0016665: Systemd mdcheck_* units do not work properly. - CentOS Bug Tracker

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0016665	CentOS-7	systemd	public	2019-10-28 13:06	2020-07-02 05:13

Reporter	webmaster@darabanth.com	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	7.7-1908

Summary	0016665: Systemd mdcheck_* units do not work properly.
Description	After I have updated a few Centos 7 server from version 7.6-1810 to version 7.7-1908 I have noticed that some new systemd units have been created but they do not work properly. The names of the units are the following: mdcheck_continue.service mdcheck_continue.timer mdcheck_start.service mdcheck_start.timer When I try to restart these units, they fail with the following errors: systemd: [/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdcheck_continue.service:14] Invalid environment assignment, ignoring: MDADM_CHECK_DURATION='"6 hours"' systemd: [/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdcheck_start.service:14] Invalid environment assignment, ignoring: MDADM_CHECK_DURATION='"6 hours"' systemd: [/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdcheck_start.timer:12] Failed to parse calendar specification, ignoring: Sun --1..7 1:00:00 systemd: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/lib/mdadm/mdadm_env.sh: No such file or directory systemd: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/share/mdadm/mdcheck: No such file or directory
Additional Information	Current kernel version: 3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64 cat /etc/*release result CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core) NAME="CentOS Linux" VERSION="7 (Core)" ID="centos" ID_LIKE="rhel fedora" VERSION_ID="7" PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 7 (Core)" ANSI_COLOR="0;31" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:7" HOME_URL="https://www.centos.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.centos.org/" CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT="CentOS-7" CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="7" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="centos" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="7" CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core)
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pschiffe 2019-12-02 16:53 reporter ~0035788	upstream bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1774354

Hozza 2019-12-03 15:53 reporter ~0035791	I'm also getting the invalid assignment and calendar parsing errors. As far as I can tell its due to the mdadm package (which is the source of the mdcheck systemd components) being significantly newer than the systemd version in CentOS 7.7, which has introduced some incompatibilities. I think this is also the cause of some systemd ordering cycle problems I'm now having with my setup which occur when the RAID array is automounted.

Hozza 2020-01-07 10:08 reporter ~0035950	According to the upstream bug this should be fixed in mdadm-4.1-3

pdifeo 2020-07-02 04:27 reporter ~0037291	About this problem CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core) mdadm 4.1-4.el7 the file /usr/lib/systemd/system/mdcheck_start.service refer to /usr/lib/mdadm/mdadm_env.sh /usr/share/mdadm/mdcheck but these files not are in the package. 4.1-4 should be more recent than 4.1-3

ManuelWolfshant 2020-07-02 05:11 manager ~0037292 Last edited: 2020-07-02 05:13	I confirm that what you said is true for mdadm-4.1 ever since version 4.1-1.el7 which in CentOS 7.7 replaced the previously existing 4.0 I guess you should file a bug at bugzilla.redhat.com. Since CentOS is a rebuild from the sources published by RedHat, once they push corrected sources, CentOS will pick the fix automatically. For easier tracking, please cross reference the bug from bugs.c.o with the one from bugzilla.r.c

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2019-10-28 13:06	webmaster@darabanth.com	New Issue
2019-12-02 16:53	pschiffe	Note Added: 0035788
2019-12-03 15:53	Hozza	Note Added: 0035791
2020-01-07 10:08	Hozza	Note Added: 0035950
2020-07-02 04:27	pdifeo	Note Added: 0037291
2020-07-02 05:11	ManuelWolfshant	Note Added: 0037292
2020-07-02 05:13	ManuelWolfshant	Note Edited: 0037292