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/*
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* Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Sistina Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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* Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
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*
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* This file is part of LVM2.
*
* This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
* modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
* of the GNU Lesser General Public License v.2.1.
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*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
* Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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*/
#include "base/memory/zalloc.h"
#include "lib/misc/lib.h"
#include "lib/format_text/format-text.h"
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#include "layout.h"
#include "lib/label/label.h"
#include "lib/mm/xlate.h"
#include "lib/cache/lvmcache.h"
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#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
static int _text_can_handle(struct labeller *l __attribute__((unused)),
void *buf,
uint64_t sector __attribute__((unused)))
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{
struct label_header *lh = (struct label_header *) buf;
if (!memcmp(lh->type, LVM2_LABEL, sizeof(lh->type)))
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return 1;
return 0;
}
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struct _dl_setup_baton {
struct disk_locn *pvh_dlocn_xl;
struct device *dev;
};
static int _da_setup(struct disk_locn *da, void *baton)
{
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struct _dl_setup_baton *p = baton;
p->pvh_dlocn_xl->offset = xlate64(da->offset);
p->pvh_dlocn_xl->size = xlate64(da->size);
p->pvh_dlocn_xl++;
return 1;
}
static int _ba_setup(struct disk_locn *ba, void *baton)
{
return _da_setup(ba, baton);
}
static int _mda_setup(struct metadata_area *mda, void *baton)
{
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struct _dl_setup_baton *p = baton;
struct mda_context *mdac = (struct mda_context *) mda->metadata_locn;
if (mdac->area.dev != p->dev)
return 1;
p->pvh_dlocn_xl->offset = xlate64(mdac->area.start);
p->pvh_dlocn_xl->size = xlate64(mdac->area.size);
p->pvh_dlocn_xl++;
return 1;
}
static int _dl_null_termination(void *baton)
{
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struct _dl_setup_baton *p = baton;
p->pvh_dlocn_xl->offset = xlate64(UINT64_C(0));
p->pvh_dlocn_xl->size = xlate64(UINT64_C(0));
p->pvh_dlocn_xl++;
return 1;
}
static int _text_write(struct label *label, void *buf)
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{
struct label_header *lh = (struct label_header *) buf;
struct pv_header *pvhdr;
struct pv_header_extension *pvhdr_ext;
struct lvmcache_info *info;
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struct _dl_setup_baton baton;
char buffer[64] __attribute__((aligned(8)));
int ba1, da1, mda1, mda2;
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/*
* PV header base
*/
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/* FIXME Move to where label is created */
memcpy(label->type, LVM2_LABEL, sizeof(label->type));
memcpy(lh->type, LVM2_LABEL, sizeof(lh->type));
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pvhdr = (struct pv_header *) ((char *) buf + xlate32(lh->offset_xl));
info = (struct lvmcache_info *) label->info;
pvhdr->device_size_xl = xlate64(lvmcache_device_size(info));
memcpy(pvhdr->pv_uuid, &lvmcache_device(info)->pvid, sizeof(struct id));
if (!id_write_format((const struct id *)pvhdr->pv_uuid, buffer,
sizeof(buffer))) {
stack;
buffer[0] = '\0';
}
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baton.dev = lvmcache_device(info);
baton.pvh_dlocn_xl = &pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[0];
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/* List of data areas (holding PEs) */
lvmcache_foreach_da(info, _da_setup, &baton);
_dl_null_termination(&baton);
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/* List of metadata area header locations */
lvmcache_foreach_mda(info, _mda_setup, &baton);
_dl_null_termination(&baton);
/*
* PV header extension
*/
pvhdr_ext = (struct pv_header_extension *) ((char *) baton.pvh_dlocn_xl);
pvhdr_ext->version = xlate32(PV_HEADER_EXTENSION_VSN);
pvhdr_ext->flags = xlate32(lvmcache_ext_flags(info));
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/* List of bootloader area locations */
