Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
smartmontools:amd64 (6.4+svn4214-1)
shortly after installation of smartmontools systemd starts logging following lines to /var/log/syslog every 5 minutes:
May 6 15:44:52 lethe systemd[25049]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-primary.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-primary.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/host22/target22:0:0/22:0:0:0/block/sde/sde1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:1/0:0:1:0/block/sda/sda1
May 6 15:44:52 lethe systemd[1]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-primary.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-primary.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/host22/target22:0:0/22:0:0:0/block/sde/sde1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:1/0:0:1:0/block/sda/sda1
May 6 15:44:52 lethe systemd[25049]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata2/host1/target1:0:1/1:0:1:0/block/sdb/sdb1
May 6 15:44:52 lethe systemd[1]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata2/host1/target1:0:1/1:0:1:0/block/sdb/sdb1
May 6 15:44:52 lethe systemd[25049]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc1
May 6 15:44:52 lethe systemd[1]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc1
May 6 15:44:55 lethe systemd[25049]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-primary.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-primary.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/host22/target22:0:0/22:0:0:0/block/sde/sde1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/ata15/host14/target14:0:0/14:0:0:0/block/sdl/sdl1
May 6 15:44:55 lethe systemd[1]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-primary.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-primary.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/host22/target22:0:0/22:0:0:0/block/sde/sde1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/ata15/host14/target14:0:0/14:0:0:0/block/sdl/sdl1
May 6 15:44:55 lethe systemd[25049]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/ata16/host15/target15:0:0/15:0:0:0/block/sdm/sdm1
May 6 15:44:55 lethe systemd[1]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/ata16/host15/target15:0:0/15:0:0:0/block/sdm/sdm1
May 6 15:50:02 lethe systemd[25049]: dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device: Dev dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-Linux\x5cx20filesystem.device appeared twice with different sysfs paths /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1 and /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc1
Behavior didn't change after:
* reboot
* service smartd stop
* service smartmontools stop
Behavior did cease only after
* apt purge smartmontools
Besides this logging issue everything seemed to work normally so far.
I'd like to use smartctl, but can't have my syslog cluttered like this. Any ideas?
Matthias
