[ovirt-devel] Issue: Device path changed after adding disks to guest VM
Nir Soffer
nsoffer at redhat.com
Wed Jan 6 15:16:24 UTC 2021
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:57 PM Joy Li <joooy.li at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot Nir! Good to know that oVirt cannot guarantee the disk names so that I don't need to spend more time trying to enable such a feature.
>
> I can always reproduce the problem via my application, basically, the procedure is as following:
>
> 1. create a VM
Which guest OS? Can you share the guest disk image or ISO image used
to instal it?
> 2. add disks to the VM (e.g.: disk names: disk1, disk3)
> 3. check the disk mappings via `virsh domblklist `
Please shared the libvirt domain xml (virsh dumpxml vm-name)
> 4. add another disk (let's say, disk2, give a name alphabetically before some existing disks)
Add disk while the vm is running (hotplug)?
> 5. shutdown the VM via hypervisor and start it again (reboot won't work)
What do you mean by "reboot does not work?"
> 6. `virsh domblklist` again, then you might see the problem I mentioned before
Mapping is different compared with state before the reboot?
> There are no virtio devices inside /dev/disk/by-id/xxx of my guest VM.
Maybe you don't have systemd-udev installed?
The links in /dev/disk/... are created by udev during startup, and
when detecting a new disk.
> And I just noticed that the disks mapping information given by hypervisor (from VM configuration or virsh command) is different from the reality inside the VM. The disk name inside the VM was actually not changed.
>
> So now my issue is that given a disk name (/dev/vdb) of a VM, how can I get its wwid? Before I got it from the hypervisor, but now the hypervisor's information is not reliable, and since the disk is unformatted, I cannot use UUID.
You can use:
# udevadm info /dev/vda
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.5/0000:06:00.0/virtio4/block/vda
N: vda
L: 0
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:06:00.0
S: disk/by-id/virtio-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-9
S: disk/by-path/virtio-pci-0000:06:00.0
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.5/0000:06:00.0/virtio4/block/vda
E: DEVNAME=/dev/vda
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: MAJOR=252
E: MINOR=0
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=10518442
E: ID_SERIAL=b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-9
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:06:00.0
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_06_00_0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:06:00.0
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-9
/dev/disk/by-path/virtio-pci-0000:06:00.0
E: TAGS=:systemd:
I tried to reproduce you issue 4.4.5 development build:
Starting vm with 2 direct LUN disks:
# virsh -r dumpxml disk-mapping
...
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'
error_policy='stop' io='native' discard='unmap'/>
<source dev='/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/40f455c4-8c92-4f8f-91c2-991b0ddfc2f5'
index='3'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore type='block' index='5'>
<format type='qcow2'/>
<source
dev='/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/ad891316-b80a-4ab5-895b-400108bd0ca1'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
</backingStore>
<target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
<serial>40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2</serial>
<boot order='1'/>
<alias name='ua-40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' error_policy='stop'
io='native' iothread='1'/>
<source dev='/dev/mapper/3600140594af345ed76d42058f2b1a454' index='2'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<serial>b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-94fb-277d5b30baa2</serial>
<alias name='ua-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-94fb-277d5b30baa2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' error_policy='stop'
io='native' iothread='1'/>
<source dev='/dev/mapper/360014050058f2f8a0474dc7a8a7cc6a5' index='1'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
<serial>d9a29187-f492-4a0d-aea2-7d5216c957d7</serial>
<alias name='ua-d9a29187-f492-4a0d-aea2-7d5216c957d7'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
...
# virsh -r domblklist disk-mapping
Target Source
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sdc -
sda /rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/40f455c4-8c92-4f8f-91c2-991b0ddfc2f5
vda /dev/mapper/3600140594af345ed76d42058f2b1a454
vdb /dev/mapper/360014050058f2f8a0474dc7a8a7cc6a5
In guest:
# ls -lh /dev/disk/by-id/virtio-*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:42
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-9 -> ../../vda
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:42
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-d9a29187-f492-4a0d-a -> ../../vdb
NOTE: "d9a29187-f492-4a0d-a" are the first characters of the disk id:
"d9a29187-f492-4a0d-aea2-7d5216c957d7"
seen in oVirt:
https://my-engine/ovirt-engine/webadmin/?locale=en_US#disks-general;id=d9a29187-f492-4a0d-aea2-7d5216c957d7
Adding another disk in sorted in the middle (while the vm is running):
# virsh -r dumpxml disk-mapping
...
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'
error_policy='stop' io='native' discard='unmap'/>
<source dev='/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/40f455c4-8c92-4f8f-91c2-991b0ddfc2f5'
index='3'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore type='block' index='5'>
<format type='qcow2'/>
<source
dev='/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/ad891316-b80a-4ab5-895b-400108bd0ca1'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
</backingStore>
<target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
<serial>40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2</serial>
<boot order='1'/>
<alias name='ua-40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' error_policy='stop'
io='native' iothread='1'/>
<source dev='/dev/mapper/3600140594af345ed76d42058f2b1a454' index='2'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<serial>b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-94fb-277d5b30baa2</serial>
<alias name='ua-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-94fb-277d5b30baa2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' error_policy='stop'
io='native' iothread='1'/>
<source dev='/dev/mapper/360014050058f2f8a0474dc7a8a7cc6a5' index='1'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
<serial>d9a29187-f492-4a0d-aea2-7d5216c957d7</serial>
<alias name='ua-d9a29187-f492-4a0d-aea2-7d5216c957d7'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' error_policy='stop'
io='native' iothread='1'/>
<source dev='/dev/mapper/36001405b4d0c0b7544d47438b21296ef' index='7'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
<serial>e801c2e4-dc2e-4c53-b17b-bf6de99f16ed</serial>
<alias name='ua-e801c2e4-dc2e-4c53-b17b-bf6de99f16ed'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x09' slot='0x00'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
...
