[lxc-users] Question about existing defaults

Michael H. Warfield mhw at WittsEnd.com
Fri Apr 18 02:22:03 UTC 2014


On Thu, 2014-04-17 at 21:25 -0400, CDR wrote:
> Dear friends
> I installed the RPMs again, and rebooted. Previous, I issued an
> "ldconfig", just in case. It still fails.
> Maybe one of the developers of lxc may take a look at the trace below
> and spot the issue. The advantages of the current version over the one
> issued in Fedora are too great to ignore, like "lxc-autostart", etc.

This is not occurring on my F20 host and I'm rotating development and
release versions almost on a daily basis.  This isn't making any sense.
That function should exist.  It does exist on a clean install.  It's
defined in caps.c.

What do you get from this:

ldd /usr/bin/lxc-start

You seem to still be hooking up with the wrong library for some reason.

Regards,
Mike

>  strace lxc-start -d -n dialer-1
> execve("/usr/bin/lxc-start", ["lxc-start", "-d", "-n", "dialer-1"],
> [/* 31 vars */]) = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x604000
> mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0x7fb2a9a35000
> access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=103464, ...}) = 0
> mmap(NULL, 103464, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb2a9a1b000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib/liblxc.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\200\313\300\230=\0\0\0"...,
> 832) = 832
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1497976, ...}) = 0
> mmap(0x3d98c00000, 2488264, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x3d98c00000
> mprotect(0x3d98c5e000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
> mmap(0x3d98e5d000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x5d000) = 0x3d98e5d000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib64/libcap.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0
> \26`\3219\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=21424, ...}) = 0
> mmap(0x39d1600000, 2114112, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x39d1600000
> mprotect(0x39d1604000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
> mmap(0x39d1803000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3000) = 0x39d1803000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib64/libutil.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\20\17`\3469\0\0\0"...,
> 832) = 832
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=17536, ...}) = 0
> mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0x7fb2a9a1a000
> mmap(0x39e6600000, 2105616, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x39e6600000
> mprotect(0x39e6602000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
> mmap(0x39e6801000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1000) = 0x39e6801000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib64/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\340m\240\2739\0\0\0"...,
> 832) = 832
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=150800, ...}) = 0
> mmap(0x39bba00000, 2213104, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x39bba00000
> mprotect(0x39bba18000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
> mmap(0x39bbc17000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x17000) = 0x39bbc17000
> mmap(0x39bbc19000, 13552, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x39bbc19000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0p\36\"\2739\0\0\0"...,
> 832) = 832
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2100672, ...}) = 0
> mmap(0x39bb200000, 3924576, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x39bb200000
> mprotect(0x39bb3b4000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
> mmap(0x39bb5b4000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1b4000) = 0x39bb5b4000
> mmap(0x39bb5ba000, 16992, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x39bb5ba000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib64/libattr.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\320\23`\3109\0\0\0"...,
> 832) = 832
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=22160, ...}) = 0
> mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0x7fb2a9a19000
> mmap(0x39c8600000, 2113904, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x39c8600000
> mprotect(0x39c8604000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
> mmap(0x39c8803000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3000) = 0x39c8803000
> close(3)                                = 0
> mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0x7fb2a9a18000
> mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0x7fb2a9a16000
> arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7fb2a9a167c0) = 0
> mprotect(0x39bb5b4000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0x39c8803000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0x39bbc17000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0x39e6801000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0x39d1803000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0x3d98e5d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0x602000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
> mprotect(0x39bb01f000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> munmap(0x7fb2a9a1b000, 103464)          = 0
> set_tid_address(0x7fb2a9a16a90)         = 3388
> set_robust_list(0x7fb2a9a16aa0, 24)     = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {0x39bba068c0, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_SIGINFO,
> 0x39bba0f750}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0x39bba06950, [],
> SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO, 0x39bba0f750}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0
> getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM64_INFINITY}) = 0
> writev(2, [{"lxc-start", 9}, {": ", 2}, {"symbol lookup error", 19},
> {": ", 2}, {"lxc-start", 9}, {": ", 2}, {"undefined symbol:
> lxc_caps_init", 31}, {"", 0}, {"", 0}, {"\n", 1}], 10lxc-start: symbol
> lookup error: lxc-start: undefined symbol: lxc_caps_init
> ) = 75
> exit_group(127)                         = ?
> +++ exited with 127 +++
> 
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2014-04-17 at 07:29 -0400, CDR wrote:
> >> I followed the instructions and it works, indeed.
> >> I erased first all lxc rpms and the installed the new ones
> >
> >> rpm -qa |grep lxc
> >> lxc-libs-1.0.3-1.fc20.x86_64
> >> lxc-debuginfo-1.0.3-1.fc20.x86_64
> >> lxc-1.0.3-1.fc20.x86_64
> >> libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-1.1.3.4-4.fc20.x86_64
> >
> >> However, I hit a problem when starting a container.
> >> lxc-start -d -n dialer-1
> >> lxc-start: symbol lookup error: lxc-start: undefined symbol: lxc_caps_init
> >
> >> This means that the code is left to pull this function from package
> >> that is not there?
> >
> > That usually means you've got an old library dangling around or you have
> > processes with a deleted library locked in memory.  That most often
> > happens when you've done a manual "./configure ; make ; make install"
> > and pieces are now installed where you don't want them.  In that case,
> > ldconfig may have the lxc-libs located in a different path location than
> > what you've installed.  It could also occur if you have running
> > containers with an incompatible library.
> >
> > First thing I would do is inspect /usr/local and look for any lxc
> > components and get rid of them.
> >
> > Second thing I would do is reboot to make sure you have no stale
> > processes holding an old library in common memory.
> >
> > Then try it again.
> >
> > This is why I strictly go with the yum/rpm route when working with
> > managed packages like LXC.
> >
> >> Any help would be appreciated, or a patch that would not use this
> >> function. My containers are unbound, only for internal use, so I want
> >> them to use as much resources as needed.
> >
> > What rpm is showing is that you have a coherent set of packages that
> > should not be encountering this problem.  The error indicates the
> > presence of an unmanaged library in memory on on disk.  You might track
> > it down using "ldd /usr/bin/lxc-start" and see what that gives you.
> >
> >> Philip
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike
> >
> >> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 2014-04-16 at 22:04 -0400, CDR wrote:
> >> >> I am using Fedora 20 and try to compile the very latest sources,
> >> >> because they bring new utilities that are very useful.
> >> >> You would assume, I think, that by using ./configure
> >> >> --with-distro=fedora, the right defaults would be pulled over. It is
> >> >> not the case. I need to know how to apply the existing defaults if the
> >> >> software is already running in the box, so the libraries and utilities
> >> >> do not get written to a different places. Particularly annoying is the
> >> >> location of the config files.
> >> >
> >> >> In summary, don't we agree that by using the distro name, the software
> >> >> should either extract or know the right defaults? Unless somebody has
> >> >> a secret way to extract that information from the RPM offered by the
> >> >> distribution.
> >> >
> >> > Interesting.  I guess this is one I might field, since I'm responsible
> >> > for the Fedora template (which does NOT imply the Fedora build).  I
> >> > don't know who the Fedora package manager for the LXC package is and I
> >> > haven't heard from him or her.
> >> >
> >> > I, for one, would NOT expect "./configure --with-distro=fedora" to pull
> >> > the correct results.  That's from experience, although I've never used
> >> > it myself.  It's just something none of us have thought to maintain and
> >> > I have never looked into it.  I didn't even know the option was there in
> >> > configure.
> >> >
> >> > The Fedora Project itself does not even use the default lxc.spec rpm
> >> > spec file from the project but chooses their own .spec file and
> >> > packaging.  Largely, the defaults are similar...
> >> >
> >> > I had been using an explicit build based on our .spec file to create tar
> >> > files and build rpm files using "rpmbuild -ta" but another contributor,
> >> > Dwight (Oracle), pointed out to me that I could just do a "make rpm" in
> >> > a source directory and it would to the correct things to create a Fedora
> >> > rpm.  I've been very successful doing that and now that's all I do.  It
> >> > does the right things.  It uses slightly different packaging from the
> >> > "official" Fedora packages but one that's compatible with the Fedora
> >> > packaging.
> >> >
> >> > If you are manually running "./configure" and "make" on our sources on
> >> > Fedora, my first advice would be DON'T.  You're doing things the hard
> >> > way.  I don't even do that with any stock rpm packages I'm working on.
> >> > Work through the yum/rpm system.  Run "make rpm" and install the rpms
> >> > using "yum localinstall".  That will prevent you from ending up with
> >> > conflicting binaries in differing locations.
> >> >
> >> > In this case, it's actually easier to do the right thing than it is to
> >> > do the manual thing the hard way.  You're trying too hard.
> >> >
> >> >> Philip
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Mike
> >> > --
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