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Allow metadataignore flag to be passed in to pvcreate.
Ideally, more refactoring of the mda allocation / initialization
is warranted, but for now, we just add another parameter to 'add_mda'
to take an existing mda ignored flag. We need to do this or pv_write
loses the state of the mda 'ignored' flag before copying and writing
to disk.
Print device name when setting or clearing metadata ignore bit.
Example:
label/label.c:160 /dev/loop2: lvm2 label detected
cache/lvmcache.c:1136 lvmcache: /dev/loop2: now in VG #orphans_lvm2 (#orphans_lvm2)
metadata/metadata.c:4142 Setting mda ignored flag for metadata_locn /dev/loop2.
format_text/text_label.c:318 Skipping mda with ignored flag on device /dev/loop2 at offset 4096
Logging isn't ideal, especially for mda_set_ignore. Ideally we'd
like to display the device name and offset in this case but this
requires a bit more work and a per-format 'mda_description' function
pointer definition (we don't have access to mda_context in
metadata.c).
In preparation to call this from both pvcreate as well as pvchange,
move the guts of metadataignore into a library function.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
There's an intermittent failure with vgcfgbackup that seems to have been
introduced with the metadataignore / vgmetadatacopies patchset.
Intermittent failures are often the result of uninitialized data,
so this patch calls zalloc in a few places it might matter.
Update example.conf to describe vgmetadatacopies. Provide an
explanation for the '0' ("unmanaged") value.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Allowing an 'all' and 'unmanaged' value is more intuitive, and
provides a simple way for users to get back to original LVM behavior
of metadata written to all PVs in the volume group.
If the user requests "--vgmetadatacopies unmanaged", this instructs
LVM not to manage the ignore bits to achieve a specific number of
metadata copies in the volume group. The user is free to use
"pvchange --metadataignore" to control the mdas on a per-PV basis.
If the user requests "--vgmetadatacopies all", this instructs LVM
to do 2 things: 1) clear all ignore bits, and 2) set the "unmanaged"
policy going forward.
Internally, we use the special MAX_UINT32 value to indicate 'all'.
This 'just' works since it's the largest value possible for the
field and so all 'ignore' bits on all mdas in the VG will get
cleared inside _vg_metadata_balance(). However, after we've
called the _vg_metadata_balance function, we check for the special
'all' value, and if set, we write the "unmanaged" value into the
metadata. As such, the 'all' value is never written to disk.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Now that we have both --pvmetadatacopies and --vgmetadatacopies,
we need to make sure --metadatacopies gets interpreted correctly.
For pv commands, --metadatacopies should imply --pvmetadatacopies,
and for vg commands, --vgmetadatacopies.
Note: this will change the behavior of vgcreate with --metadatacopies
to be a synonym for --vgmetadatacopies. Previously, --metadatacopies
would apply to any PVs given with vgcreate that needed an implicit
pvcreate. As a result, one small change is needed to one of the nightly
tests - t-vgcreate-usage.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
When vgmerge is called we move the mdas from the source to the
destination. With metadata balancing we now have another mda
list, fid->metadata_areas_ignored, so move the mdas on this list
as well.
This patch should not matter as the code is written today. However
we include it for completeness in the case that _vgmerge_single()
is refactored and/or moved into a library function.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
The check in vg_split_mdas will trigger an error if the 'from' vg
list is empty. However, this might be ok in some instances now
that we have ignored mdas. Relax this check so an error is triggered
only in the case where there's truly no more mdas in the 'from'
vg.
One example of where this makes a difference is with vgreduce.
If we try to vgreduce a PV with un-ignored mdas, this should trigger
the balancing function to un-ignore mdas on another PV in the VG.
However, we don't get to vg_write() before we fail because this
list size check fails, and we see an error message indicating:
"Cannot remove final metadata area ..."
