Could not enable event receiver: Invalid argument on static build (for ESXi) #20

glorang commented 2024年02月02日 14:57:52 +01:00

I've compiled a static version of ipmitool based on latest source tree here (codeberg.org) available. Executing this on ESXi VMware 7 with an Intel BMC yields following error:

# ./ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b lan print 3
IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory
Failed to load entries from IANA PEN Registry
Could not enable event receiver: Invalid argument

With strace:

# strace -f ./ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b lan print 3
execve("./ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b", ["./ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5"..., "lan", "print", "3"], [/* 18 vars */]) = 0
arch_prctl(0x3001 /* ARCH_??? */) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
brk(0) = 0xc9c7765000
brk(0xc9c7765e00) = 0xc9c7765e00
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0xc9c7765400) = 0
set_tid_address(0xc9c77656d0) = 2242671
set_robust_list(0xc9c77656e0, 0x18) = 0
syscall_334(0xc9c7765da0, 0x20, 0, 0x53053053, 0, 0x800, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0) = -1 (errno 38)
uname({sys="VMkernel", node="SERVER.DOMAIN.COM", ...}) = 0
syscall_302(0, 0x3, 0, 0x329c3db8b70, 0x3, 0x800, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50) = -1 (errno 38)
readlink("/proc/self/exe", 0x329c3db7ab0, 4096) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
syscall_318(0x6e9b10, 0x8, 0x1, 0x329c3db8b70, 0, 0x800, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50) = 0x8
brk(0xc9c7786e00) = 0xc9c7786e00
brk(0xc9c7787000) = 0xc9c7787000
mprotect(0x637000, 81920, PROT_READ) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
newfstatat(3, "", 0x6e5340, 0x1000 /* AT_??? */) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x440de0, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x4b6560}, {SIG_DFL, ~[KILL STOP RTMIN RT_1], 0}, 8) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "//.local/usr/share/misc/enterprise-numbers", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/local/share/misc/enterprise-numbers", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "IANA PEN registry open failed: N"..., 57IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory
) = 57
write(2, "Failed to load entries from IANA"..., 46Failed to load entries from IANA PEN Registry
) = 46
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/ipmi0", O_RDWR) = 3
ioctl(3, IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD, 0x329c3db897c) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
write(2, "Could not enable event receiver:"..., 50Could not enable event receiver: Invalid argument
) = 50
exit_group(1) = ?

After some trial & error I managed to get it up & running with 1.8.18 on the same machine so guess this is a bug in more recent versions?

# ./ipmitool.static -V
ipmitool.static version 1.8.18
# ./ipmitool.static lan print 3
Set in Progress : Set Complete
Auth Type Support : MD5 PASSWORD
Auth Type Enable : Callback :
 : User :
....

I've compiled the static versions as follows:

1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b

./bootstrap
LDFLAGS=-static ./configure --disable-intf-lanplus
make
cd src
/bin/bash ../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu11 -pedantic -Wformat -Wformat-nonliteral -all-static -o ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b ipmitool.o ipmishell.o ../lib/libipmitool.la plugins/libintf.la -lcrypto -lreadline -ltinfo

I had to add -ltinfo manually otherwise it would not link but not sure if that is relevant to this issue

1.8.18

Latest source from SourceForge + Gentoo Patch #706870

./bootstrap
LDFLAGS=-static ./configure --disable-intf-lanplus
make
cd src
/bin/bash ../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -pedantic -Wformat -Wformat-nonliteral -all-static -o ipmitool.static ipmitool.o ipmishell.o ../lib/libipmitool.la plugins/libintf.la -lreadline -lncurses -ltinfo -lreadline -lncurses -ltinfo -lcrypto

I've compiled a static version of ipmitool based on latest source tree here (codeberg.org) available. Executing this on ESXi VMware 7 with an Intel BMC yields following error: ``` # ./ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b lan print 3 IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory Failed to load entries from IANA PEN Registry Could not enable event receiver: Invalid argument ``` With strace: ``` # strace -f ./ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b lan print 3 execve("./ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b", ["./ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5"..., "lan", "print", "3"], [/* 18 vars */]) = 0 arch_prctl(0x3001 /* ARCH_??? */) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) brk(0) = 0xc9c7765000 brk(0xc9c7765e00) = 0xc9c7765e00 arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0xc9c7765400) = 0 set_tid_address(0xc9c77656d0) = 2242671 set_robust_list(0xc9c77656e0, 0x18) = 0 syscall_334(0xc9c7765da0, 0x20, 0, 0x53053053, 0, 0x800, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0, 0x6371c0) = -1 (errno 38) uname({sys="VMkernel", node="SERVER.DOMAIN.COM", ...}) = 0 syscall_302(0, 0x3, 0, 0x329c3db8b70, 0x3, 0x800, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50) = -1 (errno 38) readlink("/proc/self/exe", 0x329c3db7ab0, 4096) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) syscall_318(0x6e9b10, 0x8, 0x1, 0x329c3db8b70, 0, 0x800, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50, 0x329c3db8c50) = 0x8 brk(0xc9c7786e00) = 0xc9c7786e00 brk(0xc9c7787000) = 0xc9c7787000 mprotect(0x637000, 81920, PROT_READ) = 0 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 newfstatat(3, "", 0x6e5340, 0x1000 /* AT_??? */) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) close(3) = 0 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x440de0, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x4b6560}, {SIG_DFL, ~[KILL STOP RTMIN RT_1], 0}, 8) = 0 openat(AT_FDCWD, "//.local/usr/share/misc/enterprise-numbers", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/local/share/misc/enterprise-numbers", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "IANA PEN registry open failed: N"..., 57IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory ) = 57 write(2, "Failed to load entries from IANA"..., 46Failed to load entries from IANA PEN Registry ) = 46 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/ipmi0", O_RDWR) = 3 ioctl(3, IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD, 0x329c3db897c) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) write(2, "Could not enable event receiver:"..., 50Could not enable event receiver: Invalid argument ) = 50 exit_group(1) = ? ``` After some trial & error I managed to get it up & running with 1.8.18 on the same machine so guess this is a bug in more recent versions? ``` # ./ipmitool.static -V ipmitool.static version 1.8.18 # ./ipmitool.static lan print 3 Set in Progress : Set Complete Auth Type Support : MD5 PASSWORD Auth Type Enable : Callback : : User : .... ``` I've compiled the static versions as follows: *1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b* ``` ./bootstrap LDFLAGS=-static ./configure --disable-intf-lanplus make cd src /bin/bash ../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu11 -pedantic -Wformat -Wformat-nonliteral -all-static -o ipmitool.static-1.8.19.19.gab5ce5b ipmitool.o ipmishell.o ../lib/libipmitool.la plugins/libintf.la -lcrypto -lreadline -ltinfo ``` I had to add `-ltinfo` manually otherwise it would not link but not sure if that is relevant to this issue *1.8.18* Latest source from SourceForge + [Gentoo Patch #706870](https://706870.bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=649446) ``` ./bootstrap LDFLAGS=-static ./configure --disable-intf-lanplus make cd src /bin/bash ../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -pedantic -Wformat -Wformat-nonliteral -all-static -o ipmitool.static ipmitool.o ipmishell.o ../lib/libipmitool.la plugins/libintf.la -lreadline -lncurses -ltinfo -lreadline -lncurses -ltinfo -lcrypto ```

AlexanderAmelkin commented 2025年11月11日 14:46:11 +01:00

The difference I see so far is this:

- int i = 0;
-
...
- if (ioctl(intf->fd, IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD, &i) < 0) {
+ int receive_events = TRUE;
+
+ if (ioctl(intf->fd, IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD, &receive_events) < 0) {

That is, in 1.8.18 the ioctl was called with the argument 0 and now it is called with the same argument set to TRUE (1).
Can you please check if changing TRUE to FALSE fixes it for you?

The change was intentionally introduced by commit c70665c3d1, and it looks like your ipmi driver doesn't support receiving the events which this new line attempts to enable.

It doesn't look like an ipmitool bug though. More like a problem of ESXi 7 that, in my experience, is abundant in various issues

The difference I see so far is this: ```diff - int i = 0; - ... - if (ioctl(intf->fd, IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD, &i) < 0) { + int receive_events = TRUE; + + if (ioctl(intf->fd, IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD, &receive_events) < 0) { ``` That is, in 1.8.18 the `ioctl` was called with the argument `0` and now it is called with the same argument set to `TRUE` (`1`). Can you please check if changing `TRUE` to `FALSE` fixes it for you? The change was intentionally introduced by commit c70665c3d1ae8d19634eb2ea386d1065a4cff506, and it looks like your ipmi driver doesn't support receiving the events which this new line attempts to enable. It doesn't look like an `ipmitool` bug though. More like a problem of ESXi 7 that, in my experience, is abundant in various issues

AlexanderAmelkin commented 2025年11月11日 14:48:07 +01:00

If you're willing to, I can suggest you prepare a PR with some conditional compilation directives around the new code to make it behave the old way for ESXi 7

If you're willing to, I can suggest you prepare a PR with some conditional compilation directives around the new code to make it behave the old way for ESXi 7