Bug#776034: fsck runs in parallel on same physical disk

[Michael Biebl]

control: reassign -1 util-linux
control: retitle -1 fsck -l does not work for stacked devices (MD, DM)

Am 26.01.2015 um 02:17 schrieb Michael Biebl:

> Might be, that util-linux's fsck -l does not properly deal with LVM on
> top of software RAID.
> 
> CCed Karel, maybe he can comment on this.

Oh well, should have read the fsck man page more carefully:



>        -l     Create  an  exclusive  flock(2)  lock  file  (/run/fsck/<diskname>.lock)  for whole-disk
>               device.  This option can be used with one device only (this means that  -A  and  -l  are
>               mutually  exclusive).   This  option is recommended when more fsck(8) instances are exe-
>               cuted in the same time.  The option is ignored when used for  multiple  devices  or  for
>               non-rotating  disks.   fsck  does  not  lock  underlying  devices when executed to check
>               stacked devices (e.g. MD or DM) - this feature is not implemented yet.


Karel, is there an upstream bug report for this issue? What's the state
of this feature, is it actively being worked on?


> Daniel, which version of util-linux do you have installed?

This information would still be useful, so we can tag the bug accordingly.



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