# virsh -r domblklist disk-mapping
Target Source
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sdc -
sda /rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/40f455c4-8c92-4f8f-91c2-991b0ddfc2f5
vda /dev/mapper/3600140594af345ed76d42058f2b1a454
vdb /dev/mapper/360014050058f2f8a0474dc7a8a7cc6a5
vdc /dev/mapper/36001405b4d0c0b7544d47438b21296ef
In the guest:
# ls -lh /dev/disk/by-id/virtio-*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:42
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-9 -> ../../vda
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:42
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-d9a29187-f492-4a0d-a -> ../../vdb
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:51
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-e801c2e4-dc2e-4c53-b -> ../../vdc
Shutdown VM and start it again
# virsh -r dumpxml disk-mapping
...
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'
error_policy='stop' io='native' discard='unmap'/>
<source dev='/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/40f455c4-8c92-4f8f-91c2-991b0ddfc2f5'
index='4'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore type='block' index='6'>
<format type='qcow2'/>
<source
dev='/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/ad891316-b80a-4ab5-895b-400108bd0ca1'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
</backingStore>
<target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
<serial>40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2</serial>
<boot order='1'/>
<alias name='ua-40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' error_policy='stop'
io='native' iothread='1'/>
<source dev='/dev/mapper/3600140594af345ed76d42058f2b1a454' index='3'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<serial>b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-94fb-277d5b30baa2</serial>
<alias name='ua-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-94fb-277d5b30baa2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' error_policy='stop'
io='native' iothread='1'/>
<source dev='/dev/mapper/36001405b4d0c0b7544d47438b21296ef' index='2'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
<serial>e801c2e4-dc2e-4c53-b17b-bf6de99f16ed</serial>
<alias name='ua-e801c2e4-dc2e-4c53-b17b-bf6de99f16ed'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x09' slot='0x00'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' error_policy='stop'
io='native' iothread='1'/>
<source dev='/dev/mapper/360014050058f2f8a0474dc7a8a7cc6a5' index='1'>
<seclabel model='dac' relabel='no'/>
</source>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
<serial>d9a29187-f492-4a0d-aea2-7d5216c957d7</serial>
<alias name='ua-d9a29187-f492-4a0d-aea2-7d5216c957d7'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
...
# virsh -r domblklist disk-mapping
Target Source
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sdc -
sda /rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/40f455c4-8c92-4f8f-91c2-991b0ddfc2f5
vda /dev/mapper/3600140594af345ed76d42058f2b1a454
vdb /dev/mapper/36001405b4d0c0b7544d47438b21296ef
vdc /dev/mapper/360014050058f2f8a0474dc7a8a7cc6a5
In the guest:
# ls -lh /dev/disk/by-id/virtio-*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:55
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-9 -> ../../vda
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:55
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-d9a29187-f492-4a0d-a -> ../../vdb
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:55
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-e801c2e4-dc2e-4c53-b -> ../../vdc
Comparing to state before reboot:
# virsh -r domblklist disk-mapping
Target Source
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sdc -
sda /rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/84dc4e3c-00fd-4263-84e8-fc246eeee6e9/images/40018b33-2b11-4d10-82e4-604a5b135fb2/40f455c4-8c92-4f8f-91c2-991b0ddfc2f5
vda /dev/mapper/3600140594af345ed76d42058f2b1a454
vdb /dev/mapper/360014050058f2f8a0474dc7a8a7cc6a5
vdc /dev/mapper/36001405b4d0c0b7544d47438b21296ef
# ls -lh /dev/disk/by-id/virtio-*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:42
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-b97e68b2-87ea-45ca-9 -> ../../vda
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:42
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-d9a29187-f492-4a0d-a -> ../../vdb
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jan 6 09:51
/dev/disk/by-id/virtio-e801c2e4-dc2e-4c53-b -> ../../vdc
In the guest disks are mapped to the same device name.
It looks like libivrt domblklist is not correct - vdb and vdc are switched.
Peter, this expected?
Nir
>
> Joy
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:28 PM Nir Soffer <nsoffer at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:27 AM Joy Li <joooy.li at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I'm facing the problem that after adding disks to guest VM, the device target path changed (My ovirt version is 4.3). For example:
>> >
>> > Before adding a disk:
>> >
>> > virsh # domblklist <vmname>
>> > Target Source
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------
>> > hdc -
>> > vda /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f53
>> > vdb /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f54
>> > vdc /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f55
>> > vdd /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f56
>> > vde /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f57
>> > vdf /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f58
>> >
>> > After adding a disk, and then shutdown and start the VM:
>> >
>> > virsh # domblklist <vmname>
>> > Target Source
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------
>> > hdc -
>> > vda /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f53
>> > vdb /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f54
>> > vdc /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f6c
>> > vdd /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f55
>> > vde /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f56
>> > vdf /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f57
>> > vdg /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f58
>> >
>> > The devices' multipath doesn't map to the same target path as before, so in my VM the /dev/vdc doesn't point to the old /dev/mapper/3600a09803830386546244a546d494f55 anymore.
>> >
>> > Anybody knows how can I make the device path mapping fixed without being changed after adding or removing disks.
>>
>> Device nodes are not stable, and oVirt cannot guarantee that you will
>> get the same
>> node in the guest in all runs.
>>
>> You should use /dev/disk/by-id/xxx links to located devices, and blkid to create
>> fstab mounts that do not depend on node names.
>>
>> Regardless, oVirt try to keep devices stable as possible. Do you know
>> how to reproduce
>> this issue reliably?
>>
>> Nir
>>
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