[LU-7884] utils: mkfs prevents the creation of loopback files in /dev/shm

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.10.0
• Labels: patch
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Henri Doreau (Inactive)
• Reporter: CEA

Description

When using the llmount.sh script with TMP=/dev/shm it failed with:

1. Formatting mgs, mds, osts
2. Format mds1: /dev/shm/lustre-mdt1
3. mkfs.lustre: /dev/shm/lustre-mdt1 apparently does not exist
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4. mkfs.lustre FATAL: unable to prepare backend (2)
5. mkfs.lustre: exiting with 2 (No such file or directory)

This is certainly related to LU-1047 ("utils: mkfs shouldn't create loopback files in /dev")
This makes sense but it would be nice to declare /dev/shm as an exception.

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-9792 "loop" devices testing with zfs is broken