Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 596352
clvmd -d 2 does not fork
Last modified: 2013-02-28 23:09:05 EST
Description of problem: While trying to debug a startup hang I wanted to use the "-d 2" option to dump debug messages to syslog while starting up as normal. Unfortunately clvmd does not run in the background in this case. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): lvm2-cluster-2.02.65-1.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. clvmd -d 2 2. clvmd should continue running while returning you to the command prompt. Actual results: clvmd runs in the foreground Expected results: clvmd run in the background Additional info:
From the man page for clvmd: OPTIONS -d [<value>] Enable debug logging. Value can be 0, 1 or 2. 0 disables debug logging in a running clvmd 1 sends debug logs to stderr (clvmd will not fork in this case) 2 sends debug logs to syslog If -d is specified without a value then 1 is assumed if you are starting a new clvmd, 2 if you are enabling debug in a running clvmd.
The real problem is the -d is overloaded. there should be a separate flag to indicate to clvmd that it should not fork.
Can this be fixed as documented so I can debug startup timeouts?
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There should be new option (as already mentioned in comment #2).
Proposed patch here https://www.redhat.com/archives/lvm-devel/2011-January/msg00126.html
(In reply to comment #0) > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. clvmd -d 2 > 2. clvmd should continue running while returning you to the command prompt. One important note: Please be aware of the fact that you have to use "clvmd -d2" not "clvmd -d 2" (leave the space out!).
Fix verified in the latest rpms. * Note: like mentioned in comment #10, "clvmd -d2" not "clvmd -d 2" is what's required for this to work. "clvmd -d 2" evals to no argument, and thus is the same as -d1. 2.6.32-128.el6.x86_64 lvm2-2.02.83-3.el6 BUILT: Fri Mar 18 09:31:10 CDT 2011 lvm2-libs-2.02.83-3.el6 BUILT: Fri Mar 18 09:31:10 CDT 2011 lvm2-cluster-2.02.83-3.el6 BUILT: Fri Mar 18 09:31:10 CDT 2011 udev-147-2.35.el6 BUILT: Wed Mar 30 07:32:05 CDT 2011 device-mapper-1.02.62-3.el6 BUILT: Fri Mar 18 09:31:10 CDT 2011 device-mapper-libs-1.02.62-3.el6 BUILT: Fri Mar 18 09:31:10 CDT 2011 device-mapper-event-1.02.62-3.el6 BUILT: Fri Mar 18 09:31:10 CDT 2011 device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.62-3.el6 BUILT: Fri Mar 18 09:31:10 CDT 2011 cmirror-2.02.83-3.el6 BUILT: Fri Mar 18 09:31:10 CDT 2011
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-2011-0772.html