[Bug 1190295] Re: 2.6.32-47 kernel update on 10.04 breaks software RAID (+ LVM)

[Christopher M. Penalver]

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** Package changed: mdadm (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

** Tags added: needs-kernel-logs needs-upstream-testing regression-
update

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Title:
  2.6.32-47 kernel update on 10.04 breaks software RAID (+ LVM)

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Been running 10.04 LTS on 8 similar AMD Opteron x86_64 servers for
  several years.  The servers have been kept up-to-date with patches as
  they come out.  These servers have been running 2.6.x kernels. Each
  server has some form of Linux software RAID running on it as well as
  3Ware hardware RAID card using SATA disks.  Software RAID is
  configured as RAID1 for all but one server running software RAID10.
  All servers had software raid configured to use single partitions on
  each disk of types of 0xFD (Linux Software Raid Autodetect).  All
  servers were configured with LVM over the top of /dev/md0.

  In past year, mysterious problems have been happening with software
  RAID after applying system patches.  Upon reboot, server is unable to
  mount LVM partitions on Linux software RAID and boot is interrupted
  with "Continue to wait; or Press S to skip mounting or M for manual
  recovery" requiring intervention from an operator.

  Upon pressing 'M' and logging in as root, the LVM slices on the
  software RAID partition are not mounted and sometimes appear to be
  missing from LVM.  Oftentimes pvs, vgs and lvs will complain about
  "leaking memory". Germane to the issue, LVM will sometimes show the
  problem partitions as "Active" while other times during the login,
  they will simply be gone.  With LVM  and /dev/md0 unstable, there is
  no way to discern the true state of the partitons in question.
  Starting the system from alternate boot media such as CDROM or USB
  drive, sometimes shows the software RAID and LVM in proper state which
  leads to suspicion of a kernel update on the afflicted system.
  Historically and subjectively, best practice in this instance seems to
  be booting from live media and starting the array degraded mode, and
  backing up the array.

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