Bug 1986995

Summary:	vdoimport should give warnings for conversion attempts on invalid devices
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Corey Marthaler <cmarthal>
Component:	lvm2	Assignee:	Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac>
lvm2 sub component:	VDO	QA Contact:	cluster-qe <cluster-qe>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	Docs Contact:
Severity:	low
Priority:	high	CC:	agk, awalsh, heinzm, jbrassow, mcsontos, prajnoha, zkabelac
Version:	8.5
Target Milestone:	beta
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2022-05-10 15:21:57 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Corey Marthaler 2021-07-28 16:37:36 UTC

Description of problem:
[root@hayes-03 ~]# vdoimport /dev/doesnt_exist
[root@hayes-03 ~]# echo $?
1

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
lvm2-2.03.12-5.el8    BUILT: Tue Jul 13 11:50:03 CDT 2021
lvm2-libs-2.03.12-5.el8    BUILT: Tue Jul 13 11:50:03 CDT 2021

Comment 1 Zdenek Kabelac 2021-09-06 17:27:15 UTC

Fixed upstream with this patch:

https://listman.redhat.com/archives/lvm-devel/2021-September/msg00004.html


Correctly reports readlink cannot access passed device path.

Comment 4 Corey Marthaler 2021-11-03 02:48:31 UTC

Marking Verified:Tested in the latest rpms.

kernel-4.18.0-348.4.el8.kpq0    BUILT: Wed Oct 27 15:00:32 CDT 2021
lvm2-2.03.14-1.el8    BUILT: Wed Oct 20 10:18:17 CDT 2021
lvm2-libs-2.03.14-1.el8    BUILT: Wed Oct 20 10:18:17 CDT 2021
lvm2-dbusd-2.03.14-1.el8    BUILT: Wed Oct 20 10:18:48 CDT 2021


SCENARIO - [attempt_non_existence_device_conversion]
Test the conversion attempt of a non existent device
lvm_import_vdo --yes /dev/nonexistent
lvm_import_vdo: Readlink cannot access device "/dev/nonexistent".

Comment 8 Corey Marthaler 2021-11-16 18:03:46 UTC

Marking Verified in the latest 8.6 rpms.

SCENARIO - attempt_non_existence_device_conversion:  Test the conversion attempt of a non existent device (bug 1986995) 
lvm_import_vdo --yes /dev/nonexistent
lvm_import_vdo: Readlink cannot access device "/dev/nonexistent".

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 15:21:57 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (lvm2 bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:2038