Hello,
I've recently tried to play around with bcache on some PPC64LE (POWER9,
little endian mode) hardware, and I've run into some issues.
I can format a device as a backing store no problem. If I never attach a
caching device, it never has problems.
I can format a caching device no problem, I can attach it without issue
and use the cached bcache volume without issue.
If I detach the caching device, no perceivable issues. However, once I
attempted to re-attach the caching device, bcache hangs. For example, if
I try to cat an arbitrary item under /sys, (such as 'cat
/sys/block/bcache0/bcache/sequential_cutoff'), it will hang indefinitely.
If I reboot with the caching device attached, then after the system
comes back up, neither the caching and the backing volumes will be
recognized as bcache devices and are unmountable, and both must have
make-bcache run on them.
If I never attach a caching device to the backing device, the backing
never has problems. It appears to stay healthy between reboots. I've had
uptimes of over 8 hours without a caching device without issue. No sort
of load was put on the volume, but otherwise, no issues.
The RAID controller I'm using (details below) is a very thoroughly
tested device that reports no issues. Specifically, the RAID controller
was tested on an x86 machine that's using bcache in the same manner as
here without issue.
What is the appropriate place to file a bug against this issue?
I've tried against multiple filesystems:
xfs
ext4
btrfs
I've tried against multiple kernels:
linux-image-4.16.0-2-powerpc64le (stock Debian kernel)
linux-image-4.16.18
linux-image-4.17.4
My setup:
Debian buster (testing)
1x POWER9 processor
LSI Megaraid 9361-16i (ALL disks are attached to this device).
128GB ECC memory
1x 10TB RAID1 volume (2 spinning disks)
2x 2TB Samsung 860 pro SSD's
2x 1TB Samsung 860 pro SSD's
(Note: all SSD's are in JBOD mode so I can access the individual disks
for TRIM, etc).
I've formatted the entire 10TB RAID1 volume as a backing store. I've
tried using 2TB and 1TB SSD's as caching devices (all brand new). I've
even tried using a 1TB SSD has a caching device for a 2TB SSD. The
results have not differed.
Thanks!
-Cameron
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