baton.pvh_dlocn_xl = &pvhdr_ext->bootloader_areas_xl[0];
lvmcache_foreach_ba(info, _ba_setup, &baton);
_dl_null_termination(&baton);
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/* Create debug message with ba, da and mda locations */
ba1 = (xlate64(pvhdr_ext->bootloader_areas_xl[0].offset) ||
xlate64(pvhdr_ext->bootloader_areas_xl[0].size)) ? 0 : -1;
da1 = (xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[0].offset) ||
xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[0].size)) ? 0 : -1;
mda1 = da1 + 2;
mda2 = mda1 + 1;
if (!xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[mda1].offset) &&
!xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[mda1].size))
mda1 = mda2 = 0;
else if (!xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[mda2].offset) &&
!xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[mda2].size))
mda2 = 0;
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log_debug_metadata("%s: Preparing PV label header %s size " FMTu64 " with"
"%s%.*" PRIu64 "%s%.*" PRIu64 "%s"
"%s%.*" PRIu64 "%s%.*" PRIu64 "%s"
"%s%.*" PRIu64 "%s%.*" PRIu64 "%s"
"%s%.*" PRIu64 "%s%.*" PRIu64 "%s",
dev_name(lvmcache_device(info)), buffer, lvmcache_device_size(info),
(ba1 > -1) ? " ba1 (" : "",
(ba1 > -1) ? 1 : 0,
(ba1 > -1) ? xlate64(pvhdr_ext->bootloader_areas_xl[ba1].offset) >> SECTOR_SHIFT : 0,
(ba1 > -1) ? "s, " : "",
(ba1 > -1) ? 1 : 0,
(ba1 > -1) ? xlate64(pvhdr_ext->bootloader_areas_xl[ba1].size) >> SECTOR_SHIFT : 0,
(ba1 > -1) ? "s)" : "",
(da1 > -1) ? " da1 (" : "",
(da1 > -1) ? 1 : 0,
(da1 > -1) ? xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[da1].offset) >> SECTOR_SHIFT : 0,
(da1 > -1) ? "s, " : "",
(da1 > -1) ? 1 : 0,
(da1 > -1) ? xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[da1].size) >> SECTOR_SHIFT : 0,
(da1 > -1) ? "s)" : "",
mda1 ? " mda1 (" : "",
mda1 ? 1 : 0,
mda1 ? xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[mda1].offset) >> SECTOR_SHIFT : 0,
mda1 ? "s, " : "",
mda1 ? 1 : 0,
mda1 ? xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[mda1].size) >> SECTOR_SHIFT : 0,
mda1 ? "s)" : "",
mda2 ? " mda2 (" : "",
mda2 ? 1 : 0,
mda2 ? xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[mda2].offset) >> SECTOR_SHIFT : 0,
mda2 ? "s, " : "",
mda2 ? 1 : 0,
mda2 ? xlate64(pvhdr->disk_areas_xl[mda2].size) >> SECTOR_SHIFT : 0,
mda2 ? "s)" : "");
if (da1 < 0) {
log_error(INTERNAL_ERROR "%s label header currently requires "
"a data area.", dev_name(lvmcache_device(info)));
return 0;
}
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return 1;
}
int add_da(struct dm_pool *mem, struct dm_list *das,
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uint64_t start, uint64_t size)
{
struct data_area_list *dal;
if (!mem) {
if (!(dal = malloc(sizeof(*dal)))) {
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log_error("struct data_area_list allocation failed");
return 0;
}
} else {
if (!(dal = dm_pool_alloc(mem, sizeof(*dal)))) {
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log_error("struct data_area_list allocation failed");
return 0;
}
}
dal->disk_locn.offset = start;
dal->disk_locn.size = size;
dm_list_add(das, &dal->list);
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return 1;
}
void del_das(struct dm_list *das)
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{
struct dm_list *dah, *tmp;
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struct data_area_list *da;
dm_list_iterate_safe(dah, tmp, das) {
da = dm_list_item(dah, struct data_area_list);
dm_list_del(&da->list);
free(da);
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}
}
int add_ba(struct dm_pool *mem, struct dm_list *eas,
uint64_t start, uint64_t size)
{
return add_da(mem, eas, start, size);
}
void del_bas(struct dm_list *bas)
{
del_das(bas);
}
int add_mda(const struct format_type *fmt, struct dm_pool *mem, struct dm_list *mdas,
struct device *dev, uint64_t start, uint64_t size, unsigned ignored,
struct metadata_area **mda_new)
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{
struct metadata_area *mdal, *mda;
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struct mda_lists *mda_lists = (struct mda_lists *) fmt->private;
struct mda_context *mdac, *mdac2;
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if (!mem) {
if (!(mdal = malloc(sizeof(struct metadata_area)))) {
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log_error("struct mda_list allocation failed");
return 0;
}
if (!(mdac = malloc(sizeof(struct mda_context)))) {
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log_error("struct mda_context allocation failed");
free(mdal);
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return 0;
}
} else {
