[linux-lvm] pvmove hung on 2.6.22 (ubuntu gutsy)

[Bryn M. Reeves]

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noah wrote:
> 2007/9/2, noah <noah123 at gmail.com>:
>> 2007/9/1, Hannes Dorbath <light at theendofthetunnel.de>:
>>> noah wrote:
>>>> Pvmove hung and now all commands that access the filesystem hang too,
>>>> possibly in uninterruptible sleep.
>>>> Is this a bug or did I do something forbidden, somehow? ;)
>>> To my knowledge pvmove is broken on 2.6.22. I'd go back to 2.6.21 until
>>> there is a fix. Maybe there is already a fix, I haven't followed it.
>> Thanks for a quick reply.
>> Has this problem been documented elsewhere?
>> Just curious what the problem is and whether anybody is working on a fix.
> 
> I'm still curious what the problem is, when it happend, why and
> whether or not somebody is working on it.
> Is this a problem with dm, lvm, barriers, userland utilities or something else?

The fix was merged in 2.6.22.2 - file a bug with your distribution to
have it included.

The patch is here:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/7/401

Regards,
Bryn.

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