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Description of problem: Output of `sysctl -a` returns binary junk data for "sunrpc.transports" key. The contents returned is not static, it changes every time. It could be an issue with the sunrpc kernel module. If you request the value of the key directly, it is empty. If you `cat /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports` it is also empty. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Affects both Fedora 31 or 32. Fedora 30 does not have this problem. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. sysctl -a Actual results: # sysctl -a ... sunrpc.transports = 0��$` # sysctl -a ... sunrpc.transports = 0AV�� # sysctl -a ... sunrpc.transports = 0� Expected results: An ASCII parseable string as a result. Additional info: Noticed because some of our management tools (Puppet) are calling `sysctl -a` and parsing the output, seeing the binary data and trying to convert it from UTF-8, and failing.
I see this in F32. procps-ng-3.3.16-1.fc32.x86_64 kernel 5.8.12-200.fc32.x86_64 To mitigate Puppet problem, you can hotpatch: augeasproviders_sysctl/lib/puppet/provider/sysctl/augeas.rb After: sysctl('-a').each_line do |line| Add: line = line.force_encoding("US-ASCII").scrub("")
I see this also in F33 procps-ng-3.3.16-1.fc33.x86_64 kernel-5.8.15-301.fc33.x86_64
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