Actually, LXC/LXD can't set environment variables in that way as systemd strips all inherited environment.
Looking at the backlog it sounds like it'd be safe for us to just turn off that timeout entirely in Ubuntu given that we can assume we'll always have devtmpfs where it matters and so there's no potential race between module loading and device node appearing. ** Changed in: lxd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to zfs-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760173 Title: zfs, zpool commands hangs for 10 seconds without a /dev/zfs Status in lxd package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1. # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS Release: 16.04 2. # apt-cache policy zfsutils-linux zfsutils-linux: Installed: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu19 Candidate: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu19 Version table: *** 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu19 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3. When inside a lxd container with zfs storage, zfs list or zpool status either return or report what's going on. 4. When inside a lxd container with zfs storage, zfs list or zpool status appears to hang, no output for 10 seconds. strace reveals that without a /dev/zfs the tools wait for it to appear for 10 seconds but do not provide a command line switch to disable or make it more verbose. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: zfsutils-linux 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu19 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Mar 30 18:09:29 2018 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=C.UTF-8 SourcePackage: zfs-linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1760173/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp