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  2. FDP-3338

[image mode]install openvswitch failed with Setting xattrs: fsetxattr

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       Problem Description: Clearly explain the issue.

      Installation of OpenVSwitch 3.6 failed, leaving a pending deployment.

       Impact Assessment: Describe the severity and impact (e.g., network down,availability of a workaround, etc.).

      This is the first failure. An error occurred in the openvswitch 3.6 RPM file when setting SELinux xattr, causing the A (-apply-live) step to abort, leaving a pending deployment pointing to commit f5aac51...

      Subsequently, all rpm-ostree -A ... install commands complete the "Staging deployment...done" process, but all fail in the apply-live phase:

       Software Versions: Specify the exact versions in use (e.g.,openvswitch3.1-3.1.0-147.el8fdp).

      openvswitch3.6-3.6.0-12.el9fdp.x86_64

        Issue Type: Indicate whether this is a new issue or a regression (if a regression, state the last known working version).

      new issue

       Reproducibility: Confirm if the issue can be reproduced consistently. If not, describe how often it occurs.

      100%

       Reproduction Steps: Provide detailed steps or scripts to replicate the issue.

      1.install openvswitch-selinux-extra

      rpm-ostree -A --assumeyes --idempotent --allow-inactive install http://download.devel.redhat.com/brewroot/vol/rhel-9/packages/openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy/1.0/39.el9fdp/noarch/openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-39.el9fdp.noarch.rpm
      Downloading http://download.devel.redhat.com/brewroot/vol/rhel-9/packages/openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy/1.0/39.el9fdp/noarch/openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-39.el9fdp.noarch.rpm...done
      Checking out tree 26f8063...done
      Enabled rpm-md repositories: beaker-AppStream-debuginfo beaker-AppStream beaker-BaseOS-debuginfo beaker-BaseOS beaker-CRB-debuginfo beaker-CRB beaker-HighAvailability-debuginfo beaker-HighAvailability beaker-NFV-debuginfo beaker-NFV beaker-RT-debuginfo beaker-RT beaker-SAP-debuginfo beaker-SAP beaker-SAPHANA-debuginfo beaker-SAPHANA beaker-buildroot beaker-harness beaker-tasks epel-cisco-openh264 epel jianhong-harness
      Importing rpm-md...done
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-AppStream-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:17Z solvables: 4698
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-AppStream' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:16Z solvables: 6522
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-BaseOS-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:37Z solvables: 1434
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-BaseOS' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:36Z solvables: 1185
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-CRB-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:56Z solvables: 528
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-CRB' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:58Z solvables: 2117
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-HighAvailability-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:10Z solvables: 27
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-HighAvailability' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:10Z solvables: 44
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-NFV-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:18Z solvables: 2
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-NFV' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:15Z solvables: 19
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-RT-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:26Z solvables: 2
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-RT' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:26Z solvables: 19
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAP-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:48Z solvables: 12
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAP' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:48Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAPHANA-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:57Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAPHANA' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:56Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-buildroot' (cached); generated: 2026-03-08T23:23:21Z solvables: 1864
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-harness' (cached); generated: 2025-10-10T14:57:02Z solvables: 204
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-tasks' (cached); generated: 2026-03-05T12:42:44Z solvables: 24633
      rpm-md repo 'epel-cisco-openh264' (cached); generated: 2023-05-22T16:19:21Z solvables: 4
      rpm-md repo 'epel' (cached); generated: 2026-03-09T01:30:35Z solvables: 30910
      rpm-md repo 'jianhong-harness' (cached); generated: 2025-10-18T06:03:23Z solvables: 319
      Resolving dependencies...done
      Checking out packages...done
      Running pre scripts...done
      Running post scripts...done
      Running posttrans scripts...done
      Writing rpmdb...done
      Writing OSTree commit...done
      Staging deployment...done
      Freed: 86.1 MB (pkgcache branches: 0)
      Computing /etc diff to preserve...done
      Updating /usr...done
      Updating /etc...done
      Running systemd-tmpfiles for /run and /var...done
      Added:
        compat-openssl11-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_6.1.x86_64
        conntrack-tools-1.4.7-4.el9_5.x86_64
        gpm-libs-1.20.7-29.el9.x86_64
        gtksourceview4-4.8.1-5.el9.x86_64
        guestfs-tools-1.52.2-6.el9.x86_64
        iperf3-3.9-16.el9.x86_64
        kernel-rt-modules-internal-5.14.0-687.el9.x86_64
        libguestfs-1:1.54.0-11.el9.x86_64
        libguestfs-appliance-1:1.54.0-11.el9.x86_64
        libguestfs-xfs-1:1.54.0-11.el9.x86_64
        libnetfilter_cthelper-1.0.0-22.el9.x86_64
        libnetfilter_cttimeout-1.0.0-19.el9.x86_64
        libnetfilter_queue-1.0.5-1.el9.x86_64
        libvirt-daemon-kvm-11.10.0-4.el9.x86_64
        libvirt-ssh-proxy-11.10.0-4.el9.x86_64
        netronome-firmware-20260130-160.el9.noarch
        openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-39.el9fdp.noarch
        perl-Class-Inspector-1.36-7.el9.noarch
        perl-Exporter-Tiny-1.002002-6.el9.noarch
        perl-File-ShareDir-1.118-4.el9.noarch
        perl-List-MoreUtils-0.430-4.el9.noarch
        perl-List-MoreUtils-XS-0.430-5.el9.x86_64
        perl-Params-Util-1.102-5.el9.x86_64
        perl-Sys-Guestfs-1:1.54.0-11.el9.x86_64
        perl-hivex-1.3.24-1.el9.x86_64
        perl-libintl-perl-1.32-4.el9.x86_64
        python3-cairo-1.20.1-1.el9.x86_64
        python3-gobject-3.40.1-6.el9.x86_64
        rpm-build-4.16.1.3-40.el9.x86_64
        rpmdevtools-9.5-1.el9.noarch
        vim-common-2:8.2.2637-25.el9.x86_64
        vim-enhanced-2:8.2.2637-25.el9.x86_64
        vim-filesystem-2:8.2.2637-25.el9.noarch
        virt-manager-5.1.0-1.el9.noarch
        virt-win-reg-1.52.2-6.el9.noarch
      Successfully updated running filesystem tree.

       

      2.install openvswitch

      rpm-ostree -A --assumeyes --idempotent --allow-inactive install http://download.devel.redhat.com/brewroot/vol/rhel-9/packages/openvswitch3.6/3.6.0/12.el9fdp/x86_64/openvswitch3.6-3.6.0-12.el9fdp.x86_64.rpm
      Downloading http://download.devel.redhat.com/brewroot/vol/rhel-9/packages/openvswitch3.6/3.6.0/12.el9fdp/x86_64/openvswitch3.6-3.6.0-12.el9fdp.x86_64.rpm...done
      Checking out tree 26f8063...done
      Enabled rpm-md repositories: beaker-AppStream-debuginfo beaker-AppStream beaker-BaseOS-debuginfo beaker-BaseOS beaker-CRB-debuginfo beaker-CRB beaker-HighAvailability-debuginfo beaker-HighAvailability beaker-NFV-debuginfo beaker-NFV beaker-RT-debuginfo beaker-RT beaker-SAP-debuginfo beaker-SAP beaker-SAPHANA-debuginfo beaker-SAPHANA beaker-buildroot beaker-harness beaker-tasks epel-cisco-openh264 epel jianhong-harness
      Importing rpm-md...done
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-AppStream-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:17Z solvables: 4698
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-AppStream' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:16Z solvables: 6522
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-BaseOS-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:37Z solvables: 1434
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-BaseOS' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:36Z solvables: 1185
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-CRB-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:56Z solvables: 528
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-CRB' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:58Z solvables: 2117
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-HighAvailability-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:10Z solvables: 27
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-HighAvailability' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:10Z solvables: 44
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-NFV-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:18Z solvables: 2
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-NFV' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:15Z solvables: 19
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-RT-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:26Z solvables: 2
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-RT' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:26Z solvables: 19
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAP-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:48Z solvables: 12
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAP' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:48Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAPHANA-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:57Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAPHANA' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:56Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-buildroot' (cached); generated: 2026-03-08T23:23:21Z solvables: 1864
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-harness' (cached); generated: 2025-10-10T14:57:02Z solvables: 204
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-tasks' (cached); generated: 2026-03-05T12:42:44Z solvables: 24633
      rpm-md repo 'epel-cisco-openh264' (cached); generated: 2023-05-22T16:19:21Z solvables: 4
      rpm-md repo 'epel' (cached); generated: 2026-03-09T01:30:35Z solvables: 30910
      rpm-md repo 'jianhong-harness' (cached); generated: 2025-10-18T06:03:23Z solvables: 319
      Resolving dependencies...done
      Relabeling...done
      Checking out packages...done
      Running pre scripts...done
      Running post scripts...done
      Running posttrans scripts...done
      Writing rpmdb...done
      Writing OSTree commit...done
      Staging deployment...done
      Freed: 85.2 MB (pkgcache branches: 0)
      Computing /etc diff to preserve...done
      Updating /usr...done
      error: Checking out added dir "/share/openvswitch": Copy checkout of b653b232441aa8e5ecfede049eb749690429087729043f6f5ed1cdcd1ee28b3e to ovs-kmod-ctl: Setting xattrs: fsetxattr(security.selinux): Invalid argument

       Expected Behavior: Describe what should happen under normal circumstances.

      when install openvswitch, rpm-ostree won't raise error such as

      error: Checking out added dir "/share/openvswitch": Copy checkout of b653b232441aa8e5ecfede049eb749690429087729043f6f5ed1cdcd1ee28b3e to ovs-kmod-ctl: Setting xattrs: fsetxattr(security.selinux): Invalid argument

       Observed Behavior: Explain what actually happens.

      error: Checking out added dir "/share/openvswitch": Copy checkout of b653b232441aa8e5ecfede049eb749690429087729043f6f5ed1cdcd1ee28b3e to ovs-kmod-ctl: Setting xattrs: fsetxattr(security.selinux): Invalid argument

       

      if I try to install other packages, rpm-ostree will blocked.

      rpm-ostree -A --assumeyes --idempotent --allow-inactive install wireshark
      Checking out tree 26f8063...done
      Enabled rpm-md repositories: beaker-AppStream-debuginfo beaker-AppStream beaker-BaseOS-debuginfo beaker-BaseOS beaker-CRB-debuginfo beaker-CRB beaker-HighAvailability-debuginfo beaker-HighAvailability beaker-NFV-debuginfo beaker-NFV beaker-RT-debuginfo beaker-RT beaker-SAP-debuginfo beaker-SAP beaker-SAPHANA-debuginfo beaker-SAPHANA beaker-buildroot beaker-harness beaker-tasks epel-cisco-openh264 epel jianhong-harness
      Importing rpm-md...done
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-AppStream-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:17Z solvables: 4698
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-AppStream' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:16Z solvables: 6522
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-BaseOS-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:37Z solvables: 1434
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-BaseOS' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:36Z solvables: 1185
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-CRB-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:56Z solvables: 528
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-CRB' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:25:58Z solvables: 2117
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-HighAvailability-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:10Z solvables: 27
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-HighAvailability' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:10Z solvables: 44
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-NFV-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:18Z solvables: 2
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-NFV' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:15Z solvables: 19
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-RT-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:26Z solvables: 2
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-RT' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:26Z solvables: 19
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAP-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:48Z solvables: 12
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAP' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:48Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAPHANA-debuginfo' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:57Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-SAPHANA' (cached); generated: 2026-03-01T22:26:56Z solvables: 10
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-buildroot' (cached); generated: 2026-03-08T23:23:21Z solvables: 1864
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-harness' (cached); generated: 2025-10-10T14:57:02Z solvables: 204
      rpm-md repo 'beaker-tasks' (cached); generated: 2026-03-05T12:42:44Z solvables: 24633
      rpm-md repo 'epel-cisco-openh264' (cached); generated: 2023-05-22T16:19:21Z solvables: 4
      rpm-md repo 'epel' (cached); generated: 2026-03-09T01:30:35Z solvables: 30910
      rpm-md repo 'jianhong-harness' (cached); generated: 2025-10-18T06:03:23Z solvables: 319
      Resolving dependencies...done
      Will download: 28 packages (36.8 MB)
      Downloading from 'beaker-AppStream'...done
      Importing packages...done
      Checking out packages...done
      Running pre scripts...done
      Running post scripts...done
      Running posttrans scripts...done
      Writing rpmdb...done
      Writing OSTree commit...done
      Staging deployment...done
      error: Previously interrupted while targeting commit f5aac51bcde0f2d388583dd2bb79f518614b1bde59bc11988011d115d069aaff, cannot change target to 785ff739754c903562f273bb6427949dc9a3724286d41f3cf7309b32b4b58b4a

       Troubleshooting Actions: Outline the steps taken to diagnose or resolve the issue so far.

      reboot system will workaround this issue.

       Logs: If you collected logs please provide them (e.g. sos report, /var/log/openvswitch/* , testpmd console)

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