if (!(mdal = dm_pool_alloc(mem, sizeof(struct metadata_area)))) {
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log_error("struct mda_list allocation failed");
return 0;
}
if (!(mdac = dm_pool_alloc(mem, sizeof(struct mda_context)))) {
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log_error("struct mda_context allocation failed");
return 0;
}
}
mdal->ops = mda_lists->raw_ops;
mdal->metadata_locn = mdac;
mdac->area.dev = dev;
mdac->area.start = start;
mdac->area.size = size;
mdac->free_sectors = UINT64_C(0);
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memset(&mdac->rlocn, 0, sizeof(mdac->rlocn));
/* Set MDA_PRIMARY only if this is the first metadata area on this device. */
mdal->status = MDA_PRIMARY;
dm_list_iterate_items(mda, mdas) {
mdac2 = mda->metadata_locn;
if (mdac2->area.dev == dev) {
mdal->status = 0;
break;
}
}
mda_set_ignored(mdal, ignored);
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dm_list_add(mdas, &mdal->list);
if (mda_new)
*mda_new = mdal;
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return 1;
}
void del_mdas(struct dm_list *mdas)
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{
struct dm_list *mdah, *tmp;
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struct metadata_area *mda;
dm_list_iterate_safe(mdah, tmp, mdas) {
mda = dm_list_item(mdah, struct metadata_area);
free(mda->metadata_locn);
dm_list_del(&mda->list);
free(mda);
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}
}
static int _text_initialise_label(struct labeller *l __attribute__((unused)),
struct label *label)
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{
memcpy(label->type, LVM2_LABEL, sizeof(label->type));
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return 1;
}
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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static int _read_mda_header_and_metadata(const struct format_type *fmt,
struct metadata_area *mda,
struct lvmcache_vgsummary *vgsummary,
uint32_t *bad_fields)
{
struct mda_context *mdac = (struct mda_context *) mda->metadata_locn;
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struct mda_header *mdah;
int retries = 0;
retry:
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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if (!(mdah = raw_read_mda_header(fmt, &mdac->area, (mda->mda_num == 1), 0, bad_fields))) {
log_warn("WARNING: bad metadata header on %s at %llu.",
dev_name(mdac->area.dev),
(unsigned long long)mdac->area.start);
mda->header_start = mdac->area.start;
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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*bad_fields |= BAD_MDA_HEADER;
return 0;
}
mda->header_start = mdah->start;
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mda_set_ignored(mda, rlocn_is_ignored(mdah->raw_locns));
if (mda_is_ignored(mda)) {
log_debug_metadata("Ignoring mda on device %s at offset " FMTu64,
dev_name(mdac->area.dev),
mdac->area.start);
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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vgsummary->mda_ignored = 1;
return 1;
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}
if (!read_metadata_location_summary(fmt, mda, mdah, mda_is_primary(mda), &mdac->area,
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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vgsummary, &mdac->free_sectors)) {
if (vgsummary->zero_offset)
return 1;
/*
* This code is used by label_scan to get a summary of the
* VG metadata that will be properly read later by vg_read.
* The initial read of this device during label_scan
* populates bcache with the first 128K of data from the
* device. That block of data contains the mda_header
* (at 4k) but will often not include the metadata text,
* which is often located further into the metadata area
* (beyond the 128K block saved in bcache.)
* So read_metadata_location_summary will usually get the
* mda_header from bcache which was read initially, and
* then it will often need to do a new disk read to get
* the actual metadata text that the mda_header points to.
* Since there is no locking around label_scan, it's
* possible (but very rare) that the entire metadata area
* can be rewritten by other commands between the time that
* this command read the mda_header and the time that it
* reads the metadata text. This means the expected metadata
* text isn't found, and an error is returned here.
* To handle this, invalidate all data in bcache for this
* device and reread the mda_header and metadata text back to
* back, so inconsistency is less likely (without locking
* there's no guarantee, e.g. if the command is blocked
* somehow between the two reads.)
