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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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 General Public License v.2.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+test_description='udev rule and systemd unit run vgchange'
+
+. lib/inittest
+
+#
+# To use this test, add two or more devices with real device ids,
+# e.g. wwids, to a file, e.g.
+# $ cat /tmp/devs
+# /dev/sdb
+# /dev/sdc
+# /dev/sdd
+#
+# Specify this file as LVM_TEST_DEVICE_LIST=/tmp/devs
+# when running the test.
+#
+# This test will wipe these devices.
+#
+
+if [ -z ${LVM_TEST_DEVICE_LIST+x} ]; then echo "LVM_TEST_DEVICE_LIST is unset" && skip; else echo "LVM_TEST_DEVICE_LIST is set to '$LVM_TEST_DEVICE_LIST'"; fi
+
+test -e "$LVM_TEST_DEVICE_LIST" || skip
+
+num_devs=$(cat $LVM_TEST_DEVICE_LIST | wc -l)
+
+RUNDIR="/run"
+test -d "$RUNDIR" || RUNDIR="/var/run"
+PVS_ONLINE_DIR="$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online"
+VGS_ONLINE_DIR="$RUNDIR/lvm/vgs_online"
+PVS_LOOKUP_DIR="$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_lookup"
+
+_clear_online_files() {
+	# wait till udev is finished
+	aux udev_wait
+	rm -f "$PVS_ONLINE_DIR"/*
+	rm -f "$VGS_ONLINE_DIR"/*
+	rm -f "$PVS_LOOKUP_DIR"/*
+}
+
+test -d "$PVS_ONLINE_DIR" || mkdir -p "$PVS_ONLINE_DIR"
+test -d "$VGS_ONLINE_DIR" || mkdir -p "$VGS_ONLINE_DIR"
+test -d "$PVS_LOOKUP_DIR" || mkdir -p "$PVS_LOOKUP_DIR"
+_clear_online_files
+
+aux prepare_real_devs
+
+aux lvmconf 'devices/dir = "/dev"'
+aux lvmconf 'devices/use_devicesfile = 1'
+DFDIR="$LVM_SYSTEM_DIR/devices"
+DF="$DFDIR/system.devices"
+mkdir $DFDIR || true
+not ls $DF
+
+get_real_devs
+
+wipe_all() {
+	for dev in "${REAL_DEVICES[@]}"; do
+		wipefs -a $dev
+	done
+}
+
+wipe_all
+
+touch $DF
+for dev in "${REAL_DEVICES[@]}"; do
+	pvcreate $dev
+done
+
+test $num_devs -gt 2 || skip
+
+# 1 dev, 1 vg, 1 lv
+
+vgcreate $vg1 "$dev1"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv1 $vg1 "$dev1"
+
+PVID1=$(pvs "$dev1" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+BDEV1=$(basename "$dev1")
+
+_clear_online_files
+udevadm trigger --settle -c add /sys/block/$BDEV1
+
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID1"
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/vgs_online/$vg1"
+systemctl status lvm-vgchange@$vg1 | tee out || true
+grep Started out
+check lv_field $vg1/$lv1 lv_active "active"
+
+vgchange -an $vg1
+vgremove -y $vg1
+
+
+# 2 devs, 1 vg, 2 lvs
+
+vgcreate $vg2 "$dev1" "$dev2"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv1 $vg2 "$dev1"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv2 $vg2 "$dev2"
+
+PVID1=$(pvs "$dev1" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+PVID2=$(pvs "$dev2" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+BDEV1=$(basename "$dev1")
+BDEV2=$(basename "$dev2")
+
+_clear_online_files
+
+udevadm trigger --settle -c add /sys/block/$BDEV1
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID1"
+not ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/vgs_online/$vg2"
+systemctl status lvm-vgchange@$vg2 | tee out || true
+not grep Started out
+check lv_field $vg2/$lv1 lv_active ""
+check lv_field $vg2/$lv2 lv_active ""
+
+udevadm trigger --settle -c add /sys/block/$BDEV2
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID2"
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/vgs_online/$vg2"
+systemctl status lvm-vgchange@$vg2 | tee out || true
+grep Started out
+check lv_field $vg2/$lv1 lv_active "active"
+check lv_field $vg2/$lv2 lv_active "active"
+
+vgchange -an $vg2
+vgremove -y $vg2
+
+
+# 3 devs, 1 vg, 4 lvs, concurrent pvscans
+# (attempting to have the pvscans run concurrently and race
+# to activate the VG)
+
+vgcreate $vg3 "$dev1" "$dev2" "$dev3"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv1 $vg3 "$dev1"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv2 $vg3 "$dev2"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv3 $vg3 "$dev3"
+lvcreate -l8 -an -n $lv4 -i 2 $vg3 "$dev1" "$dev2"
+
+PVID1=$(pvs "$dev1" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+PVID2=$(pvs "$dev2" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+PVID3=$(pvs "$dev3" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+BDEV1=$(basename "$dev1")
+BDEV2=$(basename "$dev2")
+BDEV3=$(basename "$dev3")
+
+_clear_online_files
+
+udevadm trigger -c add /sys/block/$BDEV1 &
+udevadm trigger -c add /sys/block/$BDEV2 &
+udevadm trigger -c add /sys/block/$BDEV3
+
+sleep 5
+aux udev_wait
+
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID1"
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID2"
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID3"
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/vgs_online/$vg3"
+systemctl status lvm-vgchange@$vg3 | tee out || true
+grep Started out
+check lv_field $vg3/$lv1 lv_active "active"
+check lv_field $vg3/$lv2 lv_active "active"
+check lv_field $vg3/$lv3 lv_active "active"
+check lv_field $vg3/$lv4 lv_active "active"
+
+vgchange -an $vg3
+vgremove -y $vg3
+
+
+# 3 devs, 1 vg, 4 lvs, concurrent pvscans, metadata on only 1 PV
+
+wipe_all
+rm $DF
+touch $DF
+pvcreate --metadatacopies 0 "$dev1"
+pvcreate --metadatacopies 0 "$dev2"
+pvcreate "$dev3"
+
+vgcreate $vg4 "$dev1" "$dev2" "$dev3"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv1 $vg4 "$dev1"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv2 $vg4 "$dev2"
+lvcreate -l1 -an -n $lv3 $vg4 "$dev3"
+lvcreate -l8 -an -n $lv4 -i 2 $vg4 "$dev1" "$dev2"
+
+PVID1=$(pvs "$dev1" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+PVID2=$(pvs "$dev2" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+PVID3=$(pvs "$dev3" --noheading -o uuid | tr -d - | awk '{print $1}')
+BDEV1=$(basename "$dev1")
+BDEV2=$(basename "$dev2")
+BDEV3=$(basename "$dev3")
+
+_clear_online_files
+
+udevadm trigger -c add /sys/block/$BDEV1 &
+udevadm trigger -c add /sys/block/$BDEV2 &
+udevadm trigger -c add /sys/block/$BDEV3
+
+sleep 5
+aux udev_wait
+
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID1"
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID2"
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/pvs_online/$PVID3"
+ls "$RUNDIR/lvm/vgs_online/$vg4"
+systemctl status lvm-vgchange@$vg4 | tee out || true
+grep Started out
+check lv_field $vg4/$lv1 lv_active "active"
+check lv_field $vg4/$lv2 lv_active "active"
+check lv_field $vg4/$lv3 lv_active "active"
+check lv_field $vg4/$lv4 lv_active "active"
+
+vgchange -an $vg4
+vgremove -y $vg4
+