Public bug reported:
==== State: Open by: nguyenp on 31 May 2017 15:46:14 ====
Product Name : OpenPOWER Firmware
Product Version : open-power-SMC-P8DTU-V2.00.GA2-20170126-prod
Product Extra : op-build-3782262
Product Extra : hostboot-7fdfb37
Product Extra : occ-e6e194f
Product Extra : skiboot-5.4.2
Product Extra : linux-4.4.24-openpower1-9641b3a
Product Extra : petitboot-v1.4.0-2f8598b
Product Extra : p8dtu-xml-9a8fee2
Cable configuration:
====================
On this P8-Briggs system, I have 2 Seagate Storages running with max
configuration. There are 84 HDDs drives in each storage. So the total drives is
168 HDDs for both Seagate storages.
I connected 2 LSI 9300-8e SAS adapters to 2 Seagate storages with
alternate cabling for redundancy. See a Figure on the connection below:
Note: Each Seagate storage has 2 I/O moudules connection in the back.
Both I/O modules from each Seagate does see the same set of HDDs
Cable connection:
SAS adapter #1: port1 -----> Seagate #1-A I/O module
port0 --------------------------------------> Seagate #2-B
I/O module
SAS adapter #2: port1 ----> Seagate #2-A I/O module
port0 --------------------------------------> Seagate #1-B
I/O module
Ubuntu 16.04.2:
===============
- Running with new kernel Ubuntu 4.8.0-520-generic #550~16.04.1+bz154734
from Mauricio Faria De Oliveira.
Problem Description:
====================
In this Briggs system, I'm running with new Ubuntu 4.8.0-520-generic
#550~16.04.1+bz154734 that has fix for Multipath problem. Mauricio helped to
patch the system with this kernel last week to fix the multipath io_setup
failed problem in LTCBug154734.
This week, I went ahead and scaled up my test configuration to max
configuration 2x5U84_Enclosures,_MaxCfg_168HDDs. This time, it hit a
different issue. The issue is that some multipaths only have a single
path and no redundancy. Others have multiple paths and redundancy.
== Comment: #13 - Paul Nguyen - 2017-06-01 15:19:58 ==
- I agreed with Mauricio that this problem is a timing problem.
- I re-ran the test and noticed that it took more than 50 minutes after
system reboot to discover all disks and to build Multipaths correctly.
- So for it to take this long, it's going to be a problem.
- I have gathered all logs and attaching to the bug for Mauricio to look
and confirm.
- If there is a workaround or fix for faster probe time then I will try
it out.
- Below is more information I captured:
Checkpoint #1:
==============
- system reboot around 2pm (14:00)
Checkpoint # 2:
===============
- It took several minutes for first disk to be detected.
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | head
[Thu Jun 1 14:06:48 2017] sd 17:0:1:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:06:51 2017] sd 17:0:2:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:06:53 2017] sd 17:0:3:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:06:57 2017] sd 17:0:4:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:00 2017] sd 17:0:5:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:03 2017] sd 17:0:6:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:05 2017] sd 17:0:7:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:08 2017] sd 17:0:8:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:11 2017] sd 17:0:9:0: [sdj] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:14 2017] sd 17:0:10:0: [sdk] Attached SCSI disk
root@smb1p1:~#
...
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll|grep dm |wc -l
103
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | tail
[Thu Jun 1 14:18:30 2017] sd 17:0:100:0: [sdcr] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:18:35 2017] sd 17:0:101:0: [sdcs] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:18:40 2017] sd 17:0:102:0: [sdct] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:18:44 2017] sd 17:0:103:0: [sdcu] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:18:54 2017] sd 17:0:105:0: [sdcv] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:18:59 2017] sd 17:0:106:0: [sdcw] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:19:04 2017] sd 17:0:107:0: [sdcx] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:19:09 2017] sd 17:0:108:0: [sdcy] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:19:14 2017] sd 17:0:109:0: [sdcz] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:19:19 2017] sd 17:0:110:0: [sdda] Attached SCSI disk
root@smb1p1:~#
...
