On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 17:03 +0100, Edward Shishkin wrote: > On 02/08/2021 01:54 PM, Metztli Information Technology wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 3:40 PM Edward Shishkin > > <edward.shishkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On 12/23/2020 05:01 PM, Metztli Information Technology wrote: > > > > Niltze [Ð—Ð´Ñ€Ð°Ð²Ñ Ñ‚Ð²ÑƒÐ¹Ñ‚Ðµ : Hello], Ed- > > > > > > > > I built Linux kernel 5.10.1-1 within the 'Debian way' -- as > > > > usual -- to generate a kernel component for my Debian-Installer > > > > (d-i). > > > > The patch I applied is reiser4-for-5.10-rc3.patch.gz from v5- > > > > unstable. > > > > > > > > Once I built the proper reiser4progs-2.0.4.tar.gz and generated > > > > one set of components for d-i I built the d-i image. > > > > > > > > Fact is, the installer throws an error in *both* bare metal and > > > > VirtualBox 6.1.16: > > > > ... > > > > Dec 22 20:19:56 main-menu[330]: INFO: Menu item 'bootstrap- > > > > base' selected > > > > Dec 22 20:19:56 debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap -- > > > > components=main --debian-installer --resolve-deps -- > > > > keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/archive.gpg buster /target > > > > http://deb.debian.org/debian/ > > > > Dec 22 20:19:56 debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap: line 1596: > > > > /target/test-exec: Invalid argument > > > > Dec 22 20:19:56 kernel: [ 1018.632648] kernel read not > > > > supported for file /test-exec (pid: 10077 comm: debootstrap) > > > > Dec 22 20:19:56 debootstrap: E: NOEXEC > > > > Dec 22 20:19:56 debootstrap: EF: Cannot install into target > > > > '/target' mounted with noexec or nodev > > > > Dec 22 20:20:12 base-installer: error: exiting on error base- > > > > installer/debootstrap-failed > > > > Dec 22 20:20:14 main-menu[330]: WARNING **: Configuring > > > > 'bootstrap-base' failed with error code 1 > > > > Dec 22 20:20:14 main-menu[330]: WARNING **: Menu item > > > > 'bootstrap-base' failed. > > > > Dec 22 20:20:15 main-menu[330]: INFO: Falling back to the > > > > package description for brltty-udeb > > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > > Apparently, d-i [Debian-installer] complains about being unable > > > > to set the test file executable and causes the error when 1 is > > > > returned. > > > > Notwithstanding, I manually verified that I am able to touch a > > > > file and set it +x executable. > > > > > > > > Furthermore, tricking the function return value to 0 I am able > > > > to make d-i continue with the latest SFRN5 installation (see > > > > [*trick*] below); yet, subsequently halts again with > > > > an apparently related error --can not proceed any further. > > > > > > > > Digging deeper with dmesg, we can see that apparently it is the > > > > kernel which cannot 'read' properly. Please find a partial > > > > dmesg log with relevant output > > > > from an attempt on my physical development machine. > > > > ... > > > > [ 508.614488] Loading Reiser4 (Software Framework Release: > > > > 5.1.3). See reiser4.wiki.kernel.org for a description of > > > > Reiser4. > > > > [ 508.661951] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, > > > > realtime, quota, no debug enabled > > > > [ 509.326270] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3 > > > > [ 509.326505] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.43.0-ioctl (2020-10-01) > > > > initialised: dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > [ 509.902828] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 > > > > [ 509.915300] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 > > > > [ 511.973360] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 > > > > [ 627.525371] Adding 9765884k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority:-2 > > > > extents:1 across:9765884k FS > > > > [ 636.240812] reiser4[mount(9430)]: reiser4_register_subvol > > > > (fs/reiser4/init_volume.c:222)[edward-1932]: > > > > [ 636.240812] NOTICE: brick /dev/sda6 has been registered > > > > [ 636.243003] reiser4 (sda6): found disk format 5.1.3. > > > > [ 643.759971] reiser4 (/dev/sda6): using Hybrid Transaction > > > > Model. > > > > [ 643.759980] reiser4: brick /dev/sda6 activated > > > > [ 643.788537] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounting ext2 file system using > > > > the ext4 subsystem > > > > [ 643.813474] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem without > > > > journal. Opts: (null) > > > > [ 643.813488] ext2 filesystem being mounted at /target/boot > > > > supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) > > > > [ 648.168730] kernel read not supported for file /test-exec > > > > (pid: 9876 comm: debootstrap) [*trick*] > > > > [ 898.761385] reiser4: brick /dev/sda6 deactivated > > > > [ 991.001332] reiser4 (sda6): found disk format 5.1.3. > > > > [ 999.093471] reiser4 (/dev/sda6): using Hybrid Transaction > > > > Model. > > > > [ 999.093480] reiser4: brick /dev/sda6 activated > > > > [ 1009.340117] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounting ext2 file system using > > > > the ext4 subsystem > > > > [ 1009.362722] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem without > > > > journal. Opts: (null) > > > > [ 1009.362737] ext2 filesystem being mounted at /target/boot > > > > supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) > > > > [ 6373.748413] kernel read not supported for file /test-exec > > > > (pid: 10094 comm: debootstrap) > > > > [ 6413.169920] kernel read not supported for file /usr/bin/true > > > > (pid: 15960 comm: chroot) > > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > This is because of VFS changes in Linux-5.10.X. > > > Specifically, because of the following patch: > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/17/174 > > > In the upstream git repository it is commit > > > 4d03e3cc59828c82ee89ea6e2 > > > > > > So, Christoph, what to do now for file systems which implement > > > ->read() method of file operations? > > > > *deafening silence* it appears that -- in the best of cases -- > > Christoph engaged in an act of _iter masturbation [1]; > > and in the worst of cases, the gentleman was aiming straight at > > reiser4. > > > > > ... It seems that chroot doesn't work > > > for them. And people are not able to release distros with > > > upgraded > > > kernels.. > > > > Not only 'chroot doesn't work' for us, but even after replacing the > > kernel in a reiser4 (proper SFRN ;) instance and > > upon an initial Linux 5.10.x kernel boot: > > ... > > kernel read not supported for file usr/lib/systemd/systemd (pid: 1 > > comm: run-init) > > kernel panic -- not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > exitcod=0x00000100 > > ... > > > > Fact is some of us have commercial interests when deploying > > reiser4, both in cloud instances, baremetal, and on-premises. > > > > In the future if -- and only if -- our reiser4 efforts come to > > successful fruition, quite likely in due time we will be > > able to financially commit to the Penguin's Linux Foundation > > temple, just like large corporations do > > in exchange for indulgences[2] which virtue-wash their past > > and/or current corp. officers' *substantially darker deeds*; > > heck, 'indulgence trafficking' seems to assuage->numb->arg(STFU) > > that 'virtuous' cult of GNU/Linux > > developers/gatekeepers/maintainers' frivolous, *narcissist*, > > ethics and/or moralities so often piled up against > > Reiser's work --which, paradoxically(!?), actually was largely > > implemented by Russian developers ;) > > > > In the meantime, I hacked a reverse patch that undoes some(all) of > > the surreptitious lethal attack on reiser4 fs > > -- at least on AMD64 architectures (I did away with other > > arch/Kconfigs). > > And no, I am not a git pro-, undoing what I could of commit > > 4d03e3cc59828c82ee89ea6e27a2f3cdf95aaadf (as your hinted, Ed) > > does not fix the 'kernel read' issue. > > > > Notwithstanding, I would appreciate if you can take a look at the > > attached patch. Probably it can be streamlined and/or improved > > further to minimize pain on subsequent Linux kernel upgrades. > > > That patch is an attempt to swim against the current ;) > > I no longer remember, why they want to get rid of set_fs for already > 15 > years, but ->read() and ->write() methods seem to be deprecated, and > the > correct way would be to implement the new ->read_iter() and > write_iter() > methods, where reiser4 works with "chunked" streams, represented by > iov_iter structure, rather than with "continuous" streams, > represented > by char __user *buf. The task is not that difficult, but rather time > consuming - I don't have a time for this right now.. On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 10:45 AM Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: So, I have implemented ->read_iter() for all plugins (*). It is included to reiser4-for-5.12 stuff. Not sure if it is enough to make distro with root over reiser4 though: ->write_iter() is not yet implemented (not so trivial because of transactions). (*) https://github.com/edward6/reiser4/commit/ac72aba7e8bb16a28755c1b2b762971927d17c3c https://github.com/edward6/reiser4/commit/4d3200fbcb2003c680cdb822e3f616d3fa83c391 Edward. You updated reiser4 patch implementation enables the reiser4 Debian Installer (d-i) to proceed with the installation into a reiser4 root fs disk media, Sir, much appreciated. < https://metztli.it/bullseye/netboot-ng/metztli-reiser4.iso > < https://metztli.it/bullseye/netboot-ng/metztli-reiser4.iso.SHA256SUM > Took me a while because there is no Debian packaging for the Linux kernel 5.12, i.e., the Debian kernel package maintainers/developers' last package is for 5.10.46-zt and then they skipped 5.11 and 5.12 to begin experimenting with packaging for 5.13.xy-zt. I had to come up with a crude hack -- based on inductive reasoning -- to combine patches from those two packaging extremes and thus test if your patch actually solved the installation issue. Apropos, I have been running that reiser4 linux 5.12.19 EOL build locally, as well, for a couple of days without apparent issues thus far. < https://metztli.it/bullseye/tezcatlipoca.jpg > Best Professional Regards. -- -- Jose R R http://metztli.it ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Download Metztli Reiser4: Debian Buster w/ Linux 5.10.26 AMD64 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- feats ZSTD compression https://sf.net/projects/metztli-reiser4/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- or SFRN 5.1.3, Metztli Reiser5 https://sf.net/projects/debian-reiser4/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Official current Reiser4 resources: https://reiser4.wiki.kernel.org/
