bump up the multipathd verbosity at compilation time, be sure to run it while testing, look the daemon.log for multipath callouts on events. regards, cvaroqui Selon Nicola Ranaldo <ranaldo@xxxxxxxx>: > > Make sure the kernel DM event model works (with "dmsetup wait") > > If not, revert the Mike Christie patches from the udm patchset. > > Ok... if i have understood... > > i do > dmsetup -v wait volume1 0 > and is sleeping... > > sg_start /dev/sda 1 > dmsetup wakes up and shows: > > root@m2:/# dmsetup -v wait volume1 0 > Name: volume1 > State: ACTIVE > Tables present: LIVE > Open count: 2 > Event number: 1 > Major, minor: 254, 0 > Number of targets: 1 > > while kern.log shows: > > Nov 26 12:44:56 m2 kernel: Device sdd not ready. > Nov 26 12:44:56 m2 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 27280 > > all right, the write operation continues its job... > > now i do: > dmsetup -v wait volume1 1 > and is sleeping... > > sg_start /dev/sdd 1 > dmsetup wakes up and shows: > > root@m2:/# dmsetup -v wait volume1 1 > Name: volume1 > State: ACTIVE > Tables present: LIVE > Open count: 2 > Event number: 2 > Major, minor: 254, 0 > Number of targets: 1 > > while kern.log shows: > Message from syslogd@m2 at Fri Nov 26 12:47:21 2004 ... > m2 kernel: REISERFS: panic (device dm-0): journal-601, buffer write failed > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: Device sda not ready. > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 23664 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block > 2958 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block > 2959 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block > 2960 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block > 2961 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 > Nov 26 12:47:21 m2 kernel: REISERFS: panic (device dm-0): journal-601, > buffer write failed > > now the case when i emulate the controller failure: > on hsg80 console i do a restart other... > > dmsetup wakes up showing: > > root@m2:/# dmsetup -v wait volume 0 > Name: volume > State: ACTIVE > Tables present: LIVE > Open count: 2 > Event number: 1 > Major, minor: 254, 0 > Number of targets: 1 > > while the kern.log shows: > > Message from syslogd@m2 at Fri Nov 26 12:55:47 2004 ... > m2 kernel: REISERFS: panic (device dm-0): journal-601, buffer write failed > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: Device sdd not ready. > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 39208 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: Device sda not ready. > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 39208 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block > 4901 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block > 4902 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block > 4903 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block > 4904 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 > Nov 26 12:55:47 m2 kernel: REISERFS: panic (device dm-0): journal-601, > buffer write failed > > wath's the next step? > > thanks > > Nicola Ranaldo > > -- > > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > --