Bug 1734311 - dkms modules left behind when kernel is removed.
Summary: dkms modules left behind when kernel is removed.
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dkms
Version: 30
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Simone Caronni
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2019-07-30 08:36 UTC by Stefan van der Eijk
Modified: 2020-05-26 14:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-05-26 14:29:47 UTC
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Description Stefan van der Eijk 2019-07-30 08:36:25 UTC
Description of problem:

Removing kernel doesn't clean up dkms modules of that kernel version.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Remove the old kernel version (5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64 in this case):

# dnf remove `rpm -qa | grep 5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64`

Run dkms status:

# dkms status
zfs, 0.8.1, 5.1.20-300.fc30.x86_64, x86_64: installed

Run updatedb and search for DKMS related files are left behind:

# updatedb
# locate 5.1.19-300.fc30
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra/icp.ko.xz
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra/spl.ko.xz
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra/zavl.ko.xz
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra/zcommon.ko.xz
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra/zfs.ko.xz
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra/zlua.ko.xz
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra/znvpair.ko.xz
/usr/lib/modules/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/extra/zunicode.ko.xz
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/kernel-5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64-x86_64
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/Module.symvers
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/log
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/zfs_config.h
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/log/make.log
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module/icp.ko.xz
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module/spl.ko.xz
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module/zavl.ko.xz
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module/zcommon.ko.xz
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module/zfs.ko.xz
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module/zlua.ko.xz
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module/znvpair.ko.xz
/var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.1/5.1.19-300.fc30.x86_64/x86_64/module/zunicode.ko.xz




Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:


Expected results:

All dkms files related to the kernel version are removed from the system.

# updatedb ; locate 5.1.19-300.fc30
<no results>

Additional info:

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2020-04-30 20:31:30 UTC
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Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 30 on 2020-05-26.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
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Comment 2 Gregory Lee Bartholomew 2020-05-13 04:34:39 UTC
I just saw this as well when doing a "dnf update" on a Fedora 31 system that included both a new kernel and a new version of zfs-dkms. The leftover files under /var/lib/dkms/zfs can be particularly problematic for zfs-dkms. I saw the following lines in my terminal while performing an update:

...
  Running scriptlet: kernel-core-5.6.11-200.fc31.x86_64                                                                                      44/44 
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.6.11-200.fc31.x86_64
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.8.3/source/dkms.conf does not exist.
 Done. 

  Running scriptlet: zfs-0.8.4-1.fc31.x86_64                                                                                                 44/44
...

This is untested, but I think a crude workaround for the above problem in particular may be to create an executable script named /etc/kernel/install.d/35-zfs-dkms-cleanup.install containing the following lines:

---
#!/usr/bin/sh

if [[ "$1" == "add" ]]; then
   b="/var/lib/dkms/zfs"
   z=$(/usr/bin/rpm -q zfs-dkms)
   for d in $(/usr/bin/find $b -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf "%f\n"); do
      if [[ "$z" != "zfs-dkms-$d"* ]]; then
         rm -rf "$b/$d"
      fi
   done
fi

exit 0
---

I've added the above script to my personal system to hopefully resolve this issue the next time around, but I haven't tested it yet.

Comment 3 Gregory Lee Bartholomew 2020-05-13 04:40:14 UTC
It would probably be good to do a little input validation on $z in the above script ... This one might be a little better:

---
if [[ "$1" == "add" ]]; then
   b="/var/lib/dkms/zfs"
   z=$(/usr/bin/rpm -q zfs-dkms)
   for d in $(/usr/bin/find $b -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf "%f\n"); do
      if [[ "$z" == "zfs-dkms-"* ]] && [[ "$z" != "zfs-dkms-$d"* ]]; then
         rm -rf "$b/$d"
      fi
   done
fi

exit 0
---

Comment 4 Gregory Lee Bartholomew 2020-05-13 04:42:25 UTC
And I missed the shebang line -- #!/usr/bin/sh -- on that last one, sorry, I wish I could edit these posts.

Comment 5 Gregory Lee Bartholomew 2020-05-14 02:11:18 UTC
FYI, it looks like ColMelvin just fixed this bug upstream:

https://github.com/ColMelvin/zfs/commit/4a7771819ac8f4523392c14a66cc453b345084cc

I advise that users finding this bug report use (or wait for) his proper patch rather than the untested hack I posted earlier.

In particular, I'm worried that running "rpm -q" while a rpm transaction is in progress as my aforementioned hack attempts to do might cause the installation process to hang.

Comment 6 Ben Cotton 2020-05-26 14:29:47 UTC
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