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Bug 586550 - /dev/live points to incorrect device
Summary: /dev/live points to incorrect device
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: livecd-tools
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Brian Lane
QA Contact: desktop-bugs@redhat.com
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 584185
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-04-27 20:40 UTC by Joey Boggs
Modified: 2010-11-11 14:50 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: livecd-tools-031-2.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-11-11 14:50:57 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Proposed patch (1.09 KB, patch)
2010-06-08 18:31 UTC, Alan Pevec
no flags Details | Diff

Description Joey Boggs 2010-04-27 20:40:44 UTC
/dev/live should point to /dev/loop0 or /dev/sr0 or similar device depending on boot media. It currently points to /dev/dm-1  (live-osimg-min) Which contains contents of the live root rather than the contents of the iso image where the kernel and initrd are located.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2010-04-28 09:35:35 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.

Comment 7 Alan Pevec 2010-05-28 11:27:06 UTC
Here is the problem: modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
    live:CDLABEL=*|CDLABEL=*)
        root="${root#live:}"
        root="$(echo $root | sed 's,/,\\x2f,g')"
        root="live:/dev/disk/by-label/${root#CDLABEL=}"

So we need to fix livecd-tools to produce different labels for ISO vs rootfs image, otherwise /dev/live points to whatever gets by-label symlink !
I'm also not sure yet how does this effect dmsquash-live setup, since root is resolved directly to /dev/mapper/live-osimg-min which supposed to be used only for Anaconda's liveinst.

David, would that break livecd i.e. is there assumption anywhere that ISO label=e2label for LiveCDs ?

Harald, this is FYI, since you last touched this dracut script:
http://dracut.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=dracut/dracut;a=commit;h=1cf0b1750be8fc65939f746793219cdd40f72c13
And also question for you as udev maintainer: how are conflicts under /dev/disk/by-label/ resolved (i.e. multiple filesystems with the same label, like we have in livecd case) ?

Comment 8 Harald Hoyer 2010-05-28 11:34:44 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> And also question for you as udev maintainer: how are conflicts under
> /dev/disk/by-label/ resolved (i.e. multiple filesystems with the same label,
> like we have in livecd case) ?    

first one recognized wins. if it goes away, the first of the rest takes the symlink

Comment 9 Harald Hoyer 2010-05-28 11:35:17 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> Here is the problem: modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
>     live:CDLABEL=*|CDLABEL=*)
>         root="${root#live:}"
>         root="$(echo $root | sed 's,/,\\x2f,g')"
>         root="live:/dev/disk/by-label/${root#CDLABEL=}"
> 
> So we need to fix livecd-tools to produce different labels for ISO vs rootfs
> image, otherwise /dev/live points to whatever gets by-label symlink !
> I'm also not sure yet how does this effect dmsquash-live setup, since root is
> resolved directly to /dev/mapper/live-osimg-min which supposed to be used only
> for Anaconda's liveinst.
> 
> David, would that break livecd i.e. is there assumption anywhere that ISO
> label=e2label for LiveCDs ?

should be easy to fix!

Comment 10 Alan Pevec 2010-05-31 13:14:59 UTC
Upstream patch http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/livecd/2010-May/005857.html

Comment 11 Alan Pevec 2010-06-08 18:31:45 UTC
Created attachment 422312 [details]
Proposed patch

Comment 12 Vladimir Benes 2010-06-30 12:54:55 UTC
just wondering why I haven't got /dev/live present in my liveCD root..

root -> /dev/mapper/live-rw
scd0 -> sr0
cdrom -> sr0 

what exactly should be checked to verify this?

Comment 13 Harald Hoyer 2010-06-30 13:09:50 UTC
(In reply to comment #12)
> just wondering why I haven't got /dev/live present in my liveCD root..
> 
> root -> /dev/mapper/live-rw
> scd0 -> sr0
> cdrom -> sr0 
> 
> what exactly should be checked to verify this?    

/dev/live missing bug: bug 605356

Comment 14 Dennis Gregorovic 2010-08-18 16:28:06 UTC
livecd-tools is not a part of RHEL 6, but I'm moving this bug to ON_QA since there is a build available for those who are interested.

Comment 15 Vladimir Benes 2010-08-31 11:55:58 UTC
at my box /dev/live points to sr0
-> VERIFIED

Comment 16 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-11-11 14:50:57 UTC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.


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