Description of problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1775418
We currently permit the following:
Create multiattach volumes a and b
Create servers 1 and 2
Attach volume a to servers 1 and 2
swap_volume(server 1, volume a, volume b)
In fact, we have a tempest test which tests exactly this sequence: api.compute.admin.test_volume_swap.TestMultiAttachVolumeSwap.test_volume_swap_with_multiattach
The problem is that writes from server 2 during the copy operation on server 1 will continue to hit the underlying storage, but as server 1 doesn't know about them they won't be reflected on the copy on volume b. This will lead to an inconsistent copy, and therefore data corruption on volume b.
Also, this whole flow makes no sense for a multiattached volume because even if we managed a consistent copy all we've achieved is forking our data between the 2 volumes. The purpose of this call is to allow the operator to move volumes. We need a fundamentally different approach for multiattached volumes.
In the short term we should at least prevent data corruption by preventing swap volume of a multiattached volume. This would also cause the above tempest test to fail, but as I don't believe it's possible to implement the test safely this would be correct.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
OpenStack Train
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
- Create multiattach volumes a and b
- Create servers 1 and 2
- Attach volume a to servers 1 and 2
- swap_volume(server 1, volume a, volume b)
Actual results:
Volume corruption due to multiple active R/W attachments.
Expected results:
Attempt to swap volumes is rejected.
Additional info:
https://review.openstack.org/#/q/topic:bug/1775418+(status:open+OR+status:merged)