[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2016-03-14 Thread Peter Petrakis
** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: Peter Petrakis (peter-petrakis) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032550 Title:

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2015-01-08 Thread Ronny Trommer
I can confirm this issue at root@myhost:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release:14.04 Codename: trusty root@myhost:~# dpkg -s multipath-tools Package: multipath-tools Status: install ok installed Priority:

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2015-01-07 Thread Jakub Pavlik
I can confirm this issue at root@cpt151:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release:14.04 Codename: trusty root@cpt151:~# dpkg -s multipath-tools Package: multipath-tools Status: install ok installed Priority:

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2013-01-03 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
Peter, First: happy new year! I've been doing some more tests to track down the cause of this bug. Since it looks like a kernel bug, I tried reproducing this with kernel 3.5.0, version 3.5.0-21.32~precise1. I could reproduce the faulty paths that multipathd was unable to remove, however: there

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2013-01-03 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
Syslog for server2, the same testrun also on kernel 3.5.0 ** Attachment added: syslog.server2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1032550/+attachment/3473175/+files/syslog.server2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2013-01-03 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
Syslog of the last testrun on kernel 3.5.0. Test started @ 10:15 ** Attachment added: syslog.server1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1032550/+attachment/3473174/+files/syslog.server1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-21 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
Peter, I got it to crash again, this time with a nice kernel dump. The dump can be fetched here: http://www.rmoesbergen.nl/linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic.0.crash.gz The crash itself looked like this: Dec 21 11:07:32 ealxs00161 kernel: [63272.392812] sd 4:0:1:1: emc: ALUA failover mode detected

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-21 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
I've uploaded the vmcore file separately, because I have some doubts about the dumpfile created by apport beging complete. Please find it here: http://www.rmoesbergen.nl/vmcore-crash.tgz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-21 Thread Peter Petrakis
@Ronald First, please attach http://www.rmoesbergen.nl/vmcore-crash.tgz to the bug, launchpad can handle it just fine. Also, this is going to take awhile. We're off all next week so don't expect any movement on this until early-mid Jan. Feel free to ping me if I forget. Also, at what time did

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-21 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
vmcore file of crashed kernel. ** Attachment added: vmcore-crash.tgz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1032550/+attachment/3465398/+files/vmcore-crash.tgz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-21 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
The normal state of the disks is as follows: LUN-DATABASE (36006016061e02e003cf1aca4ae07e211) dm-2 DGC,VRAID size=200G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='1 emc' wp=rw |-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=130 status=active | |- 4:0:0:1 sdg 8:96 active ready running | `- 3:0:0:1 sdc 8:32 active

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-20 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
Peter, is there another way to get you a kernel crash-dump? Whatever I try, the crashdump tools don't produce a crashdump. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-20 Thread Peter Petrakis
Hi Ronald, Sorry I haven't been timely, this is the best I can do with community level support If kdump isn't launching even in the most trivial case then you have to start from zero. is crashkernel even configured? * grep crash /proc/crashkernel How much memory do you have, could you

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-20 Thread Peter Petrakis
Correction: is crashkernel even configured? * grep crash /proc/cmdline -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032550 Title: [multipath] failed to get sysfs

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-20 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
Removing the 'reset_devices' and 'irq_poll' in /etc/init.d/kdump did the trick, both machines now generate a nice vmcore file when they crash. I'll re-test with all your settings applied and report back. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-20 Thread Peter Petrakis
^5! Make sure you enable ftrace per: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1032550/comments/16 That'll save me a lot of work, should crash with a nice long call graph and the CPUs caught executing the code. Well done! -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-13 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
I've been trying to get the crashdump stuff to work, but it just won't generate a dump, or do anything at all when the kernel crashes... Is there another way to get the info you want? Would a console screenshot with a high res console work? About the hanging processes: The only processes I saw in

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-13 Thread Peter Petrakis
hmm, try this. kernel.panic_on_oops = 0 kernel.softlockup_panic = 0 kernel.unknown_nmi_panic = 0 kernel.panic_on_unrecovered_nmi = 0 kernel.panic_on_io_nmi = 0 kernel.hung_task_panic = 0 Make sure these are all set to 1 in /etc/sysctl.conf and then run sysctl -p Also, lets configure ftrace, see