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll|grep dm |wc -l
126
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | tail
[Thu Jun 1 14:20:23 2017] sd 17:0:123:0: [sddn] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:20:28 2017] sd 17:0:124:0: [sddo] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:20:33 2017] sd 17:0:125:0: [sddp] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:20:38 2017] sd 17:0:126:0: [sddq] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:20:44 2017] sd 17:0:127:0: [sddr] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:20:48 2017] sd 17:0:128:0: [sdds] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:20:54 2017] sd 17:0:129:0: [sddt] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:20:59 2017] sd 17:0:130:0: [sddu] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:21:04 2017] sd 17:0:131:0: [sddv] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:21:09 2017] sd 17:0:132:0: [sddw] Attached SCSI disk
root@smb1p1:~#
...
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll|grep dm |wc -l
142
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | tail
[Thu Jun 1 14:21:54 2017] sd 17:0:141:0: [sdee] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:21:58 2017] sd 17:0:142:0: [sdef] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:22:04 2017] sd 17:0:143:0: [sdeg] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:22:08 2017] sd 17:0:144:0: [sdeh] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:22:14 2017] sd 17:0:145:0: [sdei] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:22:18 2017] sd 17:0:146:0: [sdej] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:22:24 2017] sd 17:0:147:0: [sdek] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:22:29 2017] sd 17:0:148:0: [sdel] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:22:34 2017] sd 17:0:149:0: [sdem] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:22:39 2017] sd 17:0:150:0: [sden] Attached SCSI disk
root@smb1p1:~#
...
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll|grep dm |wc -l
163
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | tail
[Thu Jun 1 14:23:48 2017] sd 17:0:164:0: [sdfa] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:23:53 2017] sd 17:0:165:0: [sdfb] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:23:58 2017] sd 17:0:166:0: [sdfc] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:03 2017] sd 17:0:167:0: [sdfd] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:08 2017] sd 17:0:168:0: [sdfe] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:13 2017] sd 17:0:169:0: [sdff] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:19 2017] sd 17:0:170:0: [sdfg] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:23 2017] sd 17:0:171:0: [sdfh] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:28 2017] sd 17:0:172:0: [sdfi] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:33 2017] sd 17:0:173:0: [sdfj] Attached SCSI disk
...
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | tail
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:03 2017] sd 17:0:167:0: [sdfd] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:08 2017] sd 17:0:168:0: [sdfe] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:13 2017] sd 17:0:169:0: [sdff] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:19 2017] sd 17:0:170:0: [sdfg] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:23 2017] sd 17:0:171:0: [sdfh] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:28 2017] sd 17:0:172:0: [sdfi] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:33 2017] sd 17:0:173:0: [sdfj] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:38 2017] sd 17:0:174:0: [sdfk] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:43 2017] sd 17:0:175:0: [sdfl] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:24:48 2017] sd 17:0:176:0: [sdfm] Attached SCSI disk
root@smb1p1:~#
root@smb1p1:~# date
Thu Jun 1 14:27:03 CDT 2017
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll | grep -c 'sd[a-z]\+'
168
root@smb1p1:~#
Checkpoint #3:
=============
- After 34 minutes, multipath -ll command shows paths with single path
and no redundancy.
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll > multipath.log.06012017.afterReboot
root@smb1p1:~# cat multipath.log.06012017.afterReboot |more
35000c50086a3ca97 dm-161 IBM-ESXS,ST10000NM0226 E
size=9.0T features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active
`- 17:0:170:0 sdfg 130:32 active ready running
35000c50086bae8bf dm-144 IBM-ESXS,ST10000NM0226 E
size=9.0T features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active
`- 17:0:152:0 sdep 129:16 active ready running
35000c50086baa42f dm-143 IBM-ESXS,ST10000NM0226 E
size=9.0T features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active
`- 17:0:151:0 sdeo 129:0 active ready running
...
