Bug 607487

Summary: IO is stuck due to active device that moved to suspend mode and never resumed
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: device-mapper-multipathAssignee: Ben Marzinski <bmarzins>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 5.5CC: abaron, agk, bdonahue, bmarzins, bmr, christophe.varoqui, cpelland, dwysocha, fnadge, heinzm, iheim, jhradile, junichi.nomura, kueda, lmb, mbroz, mgoldboi, pm-eus, prajnoha, prockai, ykaul
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.3 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, to resize a multipath device, users had to run the command "multipathd -k'resize map <mapname>'". Running "multipath" instead caused the multipath to become stuck in the SUSPENDED state. In this state, all input/output to the device hung. Now users can resize the device with either command, and the multipath device will no longer get stuck in the SUSPENDED state.
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Last Closed: 2010-07-14 12:44:05 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 584742    
Bug Blocks: 607467    

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-06-24 08:45:39 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #584742 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Ben Marzinski 2010-06-24 23:52:23 UTC
This fix has now been ported the the zstream.

Comment 4 Jaromir Hradilek 2010-06-29 08:54:47 UTC
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

New Contents:
Previously, to resize a multipath device, users had to run the command "multipathd -k'resize map <mapname>'", as running "multipath" instead caused the multipath to become stuck in the SUSPENDED state. In this state, all input/output to the device hung. Now users can resize the device with either command, and the multipath device will no longer get stuck in the SUSPENDED state.

Comment 5 Barry Donahue 2010-06-30 14:22:15 UTC
Verified fix in device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.4.x86_64.rpm and kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.4.x86_64.rpm.

Comment 6 Florian Nadge 2010-07-14 10:10:35 UTC
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

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-Previously, to resize a multipath device, users had to run the command "multipathd -k'resize map <mapname>'", as running "multipath" instead caused the multipath to become stuck in the SUSPENDED state. In this state, all input/output to the device hung. Now users can resize the device with either command, and the multipath device will no longer get stuck in the SUSPENDED state.+Previously, to resize a multipath device, users had to run the command "multipathd -k'resize map <mapname>'". Running "multipath" instead caused the multipath to become stuck in the SUSPENDED state. In this state, all input/output to the device hung.  Now users can resize the device with either command, and the multipath device will no longer get stuck in the SUSPENDED state.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2010-07-14 12:44:05 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0532.html