Fixing issue where blkid causes SysCallException (#1445)

* Moving a partprobe() call to better allow for cache updates

* Trying to improve Partition()._fetch_information()

* Removed a sleep() for debugging purposes

* Tweaked a sleep

3 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk/filesystem.py b/archinstall/lib/disk/filesystem.py
index 90656308..5d5952a0 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk/filesystem.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk/filesystem.py
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ class Filesystem:
 
 		if self.parted(parted_string):
 			for count in range(storage.get('DISK_RETRY_ATTEMPTS', 3)):
-				self.partprobe()
 				self.blockdevice.flush_cache()
 
 				new_partition_uuids = [partition.part_uuid for partition in self.blockdevice.partitions.values()]
@@ -271,7 +270,10 @@ class Filesystem:
 						raise err
 				else:
 					log(f"Could not get UUID for partition. Waiting {storage.get('DISK_TIMEOUTS', 1) * count}s before retrying.",level=logging.DEBUG)
-					time.sleep(storage.get('DISK_TIMEOUTS', 1) * count)
+					self.partprobe()
+					time.sleep(max(0.1, storage.get('DISK_TIMEOUTS', 1)))
+		else:
+			print("Parted did not return True during partition creation")
 
 		total_partitions = set([partition.part_uuid for partition in self.blockdevice.partitions.values()])
 		total_partitions.update(previous_partuuids)
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk/helpers.py b/archinstall/lib/disk/helpers.py
index 60efe724..a148a5db 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk/helpers.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk/helpers.py
@@ -229,12 +229,17 @@ def all_blockdevices(mappers=False, partitions=False, error=False) -> Dict[str,
 				try:
 					information = get_loop_info(device_path)
 					if not information:
+						print("Exit code for blkid -p -o export was:", ex.exit_code)
 						raise SysCallError("Could not get loop information", exit_code=1)
 
 				except SysCallError:
+					print("Not a loop device, trying uevent rules.")
 					information = get_blockdevice_uevent(pathlib.Path(block_device).readlink().name)
 			else:
+				# We could not reliably get any information, perhaps the disk is clean of information?
+				print("Raising ex because:", ex.exit_code)
 				raise ex
+				# return instances
 
 		information = enrich_blockdevice_information(information)
 
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk/partition.py b/archinstall/lib/disk/partition.py
index f70bf907..56a7d436 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk/partition.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk/partition.py
@@ -139,7 +139,19 @@ class Partition:
 
 	def _call_lsblk(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 		self.partprobe()
-		output = SysCommand(f"lsblk --json -b -o+LOG-SEC,SIZE,PTTYPE,PARTUUID,UUID,FSTYPE {self.device_path}").decode('UTF-8')
+		# This sleep might be overkill, but lsblk is known to
+		# work against a chaotic cache that can change during call
+		# causing no information to be returned (blkid is better)
+		# time.sleep(1)
+
+		# TODO: Maybe incorporate a re-try system here based on time.sleep(max(0.1, storage.get('DISK_TIMEOUTS', 1)))
+
+		try:
+			output = SysCommand(f"lsblk --json -b -o+LOG-SEC,SIZE,PTTYPE,PARTUUID,UUID,FSTYPE {self.device_path}").decode('UTF-8')
+		except SysCallError as error:
+			# It appears as if lsblk can return exit codes like 8192 to indicate something.
+			# But it does return output so we'll try to catch it.
+			output = error.worker.decode('UTF-8')
 
 		if output:
 			lsblk_info = json.loads(output)
@@ -165,7 +177,9 @@ class Partition:
 	def _fetch_information(self) -> PartitionInfo:
 		lsblk_info = self._call_lsblk()
 		sfdisk_info = self._call_sfdisk()
-		device = lsblk_info['blockdevices'][0]
+
+		if not (device := lsblk_info.get('blockdevices', [None])[0]):
+			raise DiskError(f'Failed to retrieve information for "{self.device_path}" with lsblk')
 
 		mountpoints = [Path(mountpoint) for mountpoint in device['mountpoints'] if mountpoint]
 		bootable = sfdisk_info.get('bootable', False) or sfdisk_info.get('type', '') == 'C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B'