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From: Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@redhat.com>
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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 09:30:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] devices.filter changed behaviour in 80ac8f37d6
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On 09/05/2015 01:56 PM, Chris Webb wrote:
> Our hosts use local md arrays as LVM2 PVs in a very straightforward way.
> They also have lots of slower iscsi devices which LVM shouldn't scan or
> touch, so we use a simple filter in lvm.conf:
> 
>     devices {
>       filter = [ "a|^/dev/md.*|", "r|.*|" ]
>     }
> 
> Upon upgrading from lvm-2.02.106 to 2.02.129, commands like lvdisplay
> and lvs dramatically slowed down. Investigating, we found the filter
> wasn't excluding the unwanted devices anymore: they were being scanned
> despite being explicitly excluded.
> 

I'll check it, thanks for the report...

-- 
Peter