Another example is with vgsplit into a new VG, where the PVs
being moved contain all ignored mdas. We must move the mdas on
fid->metadata_areas_ignored from 'vg_from' to 'vg_to'.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
The vgextend path calls add_pv_to_vg(). Inside add_pv_to_vg(),
we must ensure we pass the correct mdas list into pv_setup(), as
copies of mdas are placed on the vg->fid list. If we don't place
the mdas on the correct vg->fid list, the various counts may be
incorrect and the metadata balance algorithm will not work when
called from vg_write() path.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Allow parsing of --vgmetadatacopies for vgcreate. Accept
--metadatacopies as a synonym for --vgmetadatacopies.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
When a user explicitly sets a new mda ignore value for a PV, we
should update vg_mda_copies accordingly. When the VG is written
out, the user would not want the new ignore state to get lost as
a result of the vg_mda_copies value and logic in the vg_write
path.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Compare the value of the newly added vg_mda_copies field
(--vgmetadatacopies parameter) with the current count of
in-use mdas and ignoring or unignoring mdas as necessary to
get to the target count. Also, as a safety check before
returning, ensure we have at least one mda enabled.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Update logic in vgchange to handle --vgmetadatacopies, allow
--metadatacopies as a synonym to --vgmetadatacopies,
and add these parameters to args.h and commands.h
Forbit both --vgmetadatacopies and --metadatacopies as only
one allowed.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
This patch adds the ability to read/write the vg->mda_copies values
from/to the vg metadata.
If we read the VG metadata and this field does not exist, we set
mda_copies to the default value of 0. Later in the code, we use
this special '0' value to indicate a disable of metadata balancing.
This should preserve existing LVM behavior and ensure metadata balancing
can be turned off should the need arise.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
This patch adds the get and partially implemented set function.
The 'set' function should probably ignore or un-ignore metadata areas
based on new values.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Add a field to struct volume_group to later implement metadata
balancing:
- mda_copies: target # of non-ignored mdas in the VG; default 0 (do
not control pv 'ignore mdas' bit.
This patch just adds the parameter to the structures with the default
values but does not modify any commands. Should be no functional change.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
This patch adds a vgmetadatacopies parameter for metadata balancing.
This parameter provides a simple way for users to create a policy for
placing metadata on PVs automatically by LVM. The behavior is implemented
inside LVM by managing the 'ignore' mda bits. We chose the name
'vgmetadatacopies' as this is a natural extension to the existing parameter
'pvmetadatacopies' / 'metadatacopies' in pvcreate.
This is a first step at VG parameter based metadata balancing. Most users
will probably want to state that they want a certain number of PVs to contain
metadata, and they may be less concerned about a specific number of metadata
copies in the volume group. However, for default values (pvmetadatacopies
is 1 by default), the number of metadatacopies in the volume group, and the
number of PVs with metadata are the same. In the future we could add
vgmetadatacopiespvs to define more specifically the number of pvs in the
VG that contain metadata, but for now we start with this parameter.
Another possible future extension would be to define a specific pv tag
to mark the set of PVs that should be used for metadata balancing. This
tag based approach could be used in conjunction with 'vgmetadatacopies'.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Arrange mdas so mdas that are to be ignored come first. This is an
optimization that ensures consistency on disk for the longest period of time.
This was noted by agk in review of the v4 patchset of pvchange-based mda
balance.
Note the following example for an explanation of the background:
Assume the initial state on disk is as follows:
PV0 (v1, non-ignored)
PV1 (v1, non-ignored)
PV2 (v1, non-ignored)
PV3 (v1, non-ignored)
If we did not sort the list, we would have a commit sequence something like
this:
PV0 (v2, non-ignored)
PV1 (v2, ignored)
PV2 (v2, ignored)
PV3 (v2, non-ignored)
After the commit of PV0's mdas, we'd have an on-disk state like this:
PV0 (v2, non-ignored)
PV1 (v1, non-ignored)
PV2 (v1, non-ignored)
PV3 (v1, non-ignored)
This is an inconsistent state of the disk. If the machine fails, the next
time it was brought back up, the auto-correct mechanism in vg_read would
update the metadata on PV1-PV3. However, if possible we try to avoid
inconsistent on-disk states. Clearly, because we did not sort, we have
a greater chance of on-disk inconsistency - from the time the commit of
PV0 is complete until the time PV3 is complete.
