[linux-lvm] LVM complains about /etc/lvm/cache/.cache it created

[Thomas Deutschmann]

Hi,

while reworking how we activate LVM in Gentoo's genkernel initramfs init
script, I tested some commands at boot in the following order:

# /sbin/lvm vgscan
# /sbin/lvm vgchange -ay --sysinit
# /sbin/lvm vgmknodes --ignorelockingfailure --verbose

The last command (vgmknodes) will output

>     Failed to load existing device cache from /etc/lvm/cache/.cache

I can delete this file (/etc/lvm/cache/.cache), re-run the command twice
and on the second call, after cache file was recreated by LVM, the error
is back.

So this looks like LVM is creating a cache it cannot use by itself?!


# lvm version
  LVM version:     2.02.185(2) (2019-05-13)
  Library version: 1.02.158 (2019-05-13)
  Driver version:  4.35.0
  Configuration:   ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
--host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
    --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
--datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --disable-dependency-tracking
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/lvm-2.02.185
    --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/lvm-2.02.185/html --enable-static_link
--enable-pkgconfig --enable-dmeventd
    --enable-cmdlib --disable-lvmetad --with-clvmd=none
--with-cluster=none --disable-readline
    --disable-selinux --with-mirrors=internal --with-snapshots=internal
--with-thin=internal
    --with-cache=internal --disable-udev-systemd-background-jobs
--disable-udev_sync
    --disable-udev_rules


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Regards,
Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer
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