Re: [linux-lvm] Problems with LVM

[Petro <petro@corp.vendio.com>]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:55:23PM +0200, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 05:34:08PM -0700, Petro wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 10:24:15PM +0200, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 11:27:43AM -0700, Petro wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 12:11:51PM +0200, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
> > > > > Petro,
> > > > > what's the lvcreate command line ?
> > > > lvcreate -L10G -n snap000 -s /dev/vg0 
> > > Looks like another vmalloc bug :(
> Yes.
 
> > Jul 13 13:11:55 back03-gig kernel: kernel BUG at vmalloc.c:236!
> > Jul 13 13:11:55 back03-gig kernel: invalid operand: 0000
> > Jul 13 13:11:55 back03-gig kernel: CPU:    2
> > Jul 13 13:11:55 back03-gig kernel: EIP:    0010:[__vmalloc+53/512]
> > Not tainted
> > > Kernel memory for snapshot exception tables gets allocated with vmalloc()
> > > which shouldn't fail (presumably there's enough memory free,
> > > which I assume in your case).
> > Freshly rebooted machine with 4 gig of physical memory, and nothing else
> > running. 
> Which should happilly work in that case.

    It doesn't. 

> > > > > (highmem may cause problems if you use the snapsho9t, creation should
> > > > > work fine)
> > > > Is this highmem problem across all 2.4 kernels, or just 2.4.19+? The
> > > > first report I've seen of it is with a 2.4.19 kernel. 
> > > Didn't retest with kernel 2.4.21 yet.
> > > The ones before had it AFAIK.
> >     Starting when? the dawn of time? 
> :-)
> We realized it in 2.4.19 for the first time but you prove that it was in 2.4.18
> as well.
> Anyone ?

    The funny thing is that I've got some 2.4.18 boxes with *IDENTICAL*
    configurations except for the disk sizes that work just fine. 

    These (the working boxes) have 6 80 gig disks attached to a 3ware
    card in a stripe, and have been running fine since Feburary. 

    This is why I blew off the "doesn't work with highmem" stuff when it
    was posted earlier--it was working for me on PV of 447.17 GB, with a
    VG of  447.16 GB, and an LV of  435.00 GB. 

    These (we've got 5 of them) are are main database servers (2
    clusters, one spare). 

    I've also had "lesser" machines running 2.4.18 doing the same thing.
    (4x80 drives instead of 6x80). 

> >     Also, would switching to LVM2 sidestep this issue? 
> Not that we can tell because it's a general vm problem.

    This is what makes my boss curse Linux.

    <sigh>

    Time to start reading the help wanted adds. 

> Regards,
> Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --
> 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 05:01:27PM -0700, Petro wrote:
> > > > > > Hello again. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I'm having a problem with LVM, and I'm really, really hoping you won't
> > > > > > tell me it's because of:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > # CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
> > > > > > CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
> > > > > > # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
> > > > > > CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_HIGHIO=y
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > (linux kernel 2.4.21, lvm 1.0.7 stuff installed)  
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I've got 8 boxes with 4 gig of memory, and 6 200 gig drives in a raid 0 
> > > > > > setup, and I need to use LVM+Snapshots. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I can setup and create a 1.09T logical volume, but when I go to create a
> > > > > > snaphot, I get: 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > lvcreate -- INFO: using default snapshot chunk size of 64 KB for "/dev/vg0/test"
> > > > > > lvcreate -- ERROR "Cannot allocate memory" creating VGDA for "/dev/vg0/test" in kernel
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Now, in reading past posts there is some talk of how having "high
> > > > > > memory" turned on will cause problems with snapshots. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The problem is that on these machines I *need* 4 gig of memory, and I
> > > > > > *need* snapshots. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Help? 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --- Physical volume ---
> > > > > > PV Name               /dev/sda
> > > > > > VG Name               vg0
> > > > > > PV Size               1.09 TB [2344319232 secs] / NOT usable 32.31 MB [LVM: 267 KB]
> > > > > > PV#                   1
> > > > > > PV Status             available
> > > > > > Allocatable           yes
> > > > > > Cur LV                1
> > > > > > PE Size (KByte)       32768
> > > > > > Total PE              35770
> > > > > > Free PE               570
> > > > > > Allocated PE          35200
> > > > > > PV UUID               LyEPH1-pq2I-D022-v5c9-98rp-n7Ff-4LnNKL
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --- Volume group ---
> > > > > > VG Name               vg0
> > > > > > VG Access             read/write
> > > > > > VG Status             available/resizable
> > > > > > VG #                  0
> > > > > > MAX LV                256
> > > > > > Cur LV                1
> > > > > > Open LV               1
> > > > > > MAX LV Size           2 TB
> > > > > > Max PV                256
> > > > > > Cur PV                1
> > > > > > Act PV                1
> > > > > > VG Size               1.09 TB
> > > > > > PE Size               32 MB
> > > > > > Total PE              35770
> > > > > > Alloc PE / Size       36032 / 1.10 TB
> > > > > > Free  PE / Size       4294967034 / 131071.99 TB
> > > > > > VG UUID               KciSkB-xbr8-22RM-zmke-6A69-6BEM-xLWMzv
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --- Logical volume ---
> > > > > > LV Name                /dev/vg0/lv0
> > > > > > VG Name                vg0
> > > > > > LV Write Access        read/write
> > > > > > LV Status              available
> > > > > > LV #                   1
> > > > > > # open                 1
> > > > > > LV Size                1.07 TB
> > > > > > Current LE             35200
> > > > > > Allocated LE           35200
> > > > > > Allocation             next free
> > > > > > Read ahead sectors     1024
> > > > > > Block device           58:0
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >    procs                      memory    swap          io     system         cpu
> > > > > >  r  b  w   swpd   free   buff  cache  si  so    bi    bo   in    cs  us  sy  id
> > > > > >  0  0  0      0 3949704   1648  26104   0   0     3     2   27     5   0   0 100
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > "On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, 
> > > > > > Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right 
> > > > > > answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion 
> > > > > > of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > linux-lvm mailing list
> > > > > > linux-lvm@sistina.com
> > > > > > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> > > > > > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> > > > > 
> > > > > *** Software bugs are stupid.
> > > > >     Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them ***
> > > > > 
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > linux-lvm mailing list
> > > > > linux-lvm@sistina.com
> > > > > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> > > > > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > "On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, 
> > > > Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right 
> > > > answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion 
> > > > of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage 
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > linux-lvm mailing list
> > > > linux-lvm@sistina.com
> > > > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> > > > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> > > 
> > > *** Software bugs are stupid.
> > >     Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them ***
> > > 
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> > > 
> > > Heinz Mauelshagen                                 Sistina Software Inc.
> > > Senior Consultant/Developer                       Am Sonnenhang 11
> > >                                                   56242 Marienrachdorf
> > >                                                   Germany
> > > Mauelshagen@Sistina.com                           +49 2626 141200
> > >                                                        FAX 924446
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> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > linux-lvm mailing list
> > > linux-lvm@sistina.com
> > > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> > > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> > 
> > -- 
> > "On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, 
> > Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right 
> > answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion 
> > of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > linux-lvm mailing list
> > linux-lvm@sistina.com
> > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> 
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
> Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --
> 
> *** Software bugs are stupid.
>     Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them ***
> 
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> 
> Heinz Mauelshagen                                 Sistina Software Inc.
> Senior Consultant/Developer                       Am Sonnenhang 11
>                                                   56242 Marienrachdorf
>                                                   Germany
> Mauelshagen@Sistina.com                           +49 2626 141200
>                                                        FAX 924446
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-- 
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, 
Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right 
answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion 
of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage