Hello Benjamin, or anyone else affected, Accepted initramfs-tools into noble-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs- tools/0.142ubuntu25.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
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The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Tags removed: verification-failed verification-failed-noble ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-noble -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2081334 Title: further performance improvement for dracut-install 060 Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in initramfs-tools source package in Noble: Fix Committed Bug description: [ Impact ] This is a follow-up for bug #2065180 implementing the suggestion from comment #44 there. When compared to Ubuntu 23.10, creating intramfs files with update- initramfs takes 2 to 5 times more time on ARM devices. IIUC, dracut-install usage was added to initramfs-tools to speed up the process. But now its way slower. Even running update-initramfs on jammy, which doesn't use dracut-install, is way faster then the time taken on Noble. first bad commit - https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/3de4c7313260fb600507c9b87f780390b874c870 Updating the initrd on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W on Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) with initramfs-tools 0.142ubuntu25.1 takes over six minutes: ``` bdrung@zero2w:~$ sudo hyperfine --warmup 1 -r 10 "update-initramfs -u" Benchmark 1: update-initramfs -u Time (mean ± σ): 402.751 s ± 5.592 s [User: 166.316 s, System: 228.909 s] Range (min … max): 394.380 s … 411.445 s 10 runs ``` [ Test Plan ] 1. Measure `update-initramfs -u` before the update. 2. Log the content of the initrd before the update: `lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img` 3. update dracut-install / initramfs-tools-core 4. Measure `update-initramfs -u`. It should be faster (the performance improvements on amd64 should be very small and might be within the measurement uncertainty). 5. Check with lsinitramfs that the content of the newly generated initrd hasn't changed. [ Where problems could occur ] The code that is responsible for including the kernel modules into the initrd is touched. Negative consequences could be that some needed kernel modules will not be included any more (should be covered by the test case) or that building new initrds will fail. The initramfs-tools fix changes how manual_add_modules behaves. `manual_add_modules` does not copy kernel modules, but queues them for being copied when the newly added function `apply_add_modules` is called. I checked all instances of calls to `manual_add_modules` for possible regressions (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dracut/+bug/2065180/comments/15). Only miniramfs needs to be adjusted to also call `apply_add_modules`. But this change could break consumers of the `manual_add_modules` function that are outside of the Ubuntu archive. I googled for `apply_add_modules` but found no public outside users. [ Benchmarks ] Stock noble on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W: ``` bdrung@zero2w:~$ sudo hyperfine -r 5 "update-initramfs -u" Benchmark 1: update-initramfs -u Time (mean ± σ): 415.664 s ± 6.015 s [User: 166.728 s, System: 232.523 s] Range (min … max): 409.139 s … 422.632 s 5 runs ``` noble with dracut-install 060+5-1ubuntu3.1 (with linux 6.8.0-1006.6 on 2024-07-01): ``` bdrung@zero2w:~$ sudo hyperfine --warmup 1 -r 10 "update-initramfs -u" Benchmark 1: update-initramfs -u Time (mean ± σ): 248.054 s ± 5.569 s [User: 67.410 s, System: 169.412 s] Range (min … max): 238.909 s … 257.384 s 10 runs ``` noble with dracut-install 060+5-1ubuntu3.2 (with linux 6.8.0-1007 on 2024-07-11): ``` bdrung@zero2w:~$ sudo hyperfine --warmup 1 -r 10 "update-initramfs -u" Benchmark 1: update-initramfs -u Time (mean ± σ): 232.001 s ± 5.678 s [User: 55.456 s, System: 166.510 s] Range (min … max): 222.120 s … 239.610 s 10 runs ``` noble with dracut-install 060+5-1ubuntu3.2 (with linux 6.8.0-1011.12 and all updates on 2024-09-19): ``` bdrung@zero2w:~$ sudo hyperfine --warmup 1 -r 10 "update-initramfs -u" Time (mean ± σ): 219.439 s ± 4.869 s [User: 45.626 s, System: 163.172 s] Range (min … max): 213.340 s … 227.411 s 10 runs ``` [ Reduce manual_add_modules calls ] Besides making the dracut-install calls faster, group the dracut- install calls. Since the fix in oracular can cause regressions in custom hooks that rely on the current behavior, the SRU takes a safe approach which includes following packages (stating how many dracut- install calls are used): * cryptsetup: 2 -> 1 * lvm2: 8 -> 1 * thin-provisioning-tools: 3 -> 1 * open-iscsi: 9 -> 1 * cloud-initramfs-tools: 5 -> 1 dracut-install calls on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W: | area | before | noble SRU | oracular | |--------------------------------------|--------|-----------|----------| | auto_add_modules + apply_add_modules | 8 | 5 | 5 | | calls by hooks + apply_add_modules | 42 | 20 | 2 | | hidden_dep_add_modules | 1 | 1 | 1 | | total | 51 | 26 | 8 | To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/2081334/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
