On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Raphael Hertzog <raphael@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > the Kali live image contains PostgreSQL and with our latest image[1] > PostgreSQL is no longer able to create a new database (/ is an overlayfs > merging a RO squashfs filesystem and an empty RW tmpfs). > > [1] http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-weekly/kali-linux-2017-W43-amd64.iso > (if 404 look up the parent directory and pick the currently available > weekly image) > > You get messages like this while running createdb: > createdb: database creation failed: ERROR: checkpoint request failed > HINT: Consult recent messages in the server log for details. > > And in the server log you have this: > ERROR: could not fsync file "pg_commit_ts": Invalid argument > > This was working with Linux 4.12.6 and seems to be broken in Linux 4.13.4 > that we currently have in Kali Linux. > > Does this ring a bell to anyone ? Not really there was a regression with squashfs+overlayfs but it is fixed in 4.13.4. (fix false positive ESTALE on lookup) I tries mounting squashfs+overlayfs to /var/lib/postgresql and create db on Ubuntu and it seemed ok. > I saw a few patches in 4.13.6 but their > description does not seem to match the error I'm getting. I don't think those fixes are relevant. > > What else can I provide to help you diagnose this issue ? > > This bug report has been filed against Kali Linux in the first place: > https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=4332 > - strace of the failing postgresql db create - dmesg from that time, specifically "overlayfs" messages - output of cat /proc/self/mountinfo (or better postgres pid instead of self) Thanks, Amir. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-unionfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
