I just tried to only apply below patch (didn't partly backout commit 25b58310e3). The attrs of lvs output still have 'a' bit. ```patch +#if 0 if (!_online_pvscan_one(cmd, dev, NULL, complete_vgnames, saved_vgs, 0, &pvid_without_metadata)) add_errors++; +#endif ``` the output of "systemd-analysis blame | head -n 10": ``` 59.279s systemd-udev-settle.service 39.979s dracut-initqueue.service 1.676s lvm2-activation-net.service 1.605s initrd-switch-root.service 1.330s NetworkManager-wait-online.service 1.250s sssd.service 958ms initrd-parse-etc.service 931ms lvm2-activation-early.service 701ms lvm2-pvscan@259:97.service 700ms firewalld.service ``` On 9/6/19 12:31 PM, Heming Zhao wrote: > The status: > ``` > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# systemd-analyze blame | less > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# pvs | tail -n 5 > /dev/vdh95 vgtst-54 lvm2 a-- 4.00m 4.00m > /dev/vdh96 vgtst-54 lvm2 a-- 4.00m 4.00m > /dev/vdh97 vgtst-55 lvm2 a-- 4.00m 0 > /dev/vdh98 vgtst-55 lvm2 a-- 4.00m 4.00m > /dev/vdh99 vgtst-55 lvm2 a-- 4.00m 4.00m > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# vgs | tail -n 5 > vgtst-56 16 1 0 wz--n- 64.00m 60.00m > vgtst-6 16 1 0 wz--n- 64.00m 60.00m > vgtst-7 16 1 0 wz--n- 64.00m 60.00m > vgtst-8 16 1 0 wz--n- 64.00m 60.00m > vgtst-9 16 1 0 wz--n- 64.00m 60.00m > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# lvs | tail -n 5 > vgtst-56-lv56 vgtst-56 -wi-a----- 4.00m > vgtst-6-lv6 vgtst-6 -wi-a----- 4.00m > vgtst-7-lv7 vgtst-7 -wi-a----- 4.00m > vgtst-8-lv8 vgtst-8 -wi-a----- 4.00m > vgtst-9-lv9 vgtst-9 -wi-a----- 4.00m > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# pvs | wc -l > 899 > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# vgs | wc -l > 58 > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# lvs | wc -l > 60 > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# rpm -qa | grep lvm2 > lvm2-devel-2.03.06-3.fc30.x86_64 > lvm2-dbusd-2.03.06-3.fc30.noarch > lvm2-2.03.06-3.fc30.x86_64 > lvm2-lockd-2.03.06-3.fc30.x86_64 > udisks2-lvm2-2.8.4-1.fc30.x86_64 > lvm2-libs-2.03.06-3.fc30.x86_64 > [root@f30-lvmroot ~]# > ``` > > you can see the 'a' bit of lv attr. > > > Yesterday I only showed the key change of the modification. below is the complete patch. > 1> > comment out calling _online_pvscan_one in pvscan_cache_cmd > 2> > partly backout (use "#if 0") your commit: 25b58310e3d606a85abc9bd50991ccb7ddcbfe25 > https://sourceware.org/git/?p=lvm2.git;a=commit;h=25b58310e3d606a85abc9bd50991ccb7ddcbfe25 > > ```patch > diff --git a/tools/pvscan.c b/tools/pvscan.c > index b025ae3e6b..52a50af962 100644 > --- a/tools/pvscan.c > +++ b/tools/pvscan.c > @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int _online_vg_file_create(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vgname) > * We end up with a list of struct devices that we need to > * scan/read in order to process/activate the VG. > */ > - > +#if 0 > static int _get_devs_from_saved_vg(struct cmd_context *cmd, char *vgname, > struct dm_list *saved_vgs, > struct dm_list *devs) > @@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ out: > release_vg(vg); > return ret; > } > +#endif > > static int _pvscan_aa(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct pvscan_aa_params *pp, > struct dm_list *vgnames, struct dm_list *saved_vgs) > @@ -1166,7 +1167,9 @@ static int _pvscan_aa(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct pvscan_aa_params *pp, > destroy_processing_handle(cmd, handle); > return ECMD_PROCESSED; > } > - > +#if 1 > + ret = process_each_vg(cmd, 0, NULL, NULL, vgnames, READ_FOR_ACTIVATE, 0, handle, _pvscan_aa_single); > +#else > if (dm_list_size(vgnames) == 1) { > dm_list_iterate_items(sl, vgnames) > ret = _pvscan_aa_direct(cmd, pp, (char *)sl->str, saved_vgs); > @@ -1174,6 +1177,7 @@ static int _pvscan_aa(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct pvscan_aa_params *pp, > /* FIXME: suppress label scan in process_each if label scan already done? */ > ret = process_each_vg(cmd, 0, NULL, NULL, vgnames, READ_FOR_ACTIVATE, 0, handle, _pvscan_aa_single); > } > +#endif > > destroy_processing_handle(cmd, handle); > > @@ -1418,9 +1422,10 @@ int pvscan_cache_cmd(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv) > } > > add_single_count++; > - > +#if 0 > if (!_online_pvscan_one(cmd, dev, NULL, complete_vgnames, saved_vgs, 0, &pvid_without_metadata)) > add_errors++; > +#endif > } > } > ``` > > > On 9/6/19 12:55 AM, David Teigland wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 12:35:53PM +0000, Heming Zhao wrote: >>> In pvscan_cache_cmd, the code in below area "#if 0 .. #endif take a huge >>> time. When I used below modified code to boot, the time reduced from >>> 1min to 1.389s. >> >> That stops the command from doing any work. I suspect that in your tests, >> the "fast" case is not doing any activation, and the "slow" case is. >> Please check where the LVs are being activated in the fast case. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/