2023-02-15 17:36:57

by Pintu Kumar

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Subject:

Hi,

We are seeing below "ubi errors" during booting.
Although this does not cause any functionality break, I am wondering
if there is any way to fix it ?
We are using Kernel 4.14 with UBI and squashfs (ubiblock) as volumes,
and with systemd.

Anybody have experienced the similar logs with ubi/squashfs and
figured out a way to avoid it ?
It seems like these open volumes are called twice, thus error -16
indicates (device or resource busy).
Or, are these logs expected because of squashfs or ubiblock ?
Or, do we need to add anything related to udev-rules ?

{
....
[ 129.394789] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 6, error -16
[ 129.486498] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 7, error -16
[ 129.546582] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 8, error -16
[ 129.645014] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 9, error -16
[ 129.676456] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 6, error -16
[ 129.706655] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 10, error -16
[ 129.732740] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 7, error -16
[ 129.811111] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 8, error -16
[ 129.852308] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 9, error -16
[ 129.923429] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
volume 10, error -16

}

Thanks,
Pintu


2023-03-17 11:20:12

by Pintu Kumar

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Subject: Re: ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0, volume 6, error -16

Hi,

Sorry, for missing the subject last time.

On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 23:06, Pintu Agarwal <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We are seeing below "ubi errors" during booting.
> Although this does not cause any functionality break, I am wondering
> if there is any way to fix it ?
> We are using Kernel 4.14 with UBI and squashfs (ubiblock) as volumes,
> and with systemd.
>
> Anybody have experienced the similar logs with ubi/squashfs and
> figured out a way to avoid it ?
> It seems like these open volumes are called twice, thus error -16
> indicates (device or resource busy).
> Or, are these logs expected because of squashfs or ubiblock ?
> Or, do we need to add anything related to udev-rules ?
>
> {
> ....
> [ 129.394789] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 6, error -16
> [ 129.486498] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 7, error -16
> [ 129.546582] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 8, error -16
> [ 129.645014] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 9, error -16
> [ 129.676456] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 6, error -16
> [ 129.706655] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 10, error -16
> [ 129.732740] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 7, error -16
> [ 129.811111] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 8, error -16
> [ 129.852308] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 9, error -16
> [ 129.923429] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
> volume 10, error -16
>
> }
>

I see that the errors are reported by systemd-udevd and other processes.
Is there a way to fix it by some means ?
These logs actually consume lots of boot up time...

[ 54.300726] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: systemd-udevd, pid:
1460, cannot open device 0, volume 4, error -16
[ 54.507095] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: systemd-udevd, pid:
1469, cannot open device 0, volume 5, error -16
[ 54.509816] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: systemd-udevd, pid:
1465, cannot open device 0, volume 6, error -16
[ 54.650627] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: systemd-udevd, pid:
1469, cannot open device 0, volume 7, error -16
[ 54.680203] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: systemd-udevd, pid:
1445, cannot open device 0, volume 8, error -16
[ 56.311902] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: mtd_probe, pid:
2042, cannot open device 0, volume 4, error -16
[ 56.795532] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: mtd_probe, pid:
2043, cannot open device 0, volume 5, error -16
[ 57.087962] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: mtd_probe, pid:
2044, cannot open device 0, volume 6, error -16
[ 57.130853] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: mtd_probe, pid:
2047, cannot open device 0, volume 8, error -16
[ 57.345761] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: comm: mtd_probe, pid:
2046, cannot open device 0, volume 7, error -16


Thanks,
Pintu

2023-03-20 03:18:36

by Zhihao Cheng

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Subject: Re: ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0, volume 6, error -16

Hi,
> Hi,
>
> Sorry, for missing the subject last time.
>
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 23:06, Pintu Agarwal <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We are seeing below "ubi errors" during booting.
>> Although this does not cause any functionality break, I am wondering
>> if there is any way to fix it ?
>> We are using Kernel 4.14 with UBI and squashfs (ubiblock) as volumes,
>> and with systemd.
>>
>> Anybody have experienced the similar logs with ubi/squashfs and
>> figured out a way to avoid it ?
>> It seems like these open volumes are called twice, thus error -16
>> indicates (device or resource busy).
>> Or, are these logs expected because of squashfs or ubiblock ?
>> Or, do we need to add anything related to udev-rules ?
>>
>> {
>> ....
>> [ 129.394789] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 6, error -16
>> [ 129.486498] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 7, error -16
>> [ 129.546582] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 8, error -16
>> [ 129.645014] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 9, error -16
>> [ 129.676456] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 6, error -16
>> [ 129.706655] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 10, error -16
>> [ 129.732740] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 7, error -16
>> [ 129.811111] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 8, error -16
>> [ 129.852308] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 9, error -16
>> [ 129.923429] ubi0 error: ubi_open_volume: cannot open device 0,
>> volume 10, error -16
>>
>> }
>>
>
> I see that the errors are reported by systemd-udevd and other processes.
> Is there a way to fix it by some means ?
> These logs actually consume lots of boot up time...

I guess that systemd-udevd and mtd_probe are racing to open the same
volume with mode UBI_EXCLUSIVE or UBI_READWRITE, and these error
messages are in expected. How about temporarily shutting down
systemd-udevd during booting?