Bug#896878: Failed to execute /init (error -2) Kernel panic

Андрей Василишин

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Apr 25, 2018, 5:10:04 AM4/25/18

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Package: sysvinit-core
Version: 2.88dsf-59.9

Hello!
New linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 and old
linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 3.2.96-2 does not want boot with
sysvinit-core. After installation systemd-sysv 232-25+deb9u2 all working
fine.

[ 0.228833] DMAR-IR: Failed to copy IR table for dmar1 from previous kernel
[ 2.4575631 Failed to execute /init (error -2)
[ 2.4573031 Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing i
nit= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
[ 2.4580131 CPU: 25 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Mot tainted 4.3.0-6-amd64 #1
Debia
n 4.9.82-l+deb9u3
[ 2.458113] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730xd/0UCJNT, BIOS 2.4.3
01/1
7/2017
[ 2.4582051 0000000000000000 ffffffffa352e074 ffffffffa3803eO0 ffffa9478000f
f 40
[ 2.4585951 ffffffffa337cfbd O0O0000O00000O08 ffffa9478O0Off50 ffffa9478000f
ee8
[ 2.4589841 5080bfd4a466255c 5080bfd4a466255c OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ffff96ccc26cl
000
[ 2.4593711 Call Trace:
[ 2.4594601 Kffffffffa352e0?4>1 ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x78
[ 2.4595521 1<ffffffffa3803e00>1 ? rest_init+0x4O/Ox80
[ 2.4596431 Kffffffffa337cfbd> 1 ? panic+0xe4/0x23f
[ 2.4597321 Kffffffffa3803e4O>1 ? rest_init+0x80/0x80
[ 2.4598211 Kffffffffa3803f21>1 ? kernel_init+0xel/OxlO0
[ 2.4599101 Kffffffffa3811537> 1 ? ret_from_fork+Ox57/Ox70
[ 2.4601031 Kernel Offset: 0x22200000 from Oxffffffff81000000
(relocation ran
ge: Oxffffffff80000O0O-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[ 2.4682561 Rebooting in 1 seconds..

Adam Borowski

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Apr 25, 2018, 8:00:02 PM4/25/18

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On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:56:09AM +0300, Андрей Василишин wrote:
> Package: sysvinit-core
> Version: 2.88dsf-59.9
>
> Hello!
> New linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 and old
> linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 3.2.96-2 does not want boot with sysvinit-core.
> After installation systemd-sysv 232-25+deb9u2 all working fine.
>
> [ 0.228833] DMAR-IR: Failed to copy IR table for dmar1 from previous kernel
> [ 2.4575631 Failed to execute /init (error -2)
> [ 2.4573031 Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing i
> nit= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.

Are you sure there isn't something wrong with your hardware or perhaps your
filesystem? These versions are old enough that such a regression would have
been reported long time ago: 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 is stable-sec (and stable point
release) from 2018-03-03, 3.2.96-2 is oldoldstable-sec from 2017-12-10.

What happens if you reinstall sysvinit-core (in case its files were
corrupted on the disk)? What if you boot with init=/bin/bash ?

Also, mixing packages from two releases apart is not supported, at least
officially (usually still works) -- for example, systemd in Stretch has a
hard requirement of kernel >= 3.13 which that 3.2 you mention is obviously
older than.

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Ian Jackson

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Apr 25, 2018, 8:50:03 PM4/25/18

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Adam Borowski writes ("Bug#896878: Failed to execute /init (error -2) Kernel panic"):

> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:56:09AM +0300, Андрей Василишин wrote:
> > [ 2.4575631 Failed to execute /init (error -2)

I think error -2 means ENOENT.

> Are you sure there isn't something wrong with your hardware or perhaps your
> filesystem? These versions are old enough that such a regression would have
> been reported long time ago: 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 is stable-sec (and stable point
> release) from 2018-03-03, 3.2.96-2 is oldoldstable-sec from 2017-12-10.

