When reading an info about MDAs from lvmetad, we need to use 64 bit int to read the value of the offset/size, otherwise the value is overflows and then it's used throughout! This is dangerous if we're trying to write such metadata area then, mostly visible if we're using 2 mdas where the 2nd one is at the end of the underlying device and hence the value of the mda offset is high enough to cause problems: (the offset trimmed to value of 0 instead of 4096m, so we write at the very start of the disk (or elsewhere if the offset has some other value!) [1] raw/~ # lvcreate -s -l 100%FREE vg --virtualsize 4097m Logical volume "lvol0" created [1] raw/~ # pvcreate --metadatacopies 2 /dev/vg/lvol0 Physical volume "/dev/vg/lvol0" successfully created [1] raw/~ # hexdump -n 512 /dev/vg/lvol0 0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 * 0000200 [1] raw/~ # pvchange -u /dev/vg/lvol0 Physical volume "/dev/vg/lvol0" changed 1 physical volume changed / 0 physical volumes not changed [1] raw/~ # hexdump -n 512 /dev/vg/lvol0 0000000 d43e d2a5 4c20 4d56 2032 5b78 4135 7225 0000010 4e30 3e2a 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000020 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000030 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 * 0000200 ======= (the offset overflows to undefined values which is far behind the end of the disk) [1] raw/~ # lvcreate -s -l 100%FREE vg --virtualsize 100g Logical volume "lvol0" created [1] raw/~ # pvcreate --metadatacopies 2 /dev/vg/lvol0 Physical volume "/dev/vg/lvol0" successfully created [1] raw/~ # pvchange -u /dev/vg/lvol0 /dev/vg/lvol0: lseek 18446744073708503040 failed: Invalid argument /dev/vg/lvol0: lseek 18446744073708503040 failed: Invalid argument Failed to store physical volume "/dev/vg/lvol0" 0 physical volumes changed / 1 physical volume not changed The patch: https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/commit/?id=34d207d9b37edc2499dfff2c4809fecf72926416
lvm2-2.02.98-11.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lvm2-2.02.98-11.fc19
Package lvm2-2.02.98-11.fc19: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing lvm2-2.02.98-11.fc19' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-14347/lvm2-2.02.98-11.fc19 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
lvm2-2.02.98-11.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.