[lvm-devel] [PATCH] Re: [linux-lvm] Clarifications wanted about locking process

[Petr Rockai]

Alasdair G Kergon <agk at redhat.com> writes:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 08:13:39PM -0400, Eric Bélanger wrote:
>> Since I updated from lvm2 2.02.48 to 2.02.51, I'm getting this message
>> on boot-up:
>> Write locks are prohibited with --ignorelockingfailure.
>> Unable to obtain global lock.
>  
> Sounds like a bug.
The attached patch should fix the issue. I believe that taking a global write
lock while scanning is a mistake (I consulted with Milan, he says it only
serves to enable metadata caching).

Yours,
   Petr.

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