------- Comment From pt...@cn.ibm.com 2015-07-20 02:15 EDT------- (In reply to comment #14) > sudo /etc/init.d/udev stop
dilllp1 has some problem and we are trying to recover it now. On another system pinelp2, looks like the udevd *cannot* be killed and this problem can be reproduced: % ls /dev/mapper control mpath1-part1 mpath1-part3 mpath3 mpath3-part2 mpath3-part4 mpath4-part1 mpath4-part3 mpath1 mpath1-part2 mpath2 mpath3-part1 mpath3-part3 mpath4 mpath4-part2 mpath4-part4 % sudo /etc/init.d/udev stop * Stopping the hotplug events dispatcher udevd ...done. % sudo /etc/init.d/udev status * udevd is running % pgrep udevd 2534 % sudo pkill udevd % pgrep udevd 6197 % sudo /etc/init.d/udev status * udevd is running % sudo parted /dev/mapper/mpath2 GNU Parted 2.3 Using /dev/mapper/mpath2 Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Model: Linux device-mapper (multipath) (dm) Disk /dev/mapper/mpath2: 34.4GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags (parted) mkpart Partition type? primary/extended? Partition type? primary/extended? primary File system type? [ext2]? Start? 0% End? 25% Device /dev/mapper/mpath2p1 not found device-mapper: table ioctl on failed: No such device or address Device /dev/mapper/mpath2p1 not found device-mapper: table ioctl on failed: No such device or address (parted) p Model: Linux device-mapper (multipath) (dm) Disk /dev/mapper/mpath2: 34.4GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 8590MB 8589MB primary ext4 (parted) q Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab. % ls /dev/mapper control mpath1-part1 mpath1-part3 mpath2p1 mpath3 mpath3-part2 mpath3-part4 mpath4-part1 mpath4-part3 mpath1 mpath1-part2 mpath2 mpath2-part1 mpath3-part1 mpath3-part3 mpath4 mpath4-part2 mpath4-part4 % -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1473903 Title: parted will generate two devices when adding one partition on mpath device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1473903/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs