Bug#511171: Similar issue

Ron Garcia-Vidal ron at millburncorp.com
Tue Jan 20 22:34:45 UTC 2009


I have a Dell 2950 with a PERC 5/i controller and 3.7Tb of RAIDed disk 
space.  I'm running Debian Etch and have had the same problem with 
kernel 2.6.18-6-amd64 and 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64.  It seems that 
something (kernel or LVM is not able to expand the disk to more than 
about 1.41 TB:

vgdisplay
   --- Volume group ---
   VG Name               ctdbs1
   System ID
   Format                lvm2
   Metadata Areas        1
   Metadata Sequence No  50
   VG Access             read/write
   VG Status             resizable
   MAX LV                0
   Cur LV                5
   Open LV               5
   Max PV                0
   Cur PV                1
   Act PV                1
   VG Size               3.41 TB
   PE Size               4.00 MB
   Total PE              893538
   Alloc PE / Size       368792 / 1.41 TB
   Free  PE / Size       524746 / 2.00 TB
   VG UUID               y4P5j6-m1AG-mXt2-w45c-7hgH-BNPW-pCFQEu

lvcreate -vvv -L500G -n vm_tmp ctdbs1
         Processing: lvcreate -vvv -L500G -n vm_tmp ctdbs1
         O_DIRECT will be used
       Setting global/locking_type to 1
       Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/lvm
       File-based locking enabled.
       Getting target version for linear
         dm version   O   [16384]
         dm versions   O   [16384]
       Getting target version for striped
         dm versions   O   [16384]
       Setting activation/mirror_region_size to 512
       Locking /var/lock/lvm/V_ctdbs1 WB
     Finding volume group "ctdbs1"
         /dev/ram0: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram0 RW
         /dev/ram0: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram0: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram0
         Opened /dev/dm-0 RW O_DIRECT
         /dev/dm-0: block size is 512 bytes
       /dev/dm-0: No label detected
         Closed /dev/dm-0
         /dev/ram1: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram1 RW
         /dev/ram1: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram1: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram1
         Opened /dev/sda1 RW O_DIRECT
         /dev/sda1: block size is 512 bytes
       /dev/sda1: No label detected
         Closed /dev/sda1
         Opened /dev/dm-1 RW O_DIRECT
         /dev/dm-1: block size is 512 bytes
       /dev/dm-1: No label detected
         Closed /dev/dm-1
         /dev/ram2: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram2 RW
         /dev/ram2: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram2: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram2
         Opened /dev/sda2 RW O_DIRECT
         /dev/sda2: block size is 512 bytes
       /dev/sda2: lvm2 label detected
         lvmcache: /dev/sda2: now orphaned
         /dev/sda2: Found metadata at 101888 size 1777 for ctdbs1 
(y4P5j6-m1AG-mXt2-w45c-7hgH-BNPW-pCFQEu)
         lvmcache: /dev/sda2: now in VG ctdbs1
         lvmcache: /dev/sda2: setting ctdbs1 VGID to 
y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEu
         lvmcache: /dev/sda2: VG ctdbs1: Set creation host to ctdbs1.
         Opened /dev/dm-2 RW O_DIRECT
         /dev/dm-2: block size is 512 bytes
       /dev/dm-2: No label detected
         Closed /dev/dm-2
         /dev/ram3: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram3 RW
         /dev/ram3: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram3: No label detected
         Closed /dev/dm-3
         /dev/ram4: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram4 RW
         /dev/ram4: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram4: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram4
         Opened /dev/dm-4 RW O_DIRECT
         /dev/dm-4: block size is 512 bytes
       /dev/dm-4: No label detected
         Closed /dev/dm-4
         /dev/ram5: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram5 RW
         /dev/ram5: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram5: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram5
         /dev/ram6: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram6 RW
         /dev/ram6: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram6: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram6
         /dev/ram7: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram7 RW
         /dev/ram7: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram7: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram7
         /dev/ram8: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram8 RW
         /dev/ram8: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram8: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram8
         /dev/ram9: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram9 RW
         /dev/ram9: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram9: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram9
         /dev/ram10: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram10 RW
         /dev/ram10: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram10: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram10
         /dev/ram11: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram11 RW
         /dev/ram11: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram11: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram11
         /dev/ram12: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram12 RW
         /dev/ram12: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram12: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram12
         /dev/ram13: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram13 RW