We could improve the amount of time the on-disk state is consistent by simply
sorting the commit order as follows:
PV1 (v2, ignored)
PV2 (v2, ignored)
PV0 (v2, non-ignored)
PV3 (v2, non-ignored)
Thus, after the first PV is committed (in this case PV1), on-disk we would
have:
PV0 (v1, non-ignored)
PV1 (v2, ignored)
PV2 (v1, non-ignored)
PV3 (v1, non-ignored)
This is clearly a consistent state. PV1 will be read but the mda will be
ignored. All other PVs contain v1 metadata, and no auto-correct will be
required. In fact, if we commit all PVs with ignored mdas first, we'll
only have an inconsistent state when we start writing non-ignored PVs,
and thus the chances we'll get an inconsistent state on disk is much
less with the sorted method.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
When we are constructing the vg, we may need to adjust the list of
metadata_areas if there are ignored mdas. At label read time, we
do not read the metadata of ignored mdas, and as a result, they do
not get placed on vg->fid->metadata_areas inside _text_create_text_instance
since lvmcache does not have these areas attached to vginfo->infos.
However, when we're checking the pvids inside _vg_read, after having
read another metadata area from another PV, we do have the opportunity
to update the metadata_area and metadata_areas_ignored lists based
on the read metadata_area. We need accurate mda lists for the reporting
functions that count the ignored mdas, as well as general correctness
of mda balancing.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
With the addition of ignored mdas, we replace all checks for an empty
mda list with a new function to look for either an empty mda list or
ignored mdas.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Add a helper function to consolidate checking for an empty mdas list
or ignored mdas. Ignored mdas should behave almost identically to
an empty mda list - the metadata areas should not be read or written
to. This function will make it easier to implement metadata balancing
and easier to track pvs with an empty mda list or ignored mdas.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
We implement ignore of an mda at label_read time by checking for
the ignore bit, and then skipping the reading of the vgname and
other information in the metadata. This will have an effect similar
to a PV found with no mdas. Thus, it will look like an orphan in the
cache until we scan the rest of the system and find a PV with
metadata, and the mda will not be on the vg->fid->metadata_areas
list so no read/writes will be done to the metadata area.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
This patch just modifies pvchange to call the underlying ignore
functions for mdas. Ensure special cases do not reflect changes
in metadata (PVs with 0 mdas, setting ignored when already ignored,
clearing ignored when not ignored).
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Define a new pvs field, pv_mda_used_count, and a new vgs field,
vg_mda_used_count to match the existing pv_mda_count and vg_mda_count.
These new fields count the number of mdas that have the 'ignored' bit
clear (they are in use on the PV / VG). Also define various supporting
functions to implement the counting as well as setting the ignored
flag and determining if an mda is ignored. These high level functions
call into the lower level location independent mda ignore functions
defined by earlier patches.
Note that counting ignored mdas in a vg requires traversing both lists
and checking for the ignored bit on the mda. The count of 'ignored'
mdas then is defined by having the bit set, not by which list the mda
is on. The list does determine whether LVM actually does read/write to
the mda, though we must count the bits in order to return accurate numbers
for the various counts. Also, pv_mda_set_ignored must search both vg
lists for ignored mda. If the state changes and needs to be committed
to disk, the ignored mda will be on the non-ignored list.
Note also in pv_mda_set_ignored(), we must properly manage the mda lists.
If we change the ignored state of an mda, we must change any mdas on
vg->fid->metadata_areas that correspond to this pv. Also, we may
need to allocate a copy of the mda, as is done when fid->metadata_areas
is populated from _vg_read(), if we are un-ignoring an ignored mda.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Add a second mda list, metadata_areas_ignored to fid, and a couple
functions, fid_add_mda() and fid_add_mdas() to help manage the lists.
These functions are needed to properly count the ignored mdas and
manage the lists attached to the 'fid' and ultimately the 'vg'.
Ensure metadata_areas_ignored is initialized in other formats, even
if the list is never used.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
