From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 12:48:44 +0200 From: Heinz Mauelshagen Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Snapshot segfaults lvremove + bug kernel Message-ID: <20060510104844.GR31579@redhat.com> References: <01b701c66dcb$5176d9d0$0101000a@jack> <20060509094146.GA2708@redhat.com> <4460DC3D.3090008@robinbowes.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4460DC3D.3090008@robinbowes.com> Reply-To: mauelshagen@redhat.com, LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Robin Bowes Cc: LVM general discussion and development , mauelshagen@redhat.com On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 07:15:25PM +0100, Robin Bowes wrote: > Heinz Mauelshagen wrote: > > > > this is a known issue with tearing down kcopyd jobs we're working on. > > > > Heinz, > > Do you have any idea when we might see a fix for this? Is the bug > present in later versions? A fix has been provided ~2 weeks ago to lkml and was tested ok. It is in the recent stable kernels. > > For example, I've got a box running FC4 that has this problem. If I > upgrade to FC5 am I likely to still see the problem? Yes. > > Also, what's the best way to get rid of the snapshot volumes? I'm > currently planning to boot from a recovery disk that supports lvm and > run lvremove from there. That or using a n actual stable kernel *should* work, because tearing down kcopyd jobs dies with the bug under load. > > Thanks for any suggestions/advice, > > R. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 Storage Development 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@RedHat.com PHONE +49 171 7803392 FAX +49 2626 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-