I run sysvinit everywhere and I looked through a number of my systems.
I wasn't able to find any that had exactly these kernels, but I can
say that I have some systems with newer kernels as well as ones with
older ones (although none that I could fine as old as 3.2). I have
not seen any regressions that look like this.

These kernels are all very different. I think as Adam suggests the
most likely common factor and the most likely cause is indeed
something wrong with your filesystem or its contents.

Ian.

Андрей Василишин

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Apr 27, 2018, 4:40:03 AM4/27/18

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26.04.2018 3:39, Ian Jackson пишет:

Ok, I have 13 same servers Dell PowerEdge R730xd . They worked well with
wheezy but we need google/bbr future. I started updating all the
servers. Part update (update only kernel) not working, all time kernel
panic. Now I'm doing an almost complete update. On the next server with
a full update I got the same kernel panic. An old 3.2.96-2 x86_64
kernel loaded normally.

# LANG=C apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
gamin git git-man liberror-perl libexiv2-12 libgamin0 libilmbase6
liblcms1 liblensfun-data liblensfun0 libmagickcore5 libmagickcore5-extra
libmagickwand5 libopenexr6 libuuid-perl python-central
python-gamin
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-bin
apache2.2-common db5.1-util libapache2-mod-php5 libapache2-mod-rpaf
libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-mysql libaprutil1-ldap libcups2
libcupsimage2 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa
libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libldap-2.4-2 libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
libpcrecpp0 libsasl2-2 libva1 mutt php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-curl
php5-gd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 30 not upgraded.

# cat /etc/debian_version
9.4

# LANG=C apt-cache policy sysvinit-core
sysvinit-core:
Installed: 2.88dsf-59.9
Candidate: 2.88dsf-59.9
Version table:
*** 2.88dsf-59.9 500
500 http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian stretch/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.88dsf-59 500
500 http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian jessie/main amd64 Packages

# LANG=C apt-cache policy sysvinit
sysvinit:
Installed: 2.88dsf-59
Candidate: 2.88dsf-59
Version table:
*** 2.88dsf-59 500
500 http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian jessie/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.88dsf-41+deb7u1 500
500 http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian wheezy/main amd64 Packages

[ 2.461289] Failed to execute /init (error -2)
[ 2.461590] Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing i

nit= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/in it.txt for guidance.

[ 2.461700] CPU: 25 PID: 1 Comm: suapper/0 Not tainted 4.9.0-6-amd64 ttl
Debia
n 4.9.82-l+deb9u3
[ 2.4617941 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PouerEdge R730xd/0WCJNT, BIOS 2.3.4
11/0
8/2016
[ 2.4618871 0000000000000000 ffffffffb552e074 ffffffffb5803e00 ffffa?a6c000b
f 40
[ 2.4622791 ffffffffb537cfbd 0000000000000008 ffffa7a6c00Obf50 ffffa?a6c000b
ee8
[ 2.462670] c229f0c80792470d c229f0c80792470d 0000000000000000 ffff90968575e
000
[ 2.463060] Call Trace:
[ 2.4631501 [<ffffffffb552e074>] ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x78
[ 2.4632441 [<ffffffffb5803eOO>] ? rest.init+0x40/0x80
[ 2.463336] [<ffffffffb537cfbd>] ? panic+0xe4/0x23f
[ 2.463425] [<ffffffffb5803e40>] ? rest.init+0x80/0x80
[ 2.463515] [<ffffffffb5803f21>] ? kernel_init+0xel/0xl00
[ 2.463604] Kffffffffb5811537>] ? ret_from_fork+0x57/0x70
[ 2.463790] Kernel Offset: 0x34200O0O from Oxffffffff81000000
(relocation ran
ge: Oxffffffff8O00OOO0-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[ 2.492759] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try
passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for
guidance.

Андрей Василишин

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Apr 27, 2018, 6:30:02 AM4/27/18

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I don't know what helped out of this.

# apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64
linux-image-amd64 sysvinit-core

# upgrade-from-grub-legacy

But now kernel 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 loading normally