This is what i get when try to active a VG with 3K LVs. repeatable. LVM version: 2.02.01 (2005-11-23) Library version: 1.02.02 (2006-01-04) Driver version: 4.4.0 [root@dualxeon ~]# vgchange -ay Killed seem that "Locking memory" only appear once, and then stuck till killed. --------some debug output if i use vgchang -ay -vvv-------------- Found volume group "vg1" Getting device info for vg1-v678 dm info LVM-8ZZaL55BvKV1b8qj3z60KZBVJOrnHyCejSzi1SuM3uO3NWrpDB2Fle5A3Uv6i367 N [16384] Locking LV 8ZZaL55BvKV1b8qj3z60KZBVJOrnHyCeL0DcqwlzsZSb0p6eIhXnV2uyE8KNAZG2 (R) Finding volume group for uuid 8ZZaL55BvKV1b8qj3z60KZBVJOrnHyCeL0DcqwlzsZSb0p6eIhXnV2uyE8KNAZG2 /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Read vg1 metadata (3001) from /dev/md0 at 272384 size 706783 /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Read vg1 metadata (3001) from /dev/md1 at 272384 size 706783 Found volume group "vg1" Getting device info for vg1-v679 dm info LVM-8ZZaL55BvKV1b8qj3z60KZBVJOrnHyCeL0DcqwlzsZSb0p6eIhXnV2uyE8KNAZG2 N [16384] Locking LV 8ZZaL55BvKV1b8qj3z60KZBVJOrnHyCeccjyapQkKwo75je1cFLyZ84RO4LWQnk5 (R) Finding volume group for uuid 8ZZaL55BvKV1b8qj3z60KZBVJOrnHyCeccjyapQkKwo75je1cFLyZ84RO4LWQnk5 /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Read vg1 metadata (3001) from /dev/md0 at 272384 size 706783 /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Read vg1 metadata (3001) from /dev/md1 at 272384 size 706783 Found volume group "vg1" Getting device info for vg1-v680 dm info LVM-8ZZaL55BvKV1b8qj3z60KZBVJOrnHyCeccjyapQkKwo75je1cFLyZ84RO4LWQnk5 N [16384] dm info 8ZZaL55BvKV1b8qj3z60KZBVJOrnHyCeccjyapQkKwo75je1cFLyZ84RO4LWQnk5 N [16384] dm info vg1-v680 N [16384] Locking memory _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/