*/
if (!retries) {
log_print("Retrying metadata scan.");
retries++;
dev_invalidate(mdac->area.dev);
goto retry;
}
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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log_warn("WARNING: bad metadata text on %s in mda%d",
dev_name(mdac->area.dev), mda->mda_num);
*bad_fields |= BAD_MDA_TEXT;
return 0;
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}
return 1;
}
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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/*
* Used by label_scan to get a summary of the VG that exists on this PV. This
* summary is stored in lvmcache vginfo/info/info->mdas and is used later by
* vg_read which needs to know which PVs to read for a given VG name, and where
* the metadata is at for those PVs.
*/
static int _text_read(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct labeller *labeller, struct device *dev, void *label_buf,
uint64_t label_sector, int *is_duplicate)
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{
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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struct lvmcache_vgsummary vgsummary;
struct lvmcache_info *info;
const struct format_type *fmt = labeller->fmt;
struct label_header *lh = (struct label_header *) label_buf;
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struct pv_header *pvhdr;
struct pv_header_extension *pvhdr_ext;
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struct metadata_area *mda = NULL;
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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struct metadata_area *mda1 = NULL;
struct metadata_area *mda2 = NULL;
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struct disk_locn *dlocn_xl;
uint64_t offset;
uint32_t ext_version;
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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uint32_t bad_fields;
int mda_count = 0;
int good_mda_count = 0;
int bad_mda_count = 0;
int rv1, rv2;
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/*
* PV header base
*/
pvhdr = (struct pv_header *) ((char *) label_buf + xlate32(lh->offset_xl));
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/*
* FIXME: stop adding the device to lvmcache initially as an orphan
* (and then moving it later) and instead just add it when we know the
* VG.
*
* If another device with this same PVID has already been seen,
* lvmcache_add will put this device in the duplicates list in lvmcache
* and return NULL. At the end of label_scan, the duplicate devs are
* compared, and if another dev is preferred for this PV, then the
* existing dev is removed from lvmcache and _text_read is called again
* for this dev, and lvmcache_add will add it.
*
* Other reasons for lvmcache_add to return NULL are internal errors.
*/
if (!(info = lvmcache_add(cmd, labeller, (char *)pvhdr->pv_uuid, dev, label_sector,
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FMT_TEXT_ORPHAN_VG_NAME,
FMT_TEXT_ORPHAN_VG_NAME, 0, is_duplicate)))
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return_0;
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lvmcache_set_device_size(info, xlate64(pvhdr->device_size_xl));
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lvmcache_del_das(info);
lvmcache_del_mdas(info);
lvmcache_del_bas(info);
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/* Data areas holding the PEs */
dlocn_xl = pvhdr->disk_areas_xl;
while ((offset = xlate64(dlocn_xl->offset))) {
lvmcache_add_da(info, offset, xlate64(dlocn_xl->size));
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dlocn_xl++;
}
dlocn_xl++;
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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/* Metadata areas */
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while ((offset = xlate64(dlocn_xl->offset))) {
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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/*
* This just calls add_mda() above, replacing info with info->mdas.
*/
lvmcache_add_mda(info, dev, offset, xlate64(dlocn_xl->size), 0, &mda);
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dlocn_xl++;
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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mda_count++;
if (mda_count == 1) {
mda1 = mda;
mda1->mda_num = 1;
}
else if (mda_count == 2) {
mda2 = mda;
mda2->mda_num = 2;
}
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}
dlocn_xl++;
/*
* PV header extension
*/
pvhdr_ext = (struct pv_header_extension *) ((char *) dlocn_xl);
if (!(ext_version = xlate32(pvhdr_ext->version)))
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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goto scan_mdas;
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log_debug_metadata("%s: PV header extension version " FMTu32 " found",
dev_name(dev), ext_version);
/* Extension version */
lvmcache_set_ext_version(info, xlate32(pvhdr_ext->version));
/* Extension flags */
lvmcache_set_ext_flags(info, xlate32(pvhdr_ext->flags));
/* Bootloader areas */
dlocn_xl = pvhdr_ext->bootloader_areas_xl;
while ((offset = xlate64(dlocn_xl->offset))) {
lvmcache_add_ba(info, offset, xlate64(dlocn_xl->size));
dlocn_xl++;
}
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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scan_mdas:
if (!mda_count) {
log_debug_metadata("Scanning %s found no mdas.", dev_name(dev));
return 1;
}
/*
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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* Track which devs have bad metadata so repair can find them (even if
* this dev also has good metadata that we are able to use).