Check point #4:
===============
- After 43 minutes, multipath -ll command shows some paths with only single
path and no redundancy and some path with multiple paths and redundancy.
root@smb1p1:~# date
Thu Jun 1 14:43:00 CDT 2017
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll | grep -c 'sd[a-z]\+'
252
root@smb1p1:~#
Checkpoint #5:
==============
- After 47 minutes, multipath -ll command still shows some paths with
only single path and no redundancy.
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | head
[Thu Jun 1 14:06:48 2017] sd 17:0:1:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:06:51 2017] sd 17:0:2:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:06:53 2017] sd 17:0:3:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:06:57 2017] sd 17:0:4:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:00 2017] sd 17:0:5:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:03 2017] sd 17:0:6:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:05 2017] sd 17:0:7:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:08 2017] sd 17:0:8:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:11 2017] sd 17:0:9:0: [sdj] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:07:14 2017] sd 17:0:10:0: [sdk] Attached SCSI disk
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | tail
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:15 2017] sd 18:0:112:0: [sdjo] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:20 2017] sd 18:0:113:0: [sdjp] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:25 2017] sd 18:0:114:0: [sdjq] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:31 2017] sd 18:0:115:0: [sdjr] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:36 2017] sd 18:0:116:0: [sdjs] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:41 2017] sd 18:0:117:0: [sdjt] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:46 2017] sd 18:0:118:0: [sdju] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:51 2017] sd 18:0:119:0: [sdjv] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:46:56 2017] sd 18:0:120:0: [sdjw] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:47:01 2017] sd 18:0:121:0: [sdjx] Attached SCSI disk
root@smb1p1:~#
root@smb1p1:~#
root@smb1p1:~# date
Thu Jun 1 14:47:20 CDT 2017
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll | grep -c 'sd[a-z]\+'
288
root@smb1p1:~#
Checkpoint #6:
==============
- After 51 minutes after system reboot, looks like all disk are
discovered and the Multipath is correctly built.
root@smb1p1:~# multipath -ll | grep -c 'sd[a-z]\+'
336
root@smb1p1:~# date
Thu Jun 1 14:52:05 CDT 2017
root@smb1p1:~# dmesg -T | grep 'sd 1[78]:' | grep 'Attached SCSI disk' | tail
[Thu Jun 1 14:50:47 2017] sd 18:0:167:0: [sdlp] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:50:52 2017] sd 18:0:168:0: [sdlq] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:50:57 2017] sd 18:0:169:0: [sdlr] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:51:02 2017] sd 18:0:170:0: [sdls] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:51:07 2017] sd 18:0:171:0: [sdlt] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:51:13 2017] sd 18:0:172:0: [sdlu] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:51:17 2017] sd 18:0:173:0: [sdlv] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:51:22 2017] sd 18:0:174:0: [sdlw] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:51:27 2017] sd 18:0:175:0: [sdlx] Attached SCSI disk
[Thu Jun 1 14:51:33 2017] sd 18:0:176:0: [sdly] Attached SCSI disk
root@smb1p1:~#
== Comment: #24 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira - 2017-06-06 11:42:59 ==
Hi Paul,
Per your logs, yes, it's the slowness with the SES driver.
I'll ask Canonical to pick it up for 16.10 and 17.04 so it makes into
16.04.2 and 16.04.3.
Thanks,
Mauricio
== Comment: #26 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira <[email protected]> - 2017-06-06
12:06:32 ==
The patch applies cleanly in the master-next branch of ubuntu-zesty.git and
ubuntu-yakkety.git.
Mirroring to Canonical to get a LP bug number, required in the submission
process.
== Comment: #27 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira <[email protected]> - 2017-06-06
12:07:58 ==
The commit is [1].
commit 75106523f39751390b5789b36ee1d213b3af1945
Author: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Apr 5 12:18:19 2017 -0300
scsi: ses: don't get power status of SES device slot on probe
[1]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=75106523f39751390b5789b36ee1d213b3af1945
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage)
Status: New
** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-155269 severity-high
targetmilestone-inin16043
** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-155269 severity-high
targetmilestone-inin16043
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