Re: mdadm fails to start raid in pv fc16 DomU on old host

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On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 01:38:38PM +1100, Virgil wrote:
> Hi Konrad,
> 
> Firstly, thanks for the reply.
> 
> What I've ended up doing is blindly forcing the FC15 kernel in.
> 
> Linux rich.wwrich.xxx 2.6.42.9-2.fc15.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 5 20:55:32 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> This has worked and resolved by issue as the host is advertising flush diskcache. 
> 
> [    1.051933] blkfront: xvda: flush diskcache: enabled
> [    1.252959]  xvda: xvda1 xvda2
> [    1.297201] blkfront: xvdb: flush diskcache: enabled
> [    1.303110]  xvdb: xvdb1 xvdb2
> [    1.565645] md: bind<xvda1>
> [    1.668360] md: bind<xvdb1>
> [    1.691897] md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
> [    1.696683] bio: create slab <bio-1> at 1
> [    1.700177] md/raid1:md127: active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
> [    1.701113] md127: detected capacity change from 0 to 7516180480
> [    1.974317] EXT4-fs (md127): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
> [    2.065875] dracut: Checking ext4: /dev/disk/by-label/rootfs
> [    2.067090] dracut: issuing e2fsck -a  /dev/disk/by-label/rootfs
> [    2.147305] dracut: rootfs: clean, 42918/454272 files, 417708/1835005 blocks
> [    2.149062] dracut: Remounting /dev/disk/by-label/rootfs with -o ro
> [    2.182952] EXT4-fs (md127): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
> [    2.195483] dracut: Mounted root filesystem /dev/md127
> [    2.340884] dracut: Switching root
> 
> As a side issue, I also recompiled Xen 4.1.2 on fc14 and installed it. Everything 
> worked *except* libvirtd. No domU's listed. So I recompiled FC15's libvirtd too. No go.

I think the F16 has them fixed.
> 
> I just backed out. Only the FC15 kernel is left. All running well now.
> 
> Oh and also the kernel works great on bare metal except, when under Xen, the graphics
> went nuts. Added nomodeset to overcomes this.

Which graphics is this? Linux 3.3 has some new fixes for this so if you use F17, the
issue should disappear.

> 
> The last thing I might try is to recompile the FC15 kernel on an FC14 host to
> make it easy to install via rpm (assuming it can compile).
> 
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:17:49 PM Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 01:35:19PM +1100, Virgil wrote:
> > > I'm having a problem with mdraid running in a DomU. The issue is that
> > > mdraid declares one leg of the raid to have failed (when there's
> > > actually nothing wrong).
> > > 
> > > DomU is fc16 - 3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64
> > > Dom0 is fc14 - 2.6.32.26-174.2.xendom0.fc12.x86_64
> > > 
> > > The same DomU running on Dom0 fc16 - 3.2.7-1.fc16.x86_64 runs perfectly.
> > > 
> > > This appears to be a known issue, however the resolution (which seems to
> > > be to disable barriers on the fly) doesn't seem to work in this case.
> > 
> > hm, that is true - it wouldn't as the workarounds are for filesystems.
> > 
> > But perhaps - is there a way to turn barriers of in the raid system?
> > 
> > > My question is: Is it possible to pass a parameter to the blkfront
> > > driver to ask it not to enable barrier during initialization? or is
> > > there another work around?
> > 
> > Not that I know of. You could back-port the proper fix to 2.6.32
> > (or just "Fix" the older 2.6.32 to not advetise feature-barrier).
> > 
> > > [    1.033058] blkfront: xvda: barrier: enabled
> > > [    1.099153]  xvda: xvda1 xvda2
> > > [    1.102871] blkfront: xvdb: barrier: enabled
> > > [    1.130876]  xvdb: xvdb1 xvdb2
> > > [    1.292692] md: bind<xvdb1>
> > > [    1.413416] md: bind<xvda1>
> > > [    1.419411] md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
> > > [    1.419836] bio: create slab <bio-1> at 1
> > > [    1.419953] md/raid1:md127: active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
> > > [    1.419992] md127: detected capacity change from 0 to 7516180480
> > > [    1.424562]  md127: unknown partition table
> > > [    1.547284] EXT4-fs (md127): barriers disabled
> > > [    1.553107] EXT4-fs (md127): mounted filesystem with ordered data
> > > mode. Opts: (null)
> > > [    1.669483] dracut: Checking ext4: /dev/disk/by-label/rootfs
> > > [    1.669592] dracut: issuing e2fsck -a  /dev/disk/by-label/rootfs
> > > [    1.690595] blkfront: barrier: empty write xvdb op failed
> > > [    1.690611] blkfront: xvdb: barrier or flush: disabled
> > > [    1.690628] end_request: I/O error, dev xvdb, sector 14682096
> > > [    1.690638] end_request: I/O error, dev xvdb, sector 14682096
> > > [    1.690646] md: super_written gets error=-5, uptodate=0
> > > [    1.690655] md/raid1:md127: Disk failure on xvdb1, disabling device.
> > > [    1.690657] md/raid1:md127: Operation continuing on 1 devices.
> > > [    1.690677] blkfront: barrier: empty write xvda op failed
> > > [    1.690684] blkfront: xvda: barrier or flush: disabled
> > > [    1.690696] end_request: I/O error, dev xvda, sector 14682096
> > > [    1.690705] end_request: I/O error, dev xvda, sector 14682096
> > > [    1.690713] md: super_written gets error=-5, uptodate=0
> > > [    1.692991] RAID1 conf printout:
> > > [    1.692997]  --- wd:1 rd:2
> > > [    1.693002]  disk 0, wo:0, o:1, dev:xvda1
> > > [    1.693006]  disk 1, wo:1, o:0, dev:xvdb1
> > > [    1.693010] RAID1 conf printout:
> > > [    1.693013]  --- wd:1 rd:2
> > > [    1.693016]  disk 0, wo:0, o:1, dev:xvda1
> > > [    1.702896] dracut: rootfs: clean, 25635/454272 files, 293967/1835005
> > > blocks [    1.703682] dracut: Remounting /dev/disk/by-label/rootfs with
> > > -o ro [    1.773347] EXT4-fs (md127): barriers disabled
> > > [    1.774552] EXT4-fs (md127): mounted filesystem with ordered data
> > > mode. Opts: (null)
> > > [    1.797159] dracut: Mounted root filesystem /dev/md127
> > > [    1.937620] dracut: Switching root
> > > 
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