[linux-lvm] Cpy%Sync column - high disk activity after reboots

[Zdenek Kabelac]

Dne 31.5.2015 v 16:51 Mathijs Kwik napsal(a):
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying lvmcache and it seems to work ok. However, after every
> reboot, I notice quite a long period of disk activity. lvs gives me this
> output:
>
> % lvs
>    LV            VG       Attr       LSize   Pool    Origin                Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
>    btrfs-spinner bluebook Cwi-aoC--- 582,19g [cache] [btrfs-spinner_corig] 70,11  11,34           82,55
>
> The % gets lower over time and when it reaches 0 the disk activity goes
> back to normal.
>
> Is this to be expected/normal?
> It seems to me the entire cache is checked as if it wasn't cleanly
> closed on shutdown. I'm currently using writethrough and would like to
> make sure everything is ok before enabling writeback.


Hi

Cache is always flushing it's content to disk - so if you have the 'writeback' 
variant and there were some unwritten data which sits only in cache, they are 
automatically pushed to origin (cached) device - which is likely your disk 
activity.

Zdenek