On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 09:13:18AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 03:32:51PM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 04:27:08PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 05:41:15PM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > > > Call 'udevadm settle' or 'udevsettle' or 'sleep 1' to make sure new lv > > > > is ready for use before making filesystem on it, depends on which > > > > command is available on the system. > > > > > > > > Also sleep 1 before removing the test vg, as the snapshot may block the > > > > test vg from removal for a while. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Eryu Guan <eguan@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > > > tests/generic/081 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/tests/generic/081 b/tests/generic/081 > > > > index e242c4c..8e1828b 100755 > > > > --- a/tests/generic/081 > > > > +++ b/tests/generic/081 > > > > @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ _cleanup() > > > > rm -f $tmp.* > > > > # lvm may have umounted it on I/O error, but in case it does not > > > > $UMOUNT_PROG $mnt >/dev/null 2>&1 > > > > + # fsync from xfs_io pins the snapshot in use for a while and blocks > > > > + # vgremove, sleep 1 to avoid such failure > > > > + sleep 1 > > > > > > Doesn't this indicate a bug in the LVM code? unmount flushes block > > > device caches, so there should be no IO remaining on the device > > > pinning it when unmount completes, right? > > > > Maybe, I'm not sure here.. But it does cause problems to fstests, I have > > two workarounds now, adding sleep 1 before removing vg, delete fsync > > from xfs_io command. I preper to delete fsync, as bug is still > > reproducible without it and no extra workaround(sleep 1) is needed. > > > > What do you think? > > I think the bug should be triaged and fixed, not hidden by changing > or removing something from the test. I'd suggest trying to find what > the fsync is pinning in the filesyste/block device.... OK, I'll send out a v3 to get the udevadm settle part in first and leave this part as it is for now. (I tried a self-built lvm binary to debug but I couldn't reproduce the issue with it, and I see the issue in only one of my kvm guests. I'll dig deeper.) Thanks, Eryu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fstests" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html