*
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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* When bad metadata is seen, the unusable mda struct is removed from
* lvmcache info->mdas. This means that vg_read and vg_write will skip
* the bad mda not try to read or write the bad metadata. The bad mdas
* are saved in a separate bad_mdas list in lvmcache so that repair can
* find them to repair.
*/
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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if (mda1) {
log_debug_metadata("Scanning %s mda1 summary.", dev_name(dev));
memset(&vgsummary, 0, sizeof(vgsummary));
dm_list_init(&vgsummary.pvsummaries);
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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bad_fields = 0;
vgsummary.mda_num = 1;
rv1 = _read_mda_header_and_metadata(fmt, mda1, &vgsummary, &bad_fields);
if (rv1 && !vgsummary.zero_offset && !vgsummary.mda_ignored) {
if (!lvmcache_update_vgname_and_id(cmd, info, &vgsummary)) {
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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/* I believe this is only an internal error. */
dm_list_del(&mda1->list);
/* Are there other cases besides mismatch and internal error? */
if (vgsummary.mismatch) {
log_warn("WARNING: Scanning %s mda1 found mismatch with other metadata.", dev_name(dev));
bad_fields |= BAD_MDA_MISMATCH;
} else {
log_warn("WARNING: Scanning %s mda1 failed to save internal summary.", dev_name(dev));
bad_fields |= BAD_MDA_INTERNAL;
}
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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mda1->bad_fields = bad_fields;
lvmcache_save_bad_mda(info, mda1);
mda1 = NULL;
bad_mda_count++;
} else {
/* The normal success path */
log_debug("Scanned %s mda1 seqno %u", dev_name(dev), vgsummary.seqno);
good_mda_count++;
}
}
if (!rv1) {
/*
* Remove the bad mda from normal mda list so it's not
* used by vg_read/vg_write, but keep track of it in
* lvmcache for repair.
*/
log_warn("WARNING: scanning %s mda1 failed to read metadata summary.", dev_name(dev));
log_warn("WARNING: repair VG metadata on %s with vgck --updatemetadata.", dev_name(dev));
dm_list_del(&mda1->list);
mda1->bad_fields = bad_fields;
lvmcache_save_bad_mda(info, mda1);
mda1 = NULL;
bad_mda_count++;
}
}
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improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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if (mda2) {
log_debug_metadata("Scanning %s mda2 summary.", dev_name(dev));
memset(&vgsummary, 0, sizeof(vgsummary));
dm_list_init(&vgsummary.pvsummaries);
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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bad_fields = 0;
vgsummary.mda_num = 2;
rv2 = _read_mda_header_and_metadata(fmt, mda2, &vgsummary, &bad_fields);
if (rv2 && !vgsummary.zero_offset && !vgsummary.mda_ignored) {
if (!lvmcache_update_vgname_and_id(cmd, info, &vgsummary)) {
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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dm_list_del(&mda2->list);
/* Are there other cases besides mismatch and internal error? */
if (vgsummary.mismatch) {
log_warn("WARNING: Scanning %s mda2 found mismatch with other metadata.", dev_name(dev));
bad_fields |= BAD_MDA_MISMATCH;
} else {
log_warn("WARNING: Scanning %s mda2 failed to save internal summary.", dev_name(dev));
bad_fields |= BAD_MDA_INTERNAL;
}
improve reading and repairing vg metadata The fact that vg repair is implemented as a part of vg read has led to a messy and complicated implementation of vg_read, and limited and uncontrolled repair capability. This splits read and repair apart. Summary ------- - take all kinds of various repairs out of vg_read - vg_read no longer writes anything - vg_read now simply reads and returns vg metadata - vg_read ignores bad or old copies of metadata - vg_read proceeds with a single good copy of metadata - improve error checks and handling when reading - keep track of bad (corrupt) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of old (seqno) copies of metadata in lvmcache - keep track of outdated PVs in lvmcache - vg_write will do basic repairs - new command vgck --updatemetdata will do all repairs Details ------- - In scan, do not delete dev from lvmcache if reading/processing fails; the dev is still present, and removing it makes it look like the dev is not there. Records are now kept about the problems with each PV so they be fixed/repaired in the appropriate places. - In scan, record a bad mda on failure, and delete the mda from mda in use list so it will not be used by vg_read or vg_write, only by repair. - In scan, succeed if any good mda on a device is found, instead of failing if any is bad. The bad/old copies of metadata should not interfere with normal usage while good copies can be used. - In scan, add a record of old mdas in lvmcache for later, do not repair them while reading, and do not let them prevent us from finding and using a good copy of metadata from