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initramfs-tools package

resume from hibernation broken when resume image is autodetected

Bug #1769297 reported by Dmitriy Geels
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initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Dimitri John Ledkov

Bug Description

I found a reason of non-functioning resume from hibernation when resume partition/file is autodetected by intiramfs hook /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/resume.

Here is the scenario:
1) hook /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/resume creates config conf/conf.d/zz-resume-auto saved in initrd image, containing one variable: RESUME=UUID=106238b0-707d-4422-866d-a7534da50702 in my case

2) during boot init script sets 'resume' variable to 'RESUME' value from conf/conf.d/zz-resume-auto, then it executes local-premount scripts including local-premount/resume

3) resuming script local-premount/resume (/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/resume) tries to get resume device major-minor numbers by these lines:
DEV=$(readlink ${resume})
DEV=/sys/class/block/${DEV##*/}/dev
if [ -r "$DEV" ]; then
        read MAJMIN < "$DEV"
fi

4) next check fails and resume process silently aborts:
if [ -z "$MAJMIN" ]; then
        exit 1
fi

Resuming script fails to get device major-minor because resume=UUID=106238b0-707d-4422-866d-a7534da50702 -- it's not resolved into device path in init script.

Commonly mentioned workaround is to explicitly specify kernel parameter resume=UUID=106238b0-707d-4422-866d-a7534da50702 -- only in this case init script resolves it to device path.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.130ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 4.16.6-041606-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat May 5 11:32:31 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-27 (38 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180327)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Dmitriy Geels (dmig) wrote :
description: updated
Dmitriy Geels (dmig)
description: updated
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Dmitriy Geels (dmig) wrote :

How to check you have this issue:

1) get provided resume script, replace /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/resume with it
2) sudo update-initramfs -k $(uname -r) -u
3) sudo systemctl hibernate
4) edit grub menu entry, add 'debug' parameter to kernel command line, boot
5) look into /run/initramfs/initramfs.debug, if you see following lines, you have this issue:
+ /scripts/local-premount/resume
Success: Resume device: 'UUID=106238b0-707d-4422-866d-a7534da50702' ()
Failure: Failed to get /sys/class/block//dev major/minor

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Dmitriy Geels (dmig) wrote :

Here is a fix for this bug. This makes hibernation functional for me.

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Dmitriy Geels (dmig) wrote :

This bug is actually a regression. I remember hibernation was functional around a year ago in ubuntu 17.04 with any kernel, but at some point it became broken. Probably in 17.10.

Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
tags: added: patch
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "init.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: regression-release
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Steve Smith (tarkasteve) wrote :

FWIW, installing initramfs-tools(-core) 0.132 from Debian buster/sid fixed this for me. Both direct download and a build from source worked.

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amk (9-launchpad-mikus-sk) wrote :

Reached to this bug because of a similar issue we were able to resolve using information here.

In 18.10, at least in our case, the RESUME variable is set with partition device name, not UUID. Yet the identification failed, because the device is not a link and readlink ${resume} returns nothing (or invalid argument when invoked with -v).

Got things working by assigning $resume into $DEV directly. This could be more universal approach:

DEV=$(readlink ${resume})
DEV="${DEV:-$resume}"
DEV=/sys/class/block/${DEV##*/}/dev

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Emiliano (retorquere) wrote :

@Dmitry where would I set this resume= parameter?

Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
tags: added: rls-ee-incoming
Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
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