Hi Ferenc, On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 08:02:29PM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Package: multipath-tools > Version: 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-8 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > After upgrading a system to current unstable, during reboot I got a lot > of warnings like: > > udevd-work[161]: kernel-provided name 'dm-0' and NAME= > 'mapper/SIBM-ESXSST936701LC____F3LC065GL00007604NMST' disagree, please use > SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[162]: kernel-provided name 'dm-4' and NAME= 'mapper/pws_www' > disagree, please use SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[494]: kernel-provided name 'dm-6' and NAME= 'mapper/pws_sql' > disagree, please use SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[161]: kernel-provided name 'dm-1' and NAME= 'mapper/nfs' disagree, > please use SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[474]: kernel-provided name 'dm-5' and NAME= > 'mapper/360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11' disagree, please use SYMLINK+= or > change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[161]: kernel-provided name 'dm-7' and NAME= > 'mapper/360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11-part1' disagree, please use > SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[560]: kernel-provided name 'dm-10' and NAME= 'mapper/nfs-part2' > disagree, please use SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[162]: kernel-provided name 'dm-8' and NAME= > 'mapper/360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11-part2' disagree, please use > SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[494]: kernel-provided name 'dm-9' and NAME= 'mapper/nfs-part1' > disagree, please use SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[162]: kernel-provided name 'dm-8' and NAME= > 'mapper/360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11-part2' disagree, please use > SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[161]: kernel-provided name 'dm-7' and NAME= > 'mapper/360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11-part1' disagree, please use > SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[161]: kernel-provided name 'dm-11' and NAME= 'mapper/nfs-root' > disagree, please use SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > udevd-work[161]: kernel-provided name 'dm-12' and NAME= 'mapper/nfs-swap' > disagree, please use SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name > > Part (or all) of this may be out of scope for multipath (eg. > /dev/mapper/nfs-{root,swap} are LVM2 logical volumes), but the > problem is present here as well. The landscape is quite mixed, > the /dev/dm-[23] links are even broken because of some space vs. > underscore discrepancy: > > $ ls -l /dev/mapper > total 0 > brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 5 Jun 1 19:17 360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 7 Jun 1 19:19 > 360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11-part1 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 8 Jun 1 19:19 > 360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11-part2 > crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 58 Jun 1 19:19 control > brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 1 Jun 1 19:17 nfs > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 17 Jun 1 19:19 nfs-export > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 16 Jun 1 19:19 nfs-home > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 9 Jun 1 19:19 nfs-part1 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 10 Jun 1 19:19 nfs-part2 > brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 11 Jun 1 19:17 nfs-root > brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 12 Jun 1 19:17 nfs-swap > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 13 Jun 1 19:19 nfs-tmp > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 14 Jun 1 19:19 nfs-usr > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 15 Jun 1 19:19 nfs-var > brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 6 Jun 1 19:17 pws_sql > brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 4 Jun 1 19:17 pws_www > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 0 Jun 1 19:17 SIBM-ESXSST936701LC > F3LC065GL00007604NMST > brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 2 Jun 1 19:17 SIBM-ESXSST936701LC > F3LC065GL00007604NMST-part1 > brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 3 Jun 1 19:17 SIBM-ESXSST936701LC > F3LC065GL00007604NMST-part2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 18 Jun 1 19:19 VG_sql-sql > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 19 Jun 1 19:19 VG_www-www > $ ls -l /dev/dm* > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 0 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-0 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 1 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-10 -> mapper/nfs-part2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 11 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-11 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 12 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-12 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-13 -> mapper/nfs-tmp > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-14 -> mapper/nfs-usr > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-15 -> mapper/nfs-var > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-16 -> mapper/nfs-home > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-17 -> mapper/nfs-export > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-18 -> mapper/VG_sql-sql > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-19 -> mapper/VG_www-www > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 57 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-2 -> > mapper/SIBM-ESXSST936701LC____F3LC065GL00007604NMST-part1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 57 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-3 -> > mapper/SIBM-ESXSST936701LC____F3LC065GL00007604NMST-part2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 4 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-4 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 5 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-5 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 6 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-6 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-7 -> > mapper/360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11-part1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-8 -> > mapper/360060160f4512000de9d9b74090cdf11-part2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jun 1 19:19 /dev/dm-9 -> mapper/nfs-part1 > [..snip..]
> Something is wrong or at least transitioning here, I don't see the full > picture. Basically, the system seems to work (I don't use the local > disk), though. This is broken due to changes in udev: http://lwn.net/Articles/387384/ the warnings are therefore harmless. cc'ing the udev maintainer. Marco, what's the way forward with this? Shall the /dev/mapper/ names become symlinks to /dev/dm-X? Cheers, -- Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org