As of NeilB's release a few minutes ago, this issue is still occuring.
Looks like the XFS superblock isn't being written properly or is
corrupted upon read:
/// xfs_repair can't validate superblock:
[root@gtmp04 ~]# xfs_repair /dev/md0
Phase 1 - find and verify superblock...
bad primary superblock - bad magic number !!!
attempting to find secondary superblock...
/// xfs_check doesn't like superblock magic:
[root@gtmp04 ~]# xfs_check -v /dev/md0
xfs_check: unexpected XFS SB magic number 0x00000000
xfs_check: read failed: Invalid argument
xfs_check: data size check failed
Thanks!
/eli
Eli Stair wrote:
After realizing my stupid error in specifying the bitmap during array
creation, I've triggered a couple of 100% repeatable bugs with this
scenario.
BUG 1)
When I create an array without a bitmap and add it after the array is
synced, all works fine with any filesystem. If I create WITH the
internal bitmap and use xfs, it chokes at mount time with:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/md0,
or too many mounted file systems
xfs_check also dies with:
[root@gtmp01 GTMP]# xfs_check /dev/md0
xfs_check: unexpected XFS SB magic number 0x00000000
xfs_check: read failed: Invalid argument
xfs_check: data size check failed
/usr/sbin/xfs_check: line 28: 30580 Segmentation fault
xfs_db$DBOPTS -i -p xfs_check -c "check$OPTS" $1
Strangely, whatever the underlying cause is, ext3 seems immune (at least
in brief testing) to this. I can create and mount an ext3 filesystem on
top of the array that xfs dies trying to mount.
In the case where the array is created with bitmap at build time, if I
wait until resync is completed, do a 'mdadm -Gb none' followed by 'mdadm
-Gb internal', I can then safely create the XFS filesystem and mount it.
BUG 2)
Another bitmap failure during create time: MDADM dies with an error
after creating the array, when it tries to assemble it, with an
external-file bitmap (on ext3):
[root@gtmp01 GTMP]# mdadm -C /dev/md0 -f --chunk=512 --level=10
-n14 -po2 -e1.2 -bESC[1P^M[root@gtmp01 GTMP]# mdadm -C /dev/md0 -f
--chunk=512 --level=10 -n14 -po2 -e1.2 -b/var/tmp/bitmap /dev/mapper/mpath*
mdadm: RUN_ARRAY failed: Cannot allocate memory
mdadm: stopped /dev/md0
The array can be manually assembled, but it does not load with the
bitmap, even when specifying it with 'mdadm -A /dev/md0 -b/var/tmp/bitmap'.
For reference, I'm running:
mdadm - v2.5.3 - 7 August 2006
mkfs.xfs version 2.8.11
kernel 2.6.18 (Opteron, x86_64, SMP)
I've attached typescript of the sessions where I run through all of
these scenarios, as well as an strace of the "mdadm -C
-b/var/tmp/bitmap" where it fails to assemble the array. Also is a file
with the superblock detail on all the member devices.
Again, more than happy to help test patches and any scenarios.
Cheers,
/eli
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