Bug 173164 - kernel dm snapshot: Load metadata on table creation not resumption.
Summary: kernel dm snapshot: Load metadata on table creation not resumption.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Alasdair Kergon
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Depends On: 173163
Blocks: 164959 168429 173166
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Reported: 2005-11-14 18:56 UTC by Alasdair Kergon
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0132
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-03-07 20:46:06 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:808 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2005-10-27 04:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0132 0 qe-ready SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 2006-03-09 16:31:00 UTC

Description Alasdair Kergon 2005-11-14 18:56:19 UTC 
Move snapshot metadata loading to happen when table is created instead
of when device is resumed.  Origin writes don't trigger exceptions until
snapshot table becomes active (when resume() is called on snapshot).

dm-snapshot-load-metadata-on-creation.patch
Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-07 20:46:06 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 the 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/RHSA-2006-0132.html
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