A full direct write to the same sized wc origin works on both 8.5 and 8.6

8.5
[root@hayes-02 ~]#  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/snapper_thinp/origin of=/dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_origin bs=1M oflag=direct
dd: error writing '/dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_origin': No space left on device
15361+0 records in
15360+0 records out
16106127360 bytes (16 GB, 15 GiB) copied, 299.501 s, 53.8 MB/s

8.6
[root@hayes-03 bin]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/snapper_thinp/origin of=/dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_origin bs=1M oflag=direct
dd: error writing '/dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_origin': No space left on device
15361+0 records in
15360+0 records out
16106127360 bytes (16 GB, 15 GiB) copied, 410.76 s, 39.2 MB/s

I tried this with the following kernels (starting from 348.4,3,2,1 and up from 348) and the only thing that seemed to matter was the lvm build that was installed.

This problem does NOT happen in 12-10 regardless of what kernel is running.
lvm2-2.03.12-10.el8

This problem DOES happen in 14-1 regardless of what kernel is running. 
lvm2-2.03.14-1.el8    BUILT: Wed Oct 20 10:18:17 CDT 2021

[root@hayes-03 bin]# strace  /usr/tests/sts-rhel8.3/bin/b_iogen -o -m random -f direct -s write,writev -t1000b -T10000b -d /dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_origin | /usr/tests/sts-rhel8.3/bin/b_doio -i 500 -v
execve("/usr/tests/sts-rhel8.3/bin/b_iogen", ["/usr/tests/sts-rhel8.3/bin/b_iog"..., "-o", "-m", "random", "-f", "direct", "-s", "write,writev", "-t1000b", "-T10000b", "-d", "/dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_"...], 0x7ffc478a01a8 /* 39 vars */) = 0
brk(NULL)                               = 0x197d000
arch_prctl(0x3001 /* ARCH_??? */, 0x7ffcd3fa2600) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=44263, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 44263, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bf0ce3000
close(3)                                = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libxml2.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\220\364\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
lseek(3, 1427968, SEEK_SET)             = 1427968
read(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32) = 32
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1503528, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bf0ce1000
lseek(3, 1427968, SEEK_SET)             = 1427968
read(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32) = 32
mmap(NULL, 3568024, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bf075b000
mprotect(0x7f3bf08b8000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f3bf0ab7000, 40960, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15c000) = 0x7f3bf0ab7000
mmap(0x7f3bf0ac1000, 4504, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bf0ac1000
close(3)                                = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0@'\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
lseek(3, 88664, SEEK_SET)               = 88664
read(3, "\4\0\0\0 \0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\1\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\30\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 48) = 48
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=95416, ...}) = 0
lseek(3, 88664, SEEK_SET)               = 88664
read(3, "\4\0\0\0 \0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\1\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\30\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 48) = 48
mmap(NULL, 2187272, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bf0544000
mprotect(0x7f3bf055a000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f3bf0759000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15000) = 0x7f3bf0759000
mmap(0x7f3bf075a000, 8, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bf075a000
close(3)                                = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/liblzma.so.5", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\2405\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
lseek(3, 150808, SEEK_SET)              = 150808
read(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32) = 32
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=192016, ...}) = 0
lseek(3, 150808, SEEK_SET)              = 150808
read(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32) = 32
mmap(NULL, 2252808, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bf031d000
mprotect(0x7f3bf0342000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f3bf0542000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x25000) = 0x7f3bf0542000
mmap(0x7f3bf0543000, 8, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bf0543000
close(3)                                = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 \305\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2191520, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3674432, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3beff9b000
mprotect(0x7f3bf011c000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f3bf031b000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x180000) = 0x7f3bf031b000
close(3)                                = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\300\20\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=28840, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2109744, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3befd97000
mprotect(0x7f3befd9a000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f3beff99000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f3beff99000
close(3)                                = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\260\255\3\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3167176, ...}) = 0
lseek(3, 808, SEEK_SET)                 = 808
read(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32) = 32
mmap(NULL, 3950400, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bef9d2000
mprotect(0x7f3befb8e000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f3befd8d000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1bb000) = 0x7f3befd8d000
mmap(0x7f3befd93000, 14144, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3befd93000
close(3)                                = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\240n\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=321536, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bf0cdf000
mmap(NULL, 2225344, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bef7b2000
mprotect(0x7f3bef7cd000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f3bef9cc000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1a000) = 0x7f3bef9cc000
mmap(0x7f3bef9ce000, 13504, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bef9ce000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap(NULL, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bf0cdc000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f3bf0cdc740) = 0
mprotect(0x7f3befd8d000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f3bef9cc000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f3beff99000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f3bf031b000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f3bf0542000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f3bf0759000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f3bf0ab7000, 36864, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x60b000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0x7f3bf0cee000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f3bf0ce3000, 44263)           = 0
set_tid_address(0x7f3bf0cdca10)         = 849654
set_robust_list(0x7f3bf0cdca20, 24)     = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {sa_handler=0x7f3bef7b8920, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_SIGINFO, sa_restorer=0x7f3bef7c4c20}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {sa_handler=0x7f3bef7b89b0, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO, sa_restorer=0x7f3bef7c4c20}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0
prlimit64(0, RLIMIT_STACK, NULL, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM64_INFINITY}) = 0
getpid()                                = 849654
brk(NULL)                               = 0x197d000
brk(0x199e000)                          = 0x199e000
brk(NULL)                               = 0x199e000
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_origin", O_RDONLY) = 3
ioctl(3, BLKGETSIZE64, [16106127360])   = 0
close(3)                                = 0
write(2, "b_iogen starting up with the fol"..., 467b_iogen starting up with the following:
 
Iterations:      Infinite
Seed:            849654
Offset-mode:     random
Single Pass:     off
Overlap Flag:    on
Mintrans:        512000
Maxtrans:        5120000
Syscalls:        write  writev
Flags:          direct
 
Test Devices:
 
Path                                                      Size
                                                        (bytes)
---------------------------------------------------------------
) = 467
write(2, "/dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_"..., 90/dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_origin                                        16106127360
) = 90
futex(0x7f3bf0ac1e88, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
write(1, "<xior magic=\"0xfeed10\"><write sy"..., 4096) = 4096
write(1, "O_DIRECT</oflags><offset>1647623"..., 4096) = 4096
write(1, "<xior magic=\"0xfeed10\"><write sy"..., 4096) = 4096
write(1, "RECT</oflags><offset>967073792</"..., 4096) = 4096
Can not writev() 2548736 bytes to 2144523264 on /dev/writecache_sanity/block_io_origin: Invalid argument
write(1, "or magic=\"0xfeed10\"><write sysca"..., 4096) = 4096
write(1, "IRECT</oflags><offset>420069376<"..., 4096) = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe)
--- SIGPIPE {si_signo=SIGPIPE, si_code=SI_USER, si_pid=849654, si_uid=0} ---
+++ killed by SIGPIPE +++

The problem occurs in the io path, and since lvm is not used in the io path it's hard to imagine how the lvm version changes the behavior.  lvm of course impacts it by setting dm tables, so it's probably worthwhile to compare the dm tables in the working/non-working instances.  Unfortunately the test program is doing too many things to make it clear which io system call is the problem, or even if the io error was captured.

The b_doio writev fails when the logical block size of the LV is 4k.  I don't know if it's specific to b_doio or if any program using writev() would fail the same way (I don't know of a basic io test off hand that uses writev directly to a block device, most io testing is done on file systems.)

Previous versions of lvm defaulted to 512 LBS when no fs block size was detected on the LV, but this recently changed to default to 4k LBS when no fs block size is found, which explains why updating the lvm version would change the behavior.  Previous lvm versions have the same problem with 4k LBS.

I'm guessing that writev() has some io size of alignment requirements that are violated given the combination of io parameters and block size.  Or, it could be a bug in the io layer, perhaps related to checking io requests against device properties.

I haven't been able to strace the b_doio process given the awkward way that these test programs run:

/root/sts/src/b_doio/b_iogen -o -m random -f direct -s write -t1000b -T10000b -d /dev/cd/main | /root/sts/src/b_doio/b_doio -i 500 -v

I also haven't found any documentation about writev() requirements related to device properties or io size/alignment requirements.

The same error occurs with an raid+integrity LV that has a 4k logical block size, where using 512 works fine.

dm-writecache and dm-integrity both have target-specific options for setting the logical block size of their dm device.  As for testing other LV types (e.g. linear), I don't think that lvm/dm have a way of forcing a specific logical block size of the dm device (overriding the LBS from the underlying devices).  Something like dm-ebs would be needed.

There's no code change to make here.