Bug 1275377 - Anaconda is scanning disks for 12+ minutes, querying LVs again and again
Summary: Anaconda is scanning disks for 12+ minutes, querying LVs again and again
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python-blivet
Version: 23
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Vratislav Podzimek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On: 1327091
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-10-26 17:34 UTC by Marian Csontos
Modified: 2016-12-20 15:10 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-12-20 15:10:13 UTC
Type: Bug
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Tarball with logs (549.63 KB, application/x-gzip)
2015-10-26 17:34 UTC, Marian Csontos
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Description Marian Csontos 2015-10-26 17:34:03 UTC
Created attachment 1086562 [details]
Tarball with logs

Description of problem:
I have a VM with many disks (26x /dev/vdX), PVs (11), 2 VGs, 36 LVs, 145 LVs
including internal devices.

Installer seems to be stuck, program log looks like an infinite cycle.
After 12+ minutes is does finish scanning and after 5+ minutes of
intensive activating/deactivating devices it is ready to continue.

During the scanning anaconda spawned 8037 `lvm lvs --noheadings -o {pool_lv,data_lv,metadata_lv} ...` commands.
Only 423 unique ones, so it is running each unique command on average 19 times (the average is exactly 19, so it is not only on average but running each command 19 times.)
So it is running approximately 19x3 commands per each LV including internal ones.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-23.19.10-1

How reproducible:
100%

Actual results:
Installer GUI is not responsive, program log looks like runing in circles.

Expected results:
Installer should not run for 17 minutes.

Additional info:
See attached tarball for disk layout and anaconda logs.

I wonder if something like `lvm lvs --noheading --nameprefixes --all -olv_name,pool_lv,data_lv,metadata_lv` would return results better suitable for machine consumption?

Perhaps running through something like this `https://gist.github.com/csonto/8baa94a22b8625a83931` to produce JSON.

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Comment 2 Vratislav Podzimek 2016-11-30 07:43:05 UTC
I believe this is no longer the case with LVM DBus and a few optimizations we did.

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