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Upgrade a system from dracut-057-44.git20230822.el9 to dracut-057-53.git20240104.el9. After upgrade, the network interfaces did not come up.

Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen: dracut-057-53.git20240104.el9.x86_64

How reproducible: Always

Steps to reproduce

1. On a system that renames ethernet interfaces using systemd.link files and uses active-backup bonding, upgrade dracut and regenerate initramfs
2. Reboot
3. Observe that the network links did not come up properly. I see the correct devices in ip link, but the underlying network devices are not up, and the bond devices show NO-CARRIER

Expected results

A system with working network interfaces:

[root@ti128 ~]# ip link ls
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: lan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master bond0 state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:17:9e:0b:71 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr 00:15:17:9e:0b:70
3: lan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master bond0 state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:17:9e:0b:70 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr 00:15:17:9e:0b:71
4: bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:17:9e:0b:70 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: bond0.3005@bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:17:9e:0b:70 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: bond0.3013@bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:17:9e:0b:70 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
7: bond0.3003@bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:17:9e:0b:70 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Actual results

[root@ti128 ~]# ip link ls
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: lan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:17:9e:0b:70 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: lan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:17:9e:0b:71 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: bond0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 22:47:40:d7:b8:d3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: bond0.3005@bond0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 22:47:40:d7:b8:d3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: bond0.3013@bond0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 22:47:40:d7:b8:d3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
7: bond0.3003@bond0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 22:47:40:d7:b8:d3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

When I use  lsinitrd --unpack to compare the contents of the initramfs before and after the upgrade, I see that the upgraded initramfs includes these systemd.link files that were not included in the previous version:

[root@ti128 dracut-057-53.git20240104.el9]# head etc/systemd/network/10-ti-lan*
==> etc/systemd/network/10-ti-lan0.link <==
[Match]
MACAddress=00:15:17:9e:0b:70
Type=!vlan

[Link]
Name=lan0

==> etc/systemd/network/10-ti-lan1.link <==
[Match]
MACAddress=00:15:17:9e:0b:71
Type=!vlan

[Link]
Name=lan1

My suspicion is that the inclusion of these files in the initramfs is somehow leading to brain damage, although I'm not sure why.

In case it  matters, my system is using legacy /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files to configure the interfaces:

[root@ti128 ~]# head 50 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg*
==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0 <==
DEVICE=bond0
TYPE=Bond
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
HOTPLUG=no
NOZEROCONF=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
IPADDR=192.168.50.128
NETMASK=255.255.254.0
BONDING_MASTER=yes
BONDING_OPTS="miimon=0 mode=active-backup arp_all_targets=any primary=lan1 arp_ip_target=192.168.50.38,192.168.50.34,192.168.50.122,192.168.50.50 arp_interval=1000 fail_over_mac=follow arp_validate=none primary_reselect=always"

==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0.3003 <==
DEVICE=bond0.3003
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
HOTPLUG=no
NOZEROCONF=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
VLAN=yes
IPADDR=192.168.53.128
NETMASK=255.255.255.0

==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0.3005 <==
DEVICE=bond0.3005
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
HOTPLUG=no
NOZEROCONF=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
VLAN=yes
IPADDR=192.168.55.128
NETMASK=255.255.255.0

==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0.3013 <==
DEVICE=bond0.3013
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
HOTPLUG=no
NOZEROCONF=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
VLAN=yes
IPADDR=192.168.63.128
NETMASK=255.255.255.0

==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lan0 <==
DEVICE=lan0
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
HOTPLUG=no
NOZEROCONF=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes

==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lan1 <==
DEVICE=lan1
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
HOTPLUG=no
NOZEROCONF=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes