Same problem and question about if an immediate SIGKILL is OK for dmeventd. On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:20 PM, james harvey <jamespharvey20@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does it matter at all if lvmetad shuts down gracefully? > > Can I safely just have systemd right off the bat send a SIGKILL? > > Most things I wouldn't ask about, but I'm wondering if this is PURELY > a caching daemon where gracefully shutting down doesn't really do > anything. > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:51 PM, james harvey <jamespharvey20@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> After upgrading to systemd v231, my shutdowns/reboots have a 90 second >> delay at the very end. Linux kvm 4.6.4-1. >> >> After I looked into it, I found it's due to lvmetad never terminating >> when receiving a SIGTERM, and after 90 seconds, systemd performs a >> SIGKILL. >> >> systemd 231 (commit d4506129) changed the timeout on sending a SIGKILL >> after a SIGTERM from 10 seconds to 90 seconds. I think this bug has >> been around for quite a while, because I've noticed shutdowns had >> about a 10 second delay at the same spot that now has a 90 second >> delay. >> >> With lvmetad running with "-l all", a systemd debug dmesg log through >> shutdown is attached, after running it through "grep -i lvm2". The >> full (4MB) version is here: >> http://45.63.106.241/share/lvm2-lvmetad.shutdown-log2.txt >> >> This also happens if I attempt stopping lvm2-lvmetad. Attached is >> information showing that. >> >> Also attached is the minimal steps I used to cause the problem, using >> one disk and EXT4. >> >> If during the install I combine the 2 lvcreate commands into a single >> one without using thin pools, then lvmetad terminates pretty much >> immediately with SIGTERM. >> >> ============================== >> >> # systemctl status lvm2-lvmetad >> ● lvm2-lvmetad.service - LVM2 metadata daemon >> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmetad.service; >> disabled; vendor preset: disabled) >> Active: active (running) since Wed 2016-08-03 21:36:54 EDT; 1min 14s ago >> Docs: man:lvmetad(8) >> Main PID: 398 (lvmetad) >> Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) >> CGroup: /system.slice/lvm2-lvmetad.service >> └─398 /usr/bin/lvmetad -f >> >> # systemctl stop lvm2-lvmetad >> {{{ after 90 seconds }}} >> Warning: Stopping lvm2-lvmetad.service, but it can still be activated by: >> lvm2-lvmetad.socket >> # systemctl status lvm2-lvmetad >> ● lvm2-lvmetad.service - LVM2 metadata daemon >> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmetad.service; >> disabled; vendor preset: disabled) >> Active: failed (Result: signal) since Wed 2016-08-03 21:40:33 EDT; 12s ago >> Docs: man:lvmetad(8) >> Process: 398 ExecStart=/usr/bin/lvmetad -f (code=killed, signal=KILL) >> Main PID: 398 (code=killed, signal=KILL) >> >> Aug 03 21:36:54 terra systemd[1]: Started LVM2 metadata daemon. >> Aug 03 21:39:03 terra systemd[1]: Stopping LVM2 metadata daemon... >> Aug 03 21:39:03 terra lvmetad[398]: Failed to accept connection. >> Aug 03 21:40:33 terra systemd[1]: lvm2-lvmetad.service: State >> 'stop-sigterm' timed out. Killing. >> Aug 03 21:40:33 terra systemd[1]: lvm2-lvmetad.service: Killing >> process 398 (lvmetad) with signal SIGKILL. >> Aug 03 21:40:33 terra systemd[1]: lvm2-lvmetad.service: Main process >> exited, code=killed, status=9/KILL >> Aug 03 21:40:33 terra systemd[1]: Stopped LVM2 metadata daemon. >> Aug 03 21:40:33 terra systemd[1]: lvm2-lvmetad.service: Unit entered >> failed state. >> Aug 03 21:40:33 terra systemd[1]: lvm2-lvmetad.service: Failed with >> result 'signal'. >> >> ==================== >> >> /dev/sda1 3.5G Linux filesystem >> /dev/sda2 4.5TB Linux LVM >> >> { Setup LVM and filesystems } >> # mkfs.ext4 -L boot /dev/sda1 >> # pvcreate /dev/sda2 >> # vgcreate disk1 /dev/sda2 >> { Merging these 2 lvcreates, removing the thin volume usage makes >> lvm2-lvmetad properly terminate on SIGTERM } >> # lvcreate --size 500G --thinpool disk1thin disk1 >> # lvcreate --virtualsize 100G --name root disk1/disk1thin >> # mkfs.ext4 -L /mnt /dev/disk1/main >> # mount /dev/disk1/main /mnt >> # mkdir /mnt/boot >> # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot >> >> { Install Arch Linux } >> # vi /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist >> # pacstrap -i /mnt base syslinux gptfdisk lvm2 >> # arch-chroot /mnt >> # vi /etc/locale.gen >> # locale-gen >> # locale > /etc/locale.conf >> # vi /etc/nsswitch.conf >> # systemctl enable systemd-resolved systemd-networkd >> # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Detroit /etc/localtime >> # hwclock --utc --systohc >> # passwd >> { Add lvm2 between block and filesystems } >> # vi /etc/mkinitcpio.conf >> # mkinitcpio -p linux >> # echo hostname > /etc/hostname >> # vi /etc/systemd/network/enp31s0.network >> # syslinux-install_update -i -a -m >> # vi /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg >> >> { After Reboot } >> # vi /etc/fstab -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel