russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Russell Coker) writes: >> LVM snapshots are not usably at the moment: for kernel 2.4 they work with >> a kernel patch only, and for kernel 2.6 they are marked as experimental >> which is confirmed by my experiences (kernel-panics on creation and manual >> cleanup required). > > FC2 has kernel 2.6 but doesn't have snapshot support. > > FC3 has snapshot support, I've just been using it and it works for me. Can > you file bug reports about any LVM oops you can get with a Fedora > kernel? Sorry; the FC3 kernel is missing some features so that I have to use the vanilla 2.6.8.1 kernel + some patches. FWIW, the stacktrace from the kernel oops is | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: lvcreate: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0xd0 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [dump_stack+30/32] dump_stack+0x1e/0x20 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [<c0105eee>] dump_stack+0x1e/0x20 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [__alloc_pages+739/784] __alloc_pages+0x2e3/0x310 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [<c0147723>] __alloc_pages+0x2e3/0x310 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [alloc_pl+52/96] alloc_pl+0x34/0x60 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [<c0280914>] alloc_pl+0x34/0x60 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [client_alloc_pages+37/112] client_alloc_pages+0x25/0x70 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [<c0280aa5>] client_alloc_pages+0x25/0x70 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [kcopyd_client_create+101/192] kcopyd_client_create+0x65/0xc0 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [<c02816d5>] kcopyd_client_create+0x65/0xc0 | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [pg0+140642617/1069535232] snapshot_ctr+0x329/0x3c0 [dm_snapshot] | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [<c8a21939>] snapshot_ctr+0x329/0x3c0 [dm_snapshot] | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn udev[2296]: PROGRAM execution of '/sbin/devmap_name 254 5' failed | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn udev[2297]: PROGRAM execution of '/sbin/devmap_name 254 6' failed | Sep 22 04:44:18 delenn kernel: [dm_table_add_target+315/496] dm_table_add_target+0x13b/0x1f0 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn udev[2296]: creating device node '/dev/dm-5' | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn udev[2297]: creating device node '/dev/dm-6' | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [<c027c2db>] dm_table_add_target+0x13b/0x1f0 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn udev[2314]: PROGRAM execution of '/sbin/devmap_name 254 7' failed | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn udev[2258]: PROGRAM execution of '/sbin/devmap_name 254 4' failed | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [populate_table+142/240] populate_table+0x8e/0xf0 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn udev[2314]: creating device node '/dev/dm-7' | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn udev[2258]: creating device node '/dev/dm-4' | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [<c027edce>] populate_table+0x8e/0xf0 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [table_load+102/336] table_load+0x66/0x150 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [<c027ee96>] table_load+0x66/0x150 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [ctl_ioctl+222/320] ctl_ioctl+0xde/0x140 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [<c027f70e>] ctl_ioctl+0xde/0x140 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [sys_ioctl+530/1088] sys_ioctl+0x212/0x440 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [<c0176cd2>] sys_ioctl+0x212/0x440 | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [syscall_call+7/11] syscall_call+0x7/0xb | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: [<c010510b>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: device-mapper: : Could not create kcopyd client | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: | Sep 22 04:44:19 delenn kernel: device-mapper: error adding target to table It happens perhaps once per week (2 snapshots per day) and is not reproducible. Enrico
