#795 Issue closed: rescue/GNU/Linux/99_sysreqs.sh can hang up endlessly

Labels: bug, cleanup

jsmeix opened issue at 2016-03-11 12:44:

In rescue/GNU/Linux/99_sysreqs.sh
the following command can hang up endlessly:

BOOT_KB=$(grep `df -P /boot | grep /boot | awk '{print $1}' | sed "s#/dev/##"` /proc/partitions | awk '{print $3}')

It hangs up on my SLE12 test system,
here reproduced on command line:

# set -x
# BOOT_KB=$(grep `df -P /boot | grep /boot | awk '{print $1}' | sed "s#/dev/##"` /proc/partitions | awk '{print $3}')
++ awk '{print $3}'
+++ grep --color=auto /boot
+++ awk '{print $1}'
+++ sed s#/dev/##
+++ df -P /boot
++ grep --color=auto /proc/partitions

The reason is that a command like "grep /etc/fstab" hangs up endlessly

# grep /etc/fstab

because this means that grep should search for "/etc/fstab" in stdin
in contrast to:

# grep something /etc/fstab
#

that returns immediately.

I will provide a pull request...

jsmeix commented at 2016-03-11 12:51:

"git blame usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/99_sysreqs.sh"
indicates all was made by Gratien D'haese.

@gdha
please make your code according to
https://github.com/rear/rear/wiki/Coding-Style

Use $( command ) instead of backticks `command`

I get so confused with backticks because one same character backtick is used both for opening and closing.

I will clean up the whole 99_sysreqs.sh code...

jsmeix commented at 2016-03-11 15:06:

"git log --follow usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/99_sysreqs.sh"
indicates that 99_sysreqs.sh really was made by @gdha

@gdha please have a look at my https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/796 and check my "FIXME comments in 99_sysreqs.sh - perhaps you could fix some of them?

Or was 99_sysreqs.sh perhaps actually created (sponsored)
by someone else because
"git log usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/99_sysreqs.sh"
reads "(sponsored)"?

jsmeix commented at 2016-03-11 15:16:

FYI regarding my
"FIXME: it seems the root partition size is mising"

Excerpt from var/log/rear/rear-f197.log

++ echo
+++ awk '{tot=tot+$3} END {print tot}'
+++ grep -v -e Filename -e /dev/dm- /proc/swaps
++ SWAP_KB=1532924
++ test 1532924
+++ grep vg00
+++ awk '{print $6}'
+++ sed s/g//
+++ vgs --units=g
++ VG00_GB=
++ test ''
++ VG00_GB=0
+++ grep /boot
+++ awk '{print $1}'
+++ sed s#/dev/##
+++ df -P /boot
++ boot_partition_device_base_name=
++ test ''
++ BOOT_KB=0
+++ bc -l
+++ echo '( ( 1532924 + 0 ) / ( 1024 * 1024 ) ) + 0'
++ TOTOS=1.46191024780273437500
+++ printf %.2f 1.46191024780273437500
++ TOTOS=1.46
++ test 1.46
++ echo 'Disk space requirements:'
++ echo '  OS (vg00 + swap + /boot)'
++ echo '    size: 1.46 GiB'
++ echo '  Additional VGs'
++ size=0
+++ grep -v -e vg00 -e VFree
+++ awk '{print $6}'
+++ sed s/g//
+++ vgs --units=g
++ echo '    size: 0 GiB'
++ echo

and the actual values on that system:

# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2        19G  5.3G   12G  31% /
devtmpfs        490M     0  490M   0% /dev
tmpfs           498M     0  498M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           498M  7.8M  490M   2% /run
tmpfs           498M     0  498M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
# parted /dev/sda print
Model: ATA QEMU HARDDISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 21.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 
Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system     Flags
 1      1049kB  1571MB  1570MB  primary  linux-swap(v1)  type=82
 2      1571MB  21.5GB  19.9GB  primary  ext4            boot, type=83

gdha commented at 2016-03-11 15:55:

@jsmeix the vg00 seems to be very optimistic as it can be named anything...(for the customer it worked fine, but they use as a standard naming vg00).
It should be rewritten a bit to take the correct data sizes of the boot/root disk (aka system disk).

The network part seems ok to me:

    ip ::1 subnet /128 scope host DNS name localhost.
    ip 192.168.122.71 subnet /24 DNS name centos7-kvm.
    ip fe80::5054:ff:fe58:a2d3 subnet /64 scope link DNS name

jsmeix commented at 2016-03-15 14:44:

I close this one because with https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/796 it does no longer hang up.

I submitted https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/798 as follow up to fix or implement remaining issues in 99_sysreqs.sh


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