elsewhere. One result is that "inconsistent metadata" is no longer a read error, but instead a record in lvmcache that can be addressed separate from the read. - Treat a dev with no good mdas like a dev with no mdas, which is an existing case we already handle. - Don't use a fake vg "handle" for returning an error from vg_read, or the vg_read_error function for getting that error number; just return null if the vg cannot be read or used, and an error_flags arg with flags set for the specific kind of error (which can be used later for determining the kind of repair.) - Saving an original copy of the vg metadata, for purposes of reverting a write, is now done explicitly in vg_read instead of being hidden in the vg_make_handle function. - When a vg is not accessible due to "access restrictions" but is otherwise fine, return the vg through the new error_vg arg so that process_each_pv can skip the PVs in the VG while processing. (This is a temporary accomodation for the way process_each_pv tracks which devs have been looked at, and can be dropped later when process_each_pv implementation dev tracking is changed.) - vg_read does not try to fix or recover a vg, but now just reads the metadata, checks access restrictions and returns it. (Checking access restrictions might be better done outside of vg_read, but this is a later improvement.) - _vg_read now simply makes one attempt to read metadata from each mda, and uses the most recent copy to return to the caller in the form of a 'vg' struct. (bad mdas were excluded during the scan and are not retried) (old mdas were not excluded during scan and are retried here) - vg_read uses _vg_read to get the latest copy of metadata from mdas, and then makes various checks against it to produce warnings, and to check if VG access is allowed (access restrictions include: writable, foreign, shared, clustered, missing pvs). - Things that were previously silently/automatically written by vg_read that are now done by vg_write, based on the records made in lvmcache during the scan and read: . clearing the missing flag . updating old copies of metadata . clearing outdated pvs . updating pv header flags - Bad/corrupt metadata are now repaired; they were not before. Test changes ------------ - A read command no longer writes the VG to repair it, so add a write command to do a repair. (inconsistent-metadata, unlost-pv) - When a missing PV is removed from a VG, and then the device is enabled again, vgck --updatemetadata is needed to clear the outdated PV before it can be used again, where it wasn't before. (lvconvert-repair-policy, lvconvert-repair-raid, lvconvert-repair, mirror-vgreduce-removemissing, pv-ext-flags, unlost-pv) Reading bad/old metadata ------------------------ - "bad metadata": the mda_header or metadata text has invalid fields or can't be parsed by lvm. This is a form of corruption that would not be caused by known failure scenarios. A checksum error is typically included among the errors reported. - "old metadata": a valid copy of the metadata that has a smaller seqno than other copies of the metadata. This can happen if the device failed, or io failed, or lvm failed while commiting new metadata to all the metadata areas. Old metadata on a PV that has been removed from the VG is the "outdated" case below. When a VG has some PVs with bad/old metadata, lvm can simply ignore the bad/old copies, and use a good copy. This is why there are multiple copies of the metadata -- so it's available even when some of the copies cannot be used. The bad/old copies do not have to be repaired before the VG can be used (the repair can happen later.) A PV with no good copies of the metadata simply falls back to being treated like a PV with no mdas; a common and harmless configuration. When bad/old metadata exists, lvm warns the user about it, and suggests repairing it using a new metadata repair command. Bad metadata in particular is something that users will want to investigate and repair themselves, since it should not happen and may indicate some other problem that needs to be fixed. PVs with bad/old metadata are not the same as missing devices. Missing devices will block various kinds of VG modification or activation, but bad/old metadata will not. Previously, lvm would attempt to repair bad/old metadata whenever it was read. This was unnecessary since lvm does not require every copy of the metadata to be used. It would also hide potential problems that should be investigated by the user. It was also dangerous in cases where the VG was on shared storage. The user is now allowed to investigate potential problems and decide how and when to repair them. Repairing bad/old metadata -------------------------- When label scan sees bad metadata in an mda, that mda is removed from the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will skip it, and not attempt to read/process it again. If it was the only in-use mda on a PV, that PV is treated like a PV with no mdas. It also means that vg_write will also skip the bad mda, and not attempt to write