[linux-lvm] lvm commands hanging when run from inside a kubernetes pod

[Roger Heflin]

Random thoughts.

Make sure  use_lvmetad is 0, and its systemd units for it are
stopped/disabled.

Are you mounting /proc and /sys and /dev into the /host chroot?

/run may also be needed.

you might add a "-ttt" to the strace command to give timing data.



On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 1:41 AM Abhishek Agarwal <
mragarwal.developer at gmail.com> wrote:

> These are not different LVM processes. The container process is using the
> LVM binary that the node itself has. We have achieved this by using scripts
> that point to the same lvm binary that is used by the node.
>
> Configmap(~shell script) used for the same has the following contents
> where `/host` refers to the root directory of the node:
>
> get_bin_path: |
>   #!/bin/sh
>   bin_name=$1
>   if [ -x /host/bin/which ]; then
>     echo $(chroot /host /bin/which $bin_name | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
>   elif [ -x /host/usr/bin/which ]; then
>     echo $(chroot /host /usr/bin/which $bin_name | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
>   else
>     $(chroot /host which $bin_name | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
>   fi
>
> lvcreate: |
>   #!/bin/sh
>   path=$(/sbin/lvm-eg/get_bin_path "lvcreate")
>   chroot /host $path "$@"
>
> Also, the above logs in the pastebin link have errors because the vg lock
> has not been acquired and hence creation commands will fail. Once the lock
> is acquired, the `strace -f` command gives the following output being
> stuck. Check out this link for full details ->
> https://pastebin.com/raw/DwQfdmr8
>
> P.S: We at OpenEBS are trying to provide lvm storage to cloud native
> workloads with the help of kubernetes CSI drivers and since all these
> drivers run as pods and help dynamic provisioning of kubernetes
> volumes(storage) for the application, the lvm commands needs to be run from
> inside the pod. Reference -> https://github.com/openebs/lvm-localpv
>
> Regards
>
> On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 at 13:06, Demi Marie Obenour <
> demi at invisiblethingslab.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 12:20:32AM +0530, Abhishek Agarwal wrote:
>> > Hi Roger. Thanks for your reply. I have rerun the command with `strace
>> -f`
>> > as you suggested. Here is the pastebin link containing the detailed
>> output
>> > of the command: https://pastebin.com/raw/VRuBbHBc
>>
>> Even if you can get LVM “working”, it is still likely to cause data
>> corruption at some point, as there is no guarantee that different LVM
>> processes in different namespaces will see each others’ locks.
>>
>> Why do you need to run LVM in a container?  What are you trying to
>> accomplish?
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
>> Invisible Things Lab
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