It probably affects if you have /boot on zfs. Best Regards, Helio Loureiro https://helio.loureiro.eng.br https://github.com/helioloureiro https://mastodon.social/@helioloureiro
On Tue, Jul 1, 2025, 17:00 James Seiters <[email protected]> wrote: > Does this bug only affect ZFS on root? My root is on ext4 and I have a > data pool on other drives but I am being blocked from upgrading. Will I > be able to upgrade to 25.10 or do I have to reinstall now? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2110891 > > Title: > System freeze on release upgrade 24.10 oneiric to 25.04 plucky with > root fs on ZFS > > Status in linux package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: > Deferred > Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in linux source package in Plucky: > Confirmed > Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Plucky: > Fix Released > Status in zfs-linux source package in Plucky: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > [Impact] > Upgrades to 25.10 (and newer) fail as the ZFS userspace modules are > newer than the kernel modules and there is some incompatibility that can > cause the kernel to hang, particularly the bug observes a problem with > iterating over the snapshots of the root file system freezing it. > > [Test plan: ubuntu-release-upgrader] > 1. Create a vm > 2. Check that the upgrade doesn't trigger the screen > (no zpool exists) > 3. Install zfsutils-linux > 4. Check that the upgrade doesn't trigger the screen > (zpool list -H will be empty) > 5. Create a zpool, for example in a file > # fallocate /swap -l 2G > # zpool create foo /swap > # zpool list > NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE CKPOINT EXPANDSZ FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT > foo 1.88G 134K 1.87G - - 0% 0% 1.00x ONLINE - > # zpool list -H > foo 1.88G 110K 1.87G - - 0% 0% 1.00x ONLINE - > 6. Check that the upgrade aborts > > [Where problems could occur: ubuntu-release-upgrader] > The change disables upgrades for all systems with a zpool, regardless of > snapshots existing or zpool being on root, this also may include systems > that could upgrade successfully. > > If the code is wrong it could inadvertently block systems without ZFS > from upgrading, however this seems reasonably mitigated by the test > plan. > > [Original bug report] > > SUMMARY: > I'm running Ubuntu 24.10 on a ZFS root fs on LUKS which also has > snapshots. As part of the release upgrade process ubuntu-release-upgrader > is triggering a bug in ZFS triggered by the update-grub steps which > executes ls /.zfs/snapshot/… via 10_linux_zfs and eventually causes a > kernel deadlock on mount.zfs. > > As the `ls` statement in question works flawlessly before the upgrade > process, I assume the hang is caused due to ZoL been replaced by apt > previously? That's why I feel this is a ubuntu-release-upgrader > package bug. > > I've reported this bug also upstream at ZoL: > https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/17337 > > DETAILED DESCRIPTION: > I've failed now 7 time to upgrade my Ubuntu 24.10 to 25.04 (Beta, RC, > First Release, Today). In all cases the upgrade runs into a complete system > freeze deadlock. `zfs rollback` for the rescue. Today, only using text > console with screen & running `dmesg -Hxw`, `htop -d 5` and > `do-release-upgrade` in parallel I finally was able to pinpoint the problem: > > 1. `do-release-upgrade` downloads & install all updated .deb > packages > > 2. Eventually, the upgrade tries to run `upgrade-grub` > > 3. The grub script executes the hook `10_linux_zfs` to identify the > available kernel versions for the grub boot menu > > 4. As part of this discovery an `ls /.zfs/snapshot/[snapshot]/etc` > is executed which causes a system freeze > > 5. Eventually, after a long pause the kernel reports `task ls:… > blocked for more than 122 seconds.` > > 6. Only option left for me is to shutdown server and revert to ZFS > snapshot I did before the upgrade > > REMARKS: > * Executing "ls /.zfs/snapshot/[snapshot]/etc" and "update-grub" works > successfully BEFORE upgrade > * Rebooting into the partial upgraded system, running "strace > update-grub" reproduces the problem. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2110891/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2110891 Title: System freeze on release upgrade 24.10 oneiric to 25.04 plucky with root fs on ZFS Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: Deferred Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Plucky: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Plucky: Fix Released Status in zfs-linux source package in Plucky: Confirmed Bug description: [Impact] Upgrades to 25.10 (and newer) fail as the ZFS userspace modules are newer than the kernel modules and there is some incompatibility that can cause the kernel to hang, particularly the bug observes a problem with iterating over the snapshots of the root file system freezing it. [Test plan: ubuntu-release-upgrader] 1. Create a vm 2. Check that the upgrade doesn't trigger the screen (no zpool exists) 3. Install zfsutils-linux 4. Check that the upgrade doesn't trigger the screen (zpool list -H will be empty) 5. Create a zpool, for example in a file # fallocate /swap -l 2G # zpool create foo /swap # zpool list NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE CKPOINT EXPANDSZ FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT foo 1.88G 134K 1.87G - - 0% 0% 1.00x ONLINE - # zpool list -H foo 1.88G 110K 1.87G - - 0% 0% 1.00x ONLINE - 6. Check that the upgrade aborts [Where problems could occur: ubuntu-release-upgrader] The change disables upgrades for all systems with a zpool, regardless of snapshots existing or zpool being on root, this also may include systems that could upgrade successfully. If the code is wrong it could inadvertently block systems without ZFS from upgrading, however this seems reasonably mitigated by the test plan. [Original bug report] SUMMARY: I'm running Ubuntu 24.10 on a ZFS root fs on LUKS which also has snapshots. As part of the release upgrade process ubuntu-release-upgrader is triggering a bug in ZFS triggered by the update-grub steps which executes ls /.zfs/snapshot/… via 10_linux_zfs and eventually causes a kernel deadlock on mount.zfs. As the `ls` statement in question works flawlessly before the upgrade process, I assume the hang is caused due to ZoL been replaced by apt previously? That's why I feel this is a ubuntu-release-upgrader package bug. I've reported this bug also upstream at ZoL: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/17337 DETAILED DESCRIPTION: I've failed now 7 time to upgrade my Ubuntu 24.10 to 25.04 (Beta, RC, First Release, Today). In all cases the upgrade runs into a complete system freeze deadlock. `zfs rollback` for the rescue. Today, only using text console with screen & running `dmesg -Hxw`, `htop -d 5` and `do-release-upgrade` in parallel I finally was able to pinpoint the problem: 1. `do-release-upgrade` downloads & install all updated .deb packages 2. Eventually, the upgrade tries to run `upgrade-grub` 3. The grub script executes the hook `10_linux_zfs` to identify the available kernel versions for the grub boot menu 4. As part of this discovery an `ls /.zfs/snapshot/[snapshot]/etc` is executed which causes a system freeze 5. Eventually, after a long pause the kernel reports `task ls:… blocked for more than 122 seconds.` 6. Only option left for me is to shutdown server and revert to ZFS snapshot I did before the upgrade REMARKS: * Executing "ls /.zfs/snapshot/[snapshot]/etc" and "update-grub" works successfully BEFORE upgrade * Rebooting into the partial upgraded system, running "strace update-grub" reproduces the problem. 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