new metadata to it. The only way to repair bad metadata is with the metadata repair command. When label scan sees old metadata in an mda, that mda is kept in the lvmcache info->mdas list. This means that vg_read will read/process it again, and likely see the same mismatch with the other copies of the metadata. Like the label_scan, the vg_read will simply ignore the old copy of the metadata and use the latest copy. If the command is modifying the vg (e.g. lvcreate), then vg_write, which writes new metadata to every mda on info->mdas, will write the new metadata to the mda that had the old version. If successful, this will resolve the old metadata problem (without needing to run a metadata repair command.) Outdated PVs ------------ An outdated PV is a PV that has an old copy of VG metadata that shows it is a member of the VG, but the latest copy of the VG metadata does not include this PV. This happens if the PV is disconnected, vgreduce --removemissing is run to remove the PV from the VG, then the PV is reconnected. In this case, the outdated PV needs have its outdated metadata removed and the PV used flag needs to be cleared. This repair will be done by the subsequent repair command. It is also done if vgremove is run on the VG. MISSING PVs ----------- When a device is missing, most commands will refuse to modify the VG. This is the simple case. More complicated is when a command is allowed to modify the VG while it is missing a device. When a VG is written while a device is missing for one of it's PVs, the VG metadata is written to disk with the MISSING flag on the PV with the missing device. When the VG is next used, it is treated as if the PV with the MISSING flag still has a missing device, even if that device has reappeared. If all LVs that were using a PV with the MISSING flag are removed or repaired so that the MISSING PV is no longer used, then the next time the VG metadata is written, the MISSING flag will be dropped. Alternative methods of clearing the MISSING flag are: vgreduce --removemissing will remove PVs with missing devices, or PVs with the MISSING flag where the device has reappeared. vgextend --restoremissing will clear the MISSING flag on PVs where the device has reappeared, allowing the VG to be used normally. This must be done with caution since the reappeared device may have old data that is inconsistent with data on other PVs. Bad mda repair -------------- The new command: vgck --updatemetadata VG first uses vg_write to repair old metadata, and other basic issues mentioned above (old metadata, outdated PVs, pv_header flags, MISSING_PV flags). It will also go further and repair bad metadata: . text metadata that has a bad checksum . text metadata that is not parsable . corrupt mda_header checksum and version fields (To keep a clean diff, #if 0 is added around functions that are replaced by new code. These commented functions are removed by the following commit.)
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mda2->bad_fields = bad_fields;
lvmcache_save_bad_mda(info, mda2);
mda2 = NULL;
bad_mda_count++;
} else {
/* The normal success path */
log_debug("Scanned %s mda2 seqno %u", dev_name(dev), vgsummary.seqno);
good_mda_count++;
}
}
if (!rv2) {
/*
* Remove the bad mda from normal mda list so it's not
* used by vg_read/vg_write, but keep track of it in
* lvmcache for repair.
*/
log_warn("WARNING: scanning %s mda2 failed to read metadata summary.", dev_name(dev));
log_warn("WARNING: repair VG metadata on %s with vgck --updatemetadata.", dev_name(dev));
dm_list_del(&mda2->list);
mda2->bad_fields = bad_fields;
lvmcache_save_bad_mda(info, mda2);
mda2 = NULL;
bad_mda_count++;
}
}
if (good_mda_count)
return 1;
if (bad_mda_count)
return 0;
/* no metadata in the mdas */
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return 1;
}
static void _text_destroy_label(struct labeller *l __attribute__((unused)),
struct label *label)
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{
struct lvmcache_info *info = (struct lvmcache_info *) label->info;
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lvmcache_del_mdas(info);
lvmcache_del_das(info);
lvmcache_del_bas(info);
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}
static void _fmt_text_destroy(struct labeller *l)
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{
free(l);
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}
struct label_ops _text_ops = {
.can_handle = _text_can_handle,
.write = _text_write,
.read = _text_read,
.initialise_label = _text_initialise_label,
.destroy_label = _text_destroy_label,
.destroy = _fmt_text_destroy,
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};
struct labeller *text_labeller_create(const struct format_type *fmt)
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{
struct labeller *l;
if (!(l = zalloc(sizeof(*l)))) {
log_error("Couldn't allocate labeller object.");
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return NULL;
}
l->ops = &_text_ops;
l->fmt = fmt;
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return l;
}