Bug#989229: grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
On Sat, 10 Jul 2021, Colin Watson wrote: Control: reassign -1 linux Control: affects -1 grub2-common On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:00:17PM -0400, Joseph Maher wrote: grub seems unhappy on my laptop (testing=bullseye, acer spin 1), currently grub-install doesn't work, and so the various grub packages aren't installable / upgradable Not sure what the severity should be, or which package I should file a bug against, but I've appended some typical output below that may or may not be useful: Yours Joseph # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables. grub-install: warning: efivarfs_get_variable: read failed: Interrupted system call. grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: Interrupted system call. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Interrupted system call. # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --debug This output is very verbose, but I've left a copy here: https://www.maher.org.uk/~joseph/20210529-grub-install.log # efibootmgr Skipping unreadable variable "Boot": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0001": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0002": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0003": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0005": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0008": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot000B": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot000E": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0011": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0014": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0017": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2001": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2002": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2003": Interrupted system call show_order(): Interrupted system call The fact that both grub-install and efibootmgr are getting EINTR here (albeit with different subsequent effects) suggests to me that the problem is at a lower level. This looks like it's probably a kernel bug, or maybe (though less likely IMO) a bug in the efivar userspace library. Reassigning to the kernel for now. I suspect "strace -f -s 1024 grub-install --target=x86_64-efi" and "strace -f -s 1024 efibootmgr" might be helpful, along with checking dmesg to see if the kernel is logging any errors there. -- Colin Watson (he/him) [cjwat...@debian.org] Thanks for the advice to check dmesg - the kernel seems to think there is a firmware bug, which somehow I didn't notice earlier: [Sun Jul 11 20:36:36 2021] [Firmware Bug]: Page fault caused by firmware at PA: 0x66cd61d0 [Sun Jul 11 20:36:36 2021] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 66728 at arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c:712 efi_recover_from_page_fault+0x2a/0 xc0 [Sun Jul 11 20:36:36 2021] Modules linked in: tun ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs cdrom minix msdos jfs xfs rfcomm ctr ccm cmac algif_has h algif_skcipher af_alg bnep binfmt_misc nls_ascii nls_cp437 vfat fat ext4 btusb ath10k_pci mbcache btrtl btbcm btintel jbd2 s nd_hda_codec_hdmi ath10k_core snd_sof_pci snd_sof_intel_byt snd_sof_intel_ipc snd_sof_intel_hda_common snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_ sof bluetooth snd_sof_intel_hda snd_soc_skl snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_soc_hdac_hda ath snd_hda_ext_core snd_soc_sst_ipc mac802 11 snd_hda_codec_generic snd_soc_sst_dsp ledtrig_audio intel_rapl_msr snd_soc_acpi_intel_match snd_soc_acpi jitterentropy_rng snd_hda_intel x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel snd_intel_dspcfg kvm soundwire_intel soundwire_generic_ allocation snd_soc_core joydev snd_compress soundwire_cadence uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc irqbypass rapl videobuf2_memops wdat_ wdt intel_cstate videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_common watchdog drbg rtsx_usb_ms serio_raw pcspkr cfg80211 ansi_cprng videodev [Sun Jul 11 20:36:36 2021] hid_sensor_accel_3d hid_sensor_trigger efi_pstore memstick snd_hda_codec hid_sensor_iio_common ind ustrialio_triggered_buffer ecdh_generic kfifo_buf ecc acer_wmi at24 crc16 industrialio wmi_bmof mc hid_multitouch rfkill snd_h da_core snd_hwdep soundwire_bus intel_xhci_usb_role_switch tpm_crb libarc4 roles tpm_tis tpm_tis_core snd_pcm snd_timer intel_ vbtn soc_button_array sparse_keymap ac evdev snd tpm mei_me soundcore rng_core mei int3403_thermal processor_thermal_device in tel_rapl_common int3400_thermal int340x_thermal_zone acpi_thermal_rel intel_soc_dts_iosf intel_pmc_core msr parport_pc ppdev l p parport fuse configfs efivarfs ip_tables x_tables autofs4 btrfs blake2b_generic xor raid6_pq libcrc32c crc32c_generic rtsx_usb_sdmmc rtsx_usb usbhid dm_crypt dm_mod hid_sensor_custom hid_sensor_hub i915 hid_generic mmc_block crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper cec drm ahci
Processed: Re: Bug#989229: grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
Processing control commands: > reassign -1 linux Bug #989229 [grub2-common] grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables. Bug reassigned from package 'grub2-common' to 'linux'. No longer marked as found in versions grub2/2.04-17. Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #989229 to the same values previously set > affects -1 grub2-common Bug #989229 [linux] grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables. Added indication that 989229 affects grub2-common -- 989229: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989229 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems
Bug#989229: grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
Control: reassign -1 linux Control: affects -1 grub2-common On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:00:17PM -0400, Joseph Maher wrote: > grub seems unhappy on my laptop (testing=bullseye, acer spin 1), currently > grub-install doesn't work, and so the various grub packages aren't > installable / upgradable > > Not sure what the severity should be, or which package I should file a bug > against, but I've appended some typical output below that may or may not be > useful: > > Yours > > Joseph > > > # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi > Installing for x86_64-efi platform. > grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables. > grub-install: warning: efivarfs_get_variable: read failed: Interrupted system > call. > grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: > Interrupted system call. > grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Interrupted > system call. > > > # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --debug > > This output is very verbose, but I've left a copy here: > > https://www.maher.org.uk/~joseph/20210529-grub-install.log > > > > # efibootmgr Skipping unreadable variable "Boot": Interrupted system > call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0001": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0002": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0003": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0005": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0008": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot000B": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot000E": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0011": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0014": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0017": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2001": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2002": Interrupted system call > Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2003": Interrupted system call > show_order(): Interrupted system call The fact that both grub-install and efibootmgr are getting EINTR here (albeit with different subsequent effects) suggests to me that the problem is at a lower level. This looks like it's probably a kernel bug, or maybe (though less likely IMO) a bug in the efivar userspace library. Reassigning to the kernel for now. I suspect "strace -f -s 1024 grub-install --target=x86_64-efi" and "strace -f -s 1024 efibootmgr" might be helpful, along with checking dmesg to see if the kernel is logging any errors there. -- Colin Watson (he/him) [cjwat...@debian.org]
Bug#989229: grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
Package: grub2-common Version: 2.04-17 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable grub seems unhappy on my laptop (testing=bullseye, acer spin 1), currently grub-install doesn't work, and so the various grub packages aren't installable / upgradable Not sure what the severity should be, or which package I should file a bug against, but I've appended some typical output below that may or may not be useful: Yours Joseph # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables. grub-install: warning: efivarfs_get_variable: read failed: Interrupted system call. grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: Interrupted system call. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Interrupted system call. # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --debug This output is very verbose, but I've left a copy here: https://www.maher.org.uk/~joseph/20210529-grub-install.log # efibootmgr Skipping unreadable variable "Boot": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0001": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0002": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0003": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0005": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0008": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot000B": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot000E": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0011": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0014": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0017": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2001": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2002": Interrupted system call Skipping unreadable variable "Boot2003": Interrupted system call show_order(): Interrupted system call # efivar -l 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0003 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-dbxDefault 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-dbDefault 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-KEKDefault 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-PKDefault 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0017 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0014 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0011 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot000E 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot000B 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0008 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0005 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-AUPS 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-ACUB 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-OsIndications a9b5f8d2-cb6d-42c2-bc01-b5ffaae4335e-PBRDevicePath d719b2cb-3d3a-4596-a3bc-dad00e67656f-db 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-KEK 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-PK 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0002 eaec226f-c9a3-477a-a826-ddc716cdc0e3-OfflineUniqueIDEKPubCRC eaec226f-c9a3-477a-a826-ddc716cdc0e3-OfflineUniqueIDEKPub 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0001 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-WBSN 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-WBMN 59d1c24f-50f1-401a-b101-f33e0daed443-TargetHddDevPath a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d-BootType 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-BootOrder bf661981-1bce-42fc-abc4-716d8531aac5-WIFICTL 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-ASSN 0d9a1427-e02a-437d-926b-aa521fd722ba-PciLanInfo 04b37fe8-f6ae-480b-bdd5-37d98c5e89aa-VarErrorFlag 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-AEBT 0a4cd120-ea2d-4aef-a4b0-b0c08cbbdbbe-BootDevice 59d1c24f-50f1-401a-b101-f33e0daed443-PhysicalBootOrder 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot2003 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot2002 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot2001 59d1c24f-50f1-401a-b101-f33e0daed443-EMMC_DTR 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-SMAC 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-SMAB 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-SMAA 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConIn 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Timeout 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-A01LastSataPortPresent 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-ABRV a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d-Custom 59d1c24f-50f1-401a-b101-f33e0daed443-CustomPlatformLang 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-ACFB 59d1c24f-50f1-401a-b101-f33e0daed443-AdministerSecureBoot 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-ASTM aeb9c5c1-94f1-4d02-bfd9-4602db2d3c54-Tcg2PhysicalPresence aeb9c5c1-94f1-4d02-bfd9-4602db2d3c54-Tcg2PhysicalPresenceFlags e20939be-32d4-41be-a150-897f85d49829-MemoryOverwriteRequestControl 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-AFBD 89cb0e8d-393c-4830-bfff-65d9147e8c3b-AACV 382af2bb--abcd-aaee-cce099338877-SecureFlashInfo 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-PlatformLang 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Lang fd21bf2b-f5d1-46c5-aee3-c60158339239-MsdmAddress eb704011-1402-11d3-8e77-00a0c969723b-MTC
