I'm also seeing this problem. I can trigger these errors trivially by doing:
/sbin/lvcreate -A n -L500M -s -nvar-backup /dev/vg0/var and /sbin/lvremove -A n -f /dev/vg0/var-backup Seeing lots of these two errors: Mar 24 10:53:25 feynman kernel: [4198946.403294] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition! Mar 24 10:53:25 feynman kernel: [4198946.403510] mdadm: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition! uname -a Linux feynman.home.woodall.me.uk 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Mon Jan 16 16:04:25 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux Additionally, the lvremove doesn't actually work first time if the previous snapshot that was made was not of the same partition. I have no idea if that is related but I wouldn't be surprised if it is. I first saw the lvremove problem on Feb 1st. mdadm and linux-image were updated on 29th Jan but I didn't reboot until 4th Feb
From kern.log backed up on morning of 5th Feb:
Reboot here: Feb 4 19:54:43 feynman kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Feb 4 19:54:43 feynman kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. First instance of this ioctl issue here: Feb 4 19:55:58 feynman kernel: [ 3.622444] md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 Feb 4 19:55:58 feynman kernel: [ 3.670803] mdadm: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition! Feb 4 19:55:58 feynman kernel: [ 3.670877] mdadm: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition! Feb 4 19:55:58 feynman kernel: [ 3.670939] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition! Feb 4 19:55:58 feynman kernel: [ 3.670993] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition! Feb 4 19:55:58 feynman kernel: [ 3.671312] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition! Tim. -- God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light. http://www.woodall.me.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org