Bug 1591664

I would say it's a bug in dracut, but it can indeed be worked around in the microcode_ctl package.

Hello,

Thank you for the test.
And is there a broken initramfs in /boot ?
Are you using weak modules ?

Regards,

The machine rebooted properly with the newly installed initrd, so it was OK.
Regarding weak modules, I will need to check - please stay tuned.

Hello,

I'm now able to reproduce the issue:

It is due to this part in the %script of the kmod-nvidia rpm: 

modules=( $(find /lib/modules/3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia | grep '\.ko$') )
printf '%s\n' "${modules[@]}"  | /sbin/weak-modules --verbose --add-modules

And the fact that a file named /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64.img exists and that there is no data in /lib/modules/3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64/.

Thus, this code in /usr/sbin/weak-modules fails:
8<---------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
# check_initramfs:
# check and possibly also update the initramfs for changed kernels
check_initramfs() {
    local kernel=$1

    # If there is no initramfs already we will not make one here.
    if [ -e "$initramfs_prefix/initramfs-$kernel.img" ];
    then
        old_initramfs="$initramfs_prefix/initramfs-$kernel.img"
        tmp_initramfs="$initramfs_prefix/initramfs-$kernel.tmp"
        new_initramfs="$initramfs_prefix/initramfs-$kernel.img"

        echo $dracut -f "$tmp_initramfs" "$kernel"
        $dracut -f "$tmp_initramfs" "$kernel"

        if ! compare_initramfs_modules "$old_initramfs" "$tmp_initramfs";
        then
            doit mv "$tmp_initramfs" "$new_initramfs"
        else
            rm -f "$tmp_initramfs"
        fi
    fi
}
8<---------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------

because dracut fails fails to generate a new initramfs of the required kernel because there is no /lib/modules/3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64//modules.dep

The kernel 3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64 is market to be managed by dracut because it is the kernel on which the module has been built against.

The issue may be fixed by weak-modules to check the presence of modules.dep for the kernel.

Benoit

As from my side it seems working, closing as VERIFIED.

Welterlen, can you please add a BZ number to this bug so that the case with nvidia can be traced through this bug history? Thanks! :-)

Hello

It's not specific to the nvidia package.
The issue is also visible with kmod-redhat-megaraid_sas.
You should have a initramfs of the kernel against which the new module has been build (initramfs-3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64.img - can be empty) and nothing regarding this kernel in /lib/modules/

But the easier way to fix it should be in dracut directly.

After discussing, we came to this conclusion:

The original problem is solved; see this commit: http://pkgs.devel.redhat.com/cgit/rpms/microcode_ctl/commit/?h=rhel-7.6&id=cf283d63d208

Please clone this bug or open a new BZ for the new problem you've found with kmod-nvidia (+ kmod-redhat-megaraid_sas), and flag the new bug for RHEL 7.7.

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/RHEA-2018:3097