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-13 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
The problem is not making the kernel crash, that's easy :) The issue is that no crash dump is ever generated. The whole kexec dump stuff just doesn't seem to work. I already went through all the troubleshooting tips and tricks, but it the kernel just crashed and hangs forever and only a reset

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-11 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
@Peter: I'll try do reproduce on our acceptance systems with crashdump installed and report back. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032550 Title: [multipath]

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-11 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
I just retested with the multipath-tools version '0.4.9-3ubuntu5+lp1032250dbg1', on 2 systems simulatiously. The test consisted of repeatedly shutting down the fibre port in the switch for one of the paths. One system survived (see syslog.test2.survived.gz), one system did not

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-11 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
** Attachment added: syslog.test2.survived.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1032550/+attachment/3457383/+files/syslog.test2.survived.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-11 Thread Peter Petrakis
I should have been more specific, please set kernel.hung_task_panic as well, which should trigger on the blocked more than N sec events. Also, if you still have the system in this state. Does ps | aux show a series of kpartx processes blocked? -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-10 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
I'm seeing the same issue with an EMC clariion, see attached syslog. On my systems this problem leads to hanging processes and a server crash that can only be fixed with a reboot .. ** Attachment added: syslog of multipath failure

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-10 Thread Ronald Moesbergen
** Attachment added: My multipath.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1032550/+attachment/3456042/+files/multipath.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu.

RE: [Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-10 Thread vincent
: Monday, December 10, 2012 5:07 PM To: Chen, Vincent Subject: [Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information ** Attachment added: My multipath.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1032550/+attachment/3456042/+files/multipath.conf -- You received

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-12-10 Thread Peter Petrakis
What I really need is a crashdump. I'm simply short on time to reproduce this myself. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/CrashdumpRecipe Configure sysctl to panic on oops, that should do it. This stack section is interesting. Dec 9 09:18:27 ealxs00195 kernel: [1726974.078795] RIP:

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-08-22 Thread Peter Petrakis
So you restarted multipath-tools or rebooted before testing again? I was afraid of this, the RH patch isn't even upstream and was applied against a different code base. There may be additional patches that have a cumulative effect that we're missing. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-08-20 Thread vincent
i have applied the fix, however the issue still happened :-( ii kpartx 0.4.9-3ubuntu5+lp1032250dbg1 create device mappings for partitions ii multipath-tools 0.4.9-3ubuntu5+lp1032250dbg1 maintain multipath block device access

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-08-17 Thread Peter Petrakis
@Vincent I have a test package for you to try. Add this ppa, https://launchpad.net/~peter-petrakis/+archive/storage The install incantation should be: apt-get install multipath-tools=0.4.9-3ubuntu5+lp1032250dbg1 It includes a fix to the state checker which *should* eliminate the sysfs

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-08-07 Thread Peter Petrakis
** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032550 Title: [multipath] failed to get

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-08-06 Thread vincent
@peter I have change the filter and update into new init ram disk, thanks. For powerpath issue, i reproduce by shutdown FC switch port. Here is new complete syslog of whole prodefure and multipath result. 1)multipath_before_port_down -- multipath status before shutdown port

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-08-03 Thread vincent
Here is OS and Packge info also attach log and configuration. root@Linux51:/var/tmp# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release:12.04 Codename: precise root@Linux51:/var/tmp# dpkg -s multipath-tools Package:

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-08-03 Thread Peter Petrakis
** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Peter Petrakis (peter-petrakis) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032550 Title:

[Bug 1032550] Re: [multipath] failed to get sysfs information

2012-08-03 Thread Peter Petrakis
@Vincent Could you please attach the syslog associated with this fault? How reproducible is this? Also I noticed that your lvm.conf is a little broken. scan = [ /dev ] ... filter = [ r/block/, r/disk/, r|/dev/sd.*|, a/.*/ ] Since the scan starts in /dev, that's the root of the search,