test tmpfs defaults,noauto,x-systemd.automount 0 0 >> /etc/fstab # systemctl daemon-reload # rm -rf /mnt/auto.test # systemctl start mnt-auto.test.automount Job for mnt-auto.test.automount failed. See "systemctl status mnt-auto.test.automount" and "journalctl -xe" for details. # systemctl status mnt-auto.test.automount ● mnt-auto.test.automount Loaded: loaded (/etc/fstab; bad; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Where: /mnt/auto.test Docs: man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8) May 29 13:06:03 vm systemd[1]: Path /mnt/auto.test is already a mount point, refusing start for mnt-auto.test.automount May 29 13:06:03 vm systemd[1]: Failed to set up automount mnt-auto.test.automount. Actual results: mnt-auto.test.automount unit is in failed state. Expected results: mnt-auto.test.automount is active. Additional info: Worked fine in 7.4, seems to become broken in systemd from 7.5.
Rough bisection discovered that everything works fine again with the following patches disabled in systemd: #Patch0546: 0546-path-util-make-use-of-mnt_id-field-exported-in-proc-.patch #Patch0549: 0549-test-path-util-force-rm_rf.patch #Patch0551: 0551-mount-make-sure-we-unmount-tmpfs-mounts-before-we-de.patch #Patch0561: 0561-automount-if-an-automount-unit-is-masked-don-t-react.patch #Patch0601: 0601-automount-ack-automount-requests-even-when-already-m.patch #Patch0609: 0609-core-don-t-choke-if-a-unit-another-unit-triggers-van.patch (likely this is a bit overkill, at least the problem still exists if we disable only 601 and 609).
I can confirm this is broken in 7.5 also. all my automounts nolonger work.
fixed by https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b604cb9bf6a14d12589e85b82f3f59db93ea0029
fix merged to staging branch -> https://github.com/lnykryn/systemd-rhel/pull/260 -> post
PR: https://github.com/systemd-rhel/rhel-7/pull/26
fix merged to github master branch -> https://github.com/systemd-rhel/rhel-7/pull/26 -> post
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1117