Bug#791869: lvm2: updating src:lvm2 from 2.02.111-2.2 to 2.02.122-1 breaks booting, mounting LVs other than / fails

[Stefan Lippers-Hollmann]

Hi

On 2015-08-01, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> On 2015-07-31, Michael Biebl wrote:
[...]
> > Bastian built the lvm2 on amd64 on a non-systemd system, it seems. This
> > results in /lib/udev/rules.d/69-lvm-metad.rules lookin like this:
> > ...
> > ENV{SYSTEMD_READY}="1"
> > RUN+="/sbin/lvm pvscan --background --cache --activate ay --major $major
> > --minor $minor", ENV{LVM_SCANNED}="1"
> > ...
> > 
> > If you build lvm2 on a systemd system, those rules look like
> > ...
> > ENV{SYSTEMD_READY}="1"
> > ACTION!="remove", ENV{LVM_PV_GONE}=="1", RUN+="/bin/systemd-run
> > /sbin/lvm pvscan --cache $major:$minor", GOTO="lvm_end"
> > ENV{SYSTEMD_ALIAS}="/dev/block/$major:$minor"
> > ENV{ID_MODEL}="LVM PV $env{ID_FS_UUID_ENC} on /dev/$name"
> > ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="lvm2-pvscan@$major:$minor.service"
> > 
> > 
> > If I replace /lib/udev/rules.d/69-lvm-metad.rules with the attached
> > file, my problems with LVM on top of RAID1 are gone. Can you copy the
> > attached file to /etc/udev/rules.d/ and test if that fixes your problem?

Just an update for the situation with lvm2 2.02.126-2:
- all affected systems are running the amd64 architecture
- all systems are up to date Debian unstable/main

using initramfs-tools 0.120:
- most systems are broken with lvm2 2.02.126-2, to varying degrees.
  the problem is apparently timing sensitive, systems using a SSD
  for the system paths (with their dedicated volume group) are less
  likely to fail booting, but occassionally they still do break.
- doing a local bin-NMU of lvm2 2.02.126-2, in order to update
  /lib/udev/rules.d/69-lvm-metad.rules with the changes pointed out
  by Michael Biebl helps me on all non-mdadm == lvm2-only systems.
  Not a single failed boot on these systems so far.
- lvm2 (2.02.126-2) on top of mdadm (RAID1) fails reliably for me,
  regardless of the bin-NMU for 69-lvm-metad.rules or staying on
  the plain lvm2 2.02.126-2; I'm aware of #793631 and just mention
  it because the update to lvm2 2.02.126-2 doesn't appear to make
  a difference.

using dracut 040+1-1:
- all lvm-only systems are booting fine, no local bin-NMU needed.
- the mdadm(RAID1)+lvm2 system is also booting reliably, no local 
  bin-NMU needed.
- no issues found with the current lvm2 and dracut (but I obviously
  don't need any special initramfs hooks/ scripts)

Regards
	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
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