From: Michael Prokop <mika@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:09:08 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Adding workaround for aufs issue in kernel versions around 2.6.33.
X-Git-Tag: debian/3.0_a15-1~69
X-Git-Url: http://git.grml.org/?p=live-boot-grml.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=d43ba3e83f32e24cd4f047b6cc37bc4856454a5f

Adding workaround for aufs issue in kernel versions around 2.6.33.

Directories can't be accessed when read for the first the time,
causing a failure when accessing them. This simple workaround
solves this issue.
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diff --git a/scripts/live b/scripts/live
index 07226fa..0e9b0aa 100755
--- a/scripts/live
+++ b/scripts/live
@@ -1874,6 +1874,12 @@ mountroot ()
 		mount --move /live/image /root/live/image
 	fi
 
+	# aufs2 in kernel versions around 2.6.33 has a regression:
+	# directories can't be accessed when read for the first the time,
+	# causing a failure for example when accessing /var/lib/fai
+	# when booting FAI, this simple workaround solves it
+	ls /root/* >/dev/null 2>&1
+
 	maybe_break live-bottom
 	log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/live-bottom\n"