[lvm-devel] lvconvert error when converting a linear to a mirror

[Jun'ichi Nomura]

Hi Dave,

Dave Wysochanski wrote:
> I keep hitting the below error path when using lvconvert on a linear
> volume that is spread across multiple PVs.
> 
> 	/*
>          * FIXME This check used to precede mirror->mirror conversion
> 	 * but didn't affect mirror->linear or linear->mirror. I do
> 	 * not understand what is its intention, in fact.
> 	 */
> 	if (dm_list_size(&lv->segments) != 1) {
> 		log_error("Logical volume %s has multiple "
> 			  "mirror segments.", lv->name);
> 		return 0;
> 	}
> 
> I created the linear volume by using PE ranges as follows:
> # tools/lvm lvcreate -L 64M -n lv1 vg1 /dev/loop0:0-3 /dev/loop1:0-7 /dev/loop2:0-3
> 
> The lvconvert command I'm using is:
> # tools/lvm lvconvert -m1 vg1/lv1 
>   Logical volume lv1 has multiple mirror segments.
> 
> I'm not that familiar with lvconvert code, but looking through it
> quickly, it looks like it should handle this case ok.  I removed the
> above check and the mirror seemed to be created fine.  Is this check
> there for some other reason though?  The comment above indicates it is

I'm not the person adding the check but the intention of the check
should be for conversion from already mirrored LV and it should not
be applied to linear-to-mirror conversion.

In a lot of places, mirrored LV is assumed to be single-segment
and the attributes of the mirrored LV (such as log_lv and the number
of mirror images) are obtained from the first segment
(see the use of first_seg()).

> not clear to at least one other person.  If we are checking mirror
> segments, perhaps we should add in a lv->MIRRORED flag check as well?

I think that's ok.

And a comment for this comment in the code:

>          * FIXME This check used to precede mirror->mirror conversion
> 	 * but didn't affect mirror->linear or linear->mirror. I do
> 	 * not understand what is its intention, in fact.

if the check wasn't done for mirror-to-linear conversion, that's a bug.
It seems the bug has been there since the initial version of lvconvert.c. :)

Thanks,
-- 
Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Corporation