Rootfs mount order issue (tmpfs + zfs)

[yangm97]

The problem

disko mounts zfs pool before the rootfs mount (which is tmpfs in my case), shadowing the zfs native mounts. Example log:

disko --mode mount hosts/sisyphus/disko-config.nix
+ zpool list sisyphus                                                                                                                                                                                             
+ zpool import -l -R /mnt sisyphus                                                                                                                                                                                
0 / 0 keys successfully loaded                                                                                                                                                                                    
+ findmnt tmpfs /mnt/
+ mount -t tmpfs none /mnt/ -o mode=755 -o X-mount.mkdir
+ findmnt /dev/disk/by-id/usb-USB_SanDisk_3.2Gen1_0901b343af36a38f56915e6ae7f6378d8e795333704cbe0c39e64a2528c00d94de2e000000000000000000003430e0f8ff1f2d2067558107c92aa62d-0:0-part1 /mnt/boot
+ mount /dev/disk/by-id/usb-USB_SanDisk_3.2Gen1_0901b343af36a38f56915e6ae7f6378d8e795333704cbe0c39e64a2528c00d94de2e000000000000000000003430e0f8ff1f2d2067558107c92aa62d-0:0-part1 /mnt/boot -t vfat -o defaults -o X-mount.mkdir
+ findmnt sisyphus/safe/persist /mnt/persist
+ mount sisyphus/safe/persist /mnt/persist -o X-mount.mkdir -o defaults -t zfs

Ideal scenario

disko should mount the root before importing the zfs pool.

BTW I'm only using one legacy mount to workaround impermance desire for a mount which has neededForBoot set from the nix configuration (so it doesn't quite "see" zfs native mounts).

Workarounds

From the log output, it appears to me that using legacy mounts for all zfs datasets would work.

[Lassulus]

not sure if thats a disko or a nixpkgs problem. maybe posting a config which causes the breakage will help me investigate

[yangm97]

Sorry I think I forgot to save the troubling config but this should at least be close to reproducing the issue. If I remember correctly, I ended up using legacy mountpoints for all datasets in order to workaround the ordering issue.

{ ... }: {
  disko.devices = {
    nodev = {
      "/" = {
        fsType = "tmpfs";
        mountOptions = [
          "mode=755"
        ];
      };
    };
    disk = {
      x = {
        type = "disk";
        device = "/dev/disk/by-id/usb-USB_SanDisk_3.2Gen1_0901b343af36a38f56915e6ae7f6378d8e795333704cbe0c39e64a2528c00d94de2e000000000000000000003430e0f8ff1f2d2067558107c92aa62d-0:0";
        content = {
          type = "table";
          format = "gpt";
          partitions = [
            {
              name = "ESP";
              start = "0";
              end = "1024MiB";
              fs-type = "fat32";
              bootable = true;
              content = {
                type = "filesystem";
                format = "vfat";
                mountpoint = "/boot";
              };
            }
            {
              name = "zfs";
              start = "1024MiB";
              end = "100%";
              content = {
                type = "zfs";
                pool = "sisyphus";
              };
            }
          ];
        };
      };
    };
    zpool = {
      sisyphus = {
        type = "zpool";
        options = {
          ashift = "13";
          autotrim = "on";
        };
        rootFsOptions = {
          atime = "off";
          compression = "zstd";
          "com.sun:auto-snapshot" = "false";
          dedup = "on";
          xattr = "sa";
          mountpoint = "none";
        };
        mountRoot = "/mnt";
        postCreateHook = "zfs snapshot -r sisyphus@blank";

        datasets = {
          local.type = "zfs_fs";
          "local/reserved" = {
            type = "zfs_fs";
            options.mountpoint = "none";
            options.reservation = "12G";
          };
          "local/nix" = {
            type = "zfs_fs";
            # options.mountpoint = "/nix";
            options.mountpoint = "legacy";
            mountpoint = "/nix";
          };
          safe.type = "zfs_fs";
          "safe/persist" = {
            type = "zfs_fs";
            options."com.sun:auto-snapshot" = "true";
            # options.mountpoint = "/persist";
            options.mountpoint = "legacy";
            mountpoint = "/persist";
          };
          "safe/home" = {
            type = "zfs_fs";
            options.recordsize = "1M";
            # options.mountpoint = "/home";
            options.mountpoint = "legacy";
            mountpoint = "/home";
            options."com.sun:auto-snapshot" = "true";
          };
          "safe/home/andre" = {
            type = "zfs_fs";
            options.mountpoint = "legacy";
            mountpoint = "/home/andre";
          };
          "safe/home/yan" = {
            type = "zfs_fs";
            options.mountpoint = "legacy";
            mountpoint = "/home/yan";
          };
        };
      };
    };
  };
}

[Enzime]

I think this issue should be fixed by #474

[iFreilicht]

As that PR got merged, I'll close this issue for now. Feel free to re-open if you're still experiencing this issue.