On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 3:59 AM Rusty Bird <rustyb...@net-c.com> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Boryeu Mao: > > For the template install command on Qubes release 4.2.3 > > > > sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-template-fedora-40-minimal > > > > I received a message that > > > > fstrim: /var/tmp/tmpsd1ns61v/var/lib/qubes/vm-template: the discard > > operation is not supported > > Did you maybe mount a tmpfs at /var/tmp? That would explain fstrim not > working. It also wouldn't matter then. > > It was the stock qubes-dom0-update, so all tmpfs operations are what the stock script would do, no manual tmpfs mount. > > The template appears to be running normally, so perhaps this is a > warning > > message. > > Pretty much. The fstrim invocation was added to inform the underlying > storage (LVM Thin by default) of the filesystem hosting /var/tmp that > the space previously used for temporary image files extracted during > the installation process can be freed: > > > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-core-admin-client/commit/4a9b57f91fdf3a2b35a5cf707970d05bf9cadba7 > > But it doesn't affect the installed template. > > In the qvm_template_postprocess.py (which the above link points to), fstrim is called only if the root user does the template install. So I'd need to figure out: (1) why is it that there is no need to free space in the lvm thin volume if a non-root user does the install (2) how would a root-installed template be different from one installed by a non-root user And if fstrim warning means the space didn't get freed as it should, then perhaps I need to keep an eye on lvm volume usage. > Rusty > > Thank you very much for helping. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/CAOBBCnZAtdE%2BQVS%3DMhbuXCGEJGK2LAkCVZRRaOv1OFP1A%2Bjeng%40mail.gmail.com.
