[arch-general] [signoff] lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.82-1

Jan Spakula bender02 at archlinux.us
Mon Jan 31 06:57:47 EST 2011


Excerpts from Thomas Bächler's message of So Jan 30 21:45:28 +0100 2011:
> Am 27.01.2011 14:30, schrieb Thomas Bächler:
> > Am 27.01.2011 11:35, schrieb Jan Spakula:
> >>> This is weird. I think lvm2 is supposed to wait for udev to finish
> >>> creating all links before returning. Inserting a 'sleep 1' or
> >>> '/sbin/udevadm settle' in rc.sysinit after the vgchange call should fix
> >>> this, but it shouldn't be necessary.
> >>
> >> Inserting 'sleep 1' after 'activate_vgs' (new initscripts) does indeed save
> >> the day. I don't know how to figure out why in my case lvm2 doesn't wait for
> >> udev... Any suggestions for further testing welcome.
> > 
> > I thought so. (I guess this issue stays the same in the new initscripts.)
> > 
> > I suppose this must be a bug in the device-mapper - the udev integration
> > is supposed to wait for symlink creation before returning.
> 
> Could you try with the device-mapper and lvm2 packages from here? This
> should fix your problem. Thanks.
> https://dev.archlinux.org/~thomas/lvm_fix/

I booted a couple of times with your packages and the problem didn't show up
yet (without 'sleep 1' of course). Btw I do have udisks installed.
Thanks!


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