From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14627 invoked by alias); 14 May 2012 16:19:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 14593 invoked by uid 9447); 14 May 2012 16:18:59 -0000 Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 16:19:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20120514161859.14591.qmail@sourceware.org> From: agk@sourceware.org To: lvm-devel@redhat.com, lvm2-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: LVM2 lib/metadata/lv_manip.c ./WHATS_NEW Mailing-List: contact lvm2-cvs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: lvm2-cvs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-05/txt/msg00016.txt.bz2 CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2 Module name: LVM2 Changes by: agk@sourceware.org 2012-05-14 16:18:58 Modified files: lib/metadata : lv_manip.c . : WHATS_NEW Log message: Warn of deadlock risk when using snapshots of mirror segment type. Patches: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.380&r2=1.381 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/WHATS_NEW.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.2404&r2=1.2405 --- LVM2/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c 2012/05/11 22:53:13 1.380 +++ LVM2/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c 2012/05/14 16:18:57 1.381 @@ -4231,9 +4231,9 @@ if (lv_is_mirror_type(org) && !seg_is_raid(first_seg(org))) { - log_error("Snapshots of \"mirror\" segment types" - " are not supported"); - return NULL; + log_warn("WARNING: Snapshots of mirrors can deadlock under rare device failures."); + log_warn("WARNING: Consider using the raid1 mirror type to avoid this."); + log_warn("WARNING: See global/mirror_segtype_default in lvm.conf."); } if (!lv_info(cmd, org, 0, &info, 0, 0)) { --- LVM2/WHATS_NEW 2012/05/11 22:53:13 1.2404 +++ LVM2/WHATS_NEW 2012/05/14 16:18:58 1.2405 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Add initial support for thin pool lvconvert. Fix lvrename for thin volumes (regression in for_each_sub_lv() 2.02.89). Fix up-convert when mirror activation is controled by volume_list and tags. - Disallow snapshots of mirror segment type. + Warn of deadlock risk when using snapshots of mirror segment type. Fix bug in cmirror that caused incorrect status info to print on some nodes. Remove statement that snapshots cannot be tagged from lvm man page. Disallow changing cluster attribute of VG while RAID LVs are active.