Hi, As subject, it seems a interaction problem between lvm and systemd-udev: ``` #lvm version LVM version: 2.02.130(2)-RHEL7 (2015-10-14) Library version: 1.02.107-RHEL7 (2015-10-14) Driver version: 4.35.0 ``` lvm call trace when hangs: ``` (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f7030b876a7 in semop () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f70312b708c in _udev_wait (cookie=223161260) at libdm-common.c:2522 #2 dm_udev_wait (cookie=223161260) at libdm-common.c:2540 #3 0x000055e23866a60d in fs_unlock () at activate/fs.c:491 #4 0x000055e238677855 in _file_lock_resource (cmd=<optimized out>, resource=<optimized out>, flags=256, lv=<optimized out>) at locking/file_locking.c:64 #5 0x000055e23860a6c8 in _lock_vol (cmd=cmd@entry=0x55e239595000, resource=<optimized out>, resource@entry=0x7ffe634b06b0 "#sync_names", flags=flags@entry=256, lv_op=lv_op@entry=LV_NOOP, lv=lv@entry=0x0) at locking/locking.c:275 #6 0x000055e23860b013 in lock_vol (cmd=cmd@entry=0x55e239595000, vol=<optimized out>, vol@entry=0x55e2386aae91 "#sync_names", flags=flags@entry=256, lv=lv@entry=0x0) at locking/locking.c:355 #7 0x000055e23860bcf0 in sync_dev_names (cmd=cmd@entry=0x55e239595000) at locking/locking.c:536 #8 0x000055e2385b4c4b in lvcreate (cmd=0x55e239595000, argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at lvcreate.c:1534 #9 0x000055e2385bd388 in lvm_run_command (cmd=cmd@entry=0x55e239595000, argc=1, argc@entry=8, argv=0x7ffe634b0df0, argv@entry=0x7ffe634b0db8) at lvmcmdline.c:1655 #10 0x000055e2385bddf0 in lvm2_main (argc=8, argv=0x7ffe634b0db8) at lvmcmdline.c:2121 ``` systemd udev logs: ``` Apr 12 10:54:41 localhost.localdomain systemd-udevd[1363]: worker [128147] /devices/virtual/block/dm-4 timeout; kill it Apr 12 10:54:41 localhost.localdomain systemd-udevd[1363]: seq 2342985 '/devices/virtual/block/dm-4' killed ``` Is this a known issue? Please ask if any information needed :-) Regards, Eric _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/