         /dev/ram13: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram13: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram13
         /dev/ram14: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram14 RW
         /dev/ram14: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram14: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram14
         /dev/ram15: Not using O_DIRECT
         Opened /dev/ram15 RW
         /dev/ram15: block size is 1024 bytes
       /dev/ram15: No label detected
         Closed /dev/ram15
       /dev/sda2: lvm2 label detected
         /dev/sda2: Found metadata at 101888 size 1777 for ctdbs1 
(y4P5j6-m1AG-mXt2-w45c-7hgH-BNPW-pCFQEu)
       /dev/sda2: lvm2 label detected
         /dev/sda2: Found metadata at 101888 size 1777 for ctdbs1 
(y4P5j6-m1AG-mXt2-w45c-7hgH-BNPW-pCFQEu)
         Read ctdbs1 metadata (50) from /dev/sda2 at 101888 size 1777
         /dev/sda2 0:      0    125: root(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 1:    125    512: usr(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 2:    637    512: var(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 3:   1149   2048: swap(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 4:   3197 365595: backup_space(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 5: 368792 524746: NULL(0:0)
     Archiving volume group "ctdbs1" metadata (seqno 50).
     Creating logical volume vm_tmp
         Allowing allocation on /dev/sda2 start PE 368792 length 524746
         /dev/sda2 0:      0    125: root(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 1:    125    512: usr(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 2:    637    512: var(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 3:   1149   2048: swap(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 4:   3197 365595: backup_space(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 5: 368792 128000: vm_tmp(0:0)
         /dev/sda2 6: 496792 396746: NULL(0:0)
         Writing ctdbs1 metadata to /dev/sda2 at 103936 len 2017
         Pre-Committing ctdbs1 metadata (51) to /dev/sda2 header at 4096
     Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/ctdbs1" (seqno 51).
         Writing ctdbs1 metadata to 
/etc/lvm/backup/.lvm_ctdbs1_7628_1118724820
         Committing ctdbs1 metadata (51)
         Renaming /etc/lvm/backup/ctdbs1.tmp to /etc/lvm/backup/ctdbs1
         Committing ctdbs1 metadata (51) to /dev/sda2 header at 4096
         Locking LV 
y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG (R)
       Finding volume group for uuid 
y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG
       /dev/sda2: lvm2 label detected
         /dev/sda2: Found metadata at 103936 size 2017 for ctdbs1 
(y4P5j6-m1AG-mXt2-w45c-7hgH-BNPW-pCFQEu)
       /dev/sda2: lvm2 label detected
         /dev/sda2: Found metadata at 103936 size 2017 for ctdbs1 
(y4P5j6-m1AG-mXt2-w45c-7hgH-BNPW-pCFQEu)
         Read ctdbs1 metadata (51) from /dev/sda2 at 103936 size 2017
     Found volume group "ctdbs1"
         Getting device info for ctdbs1-vm_tmp
         dm info 
LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG N 
  [16384]
         dm info 
y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG N   [16384]
         dm info ctdbs1-vm_tmp  N   [16384]
       Locking memory
         memlock_count inc to 1
       Setting activation/missing_stripe_filler to /dev/ioerror
         Getting device info for ctdbs1-vm_tmp 
[LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG
]
         dm info 
LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG O 
  [16384]
         dm info 
y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG O   [16384]
         dm info ctdbs1-vm_tmp  O   [16384]
         Getting device info for ctdbs1-vm_tmp-real 
[LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB
9idYG-real]
         dm info 
LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG-real 
O   [16384]
         dm info 
y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG-real O 
   [16384]
         dm info ctdbs1-vm_tmp-real  O   [16384]
         Getting device info for ctdbs1-vm_tmp-cow 
[LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9
idYG-cow]
         dm info 
LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG-cow 
O   [16384]
         dm info 
y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG-cow O 
  [16384]
         dm info ctdbs1-vm_tmp-cow  O   [16384]
         Getting device info for ctdbs1-vm_tmp_mlog 
[LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB
9idYG-_mlog]
         dm info 
LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG-_mlog 
O   [16384]
         dm info 
y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG-_mlog O 
   [16384]
         dm info ctdbs1-vm_tmp_mlog  O   [16384]
     Creating ctdbs1-vm_tmp
         dm create ctdbs1-vm_tmp 
LVM-y4P5j6m1AGmXt2w45c7hgHBNPWpCFQEuOvalTwteOpXT2u1kf3fr5nXMDdB9idYG N 
  [16384]
     Loading ctdbs1-vm_tmp table
         Adding target: 0 1048576000 linear 8:2 3021144448
         dm table   (254:5) O   [16384]
         dm reload   (254:5) N   [16384]
   device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
       Unlocking memory
         memlock_count dec to 0
   Failed to activate new LV.
       Unlocking /var/lock/lvm/V_ctdbs1
         Closed /dev/sda2


And dmesg says:
device-mapper: table: device 8:2 too small for target
device-mapper: table: 254:5: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table

lvm version
   LVM version:     2.02.07 (2006-07-17)
   Library version: 1.02.08 (2006-07-17)
   Driver version:  4.12.0


Any thoughts?







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