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------- Comment From pthan at cn.ibm.com 2015-07-30 02:13 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #19)
> Just to sum up with what has already been said.
>
> parted creates the 'p1' block device, via libparted (see dm_add_partition()
> in arch/linux.c, IIRC)
> kpartx creates the '-part1' block device (see
> /lib/udev/rules.d/*-kpartx.rules).
>
> In order to test that the '-part1' block device won't show up, you can
> disable the kpartx.rules file temporarily.
> Something like this:
> $ sudo mv /lib/udev/rules.d/*-kpartx.rules
> /lib/udev/rules.d/*-kpartx.rules.disabled
> $ sudo udevadm control --reload
>
I can confirm that after disabling kpartx by thoes commands, '-part1' block device won't show up.

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Title:
  parted will generate two devices when adding one partition on mpath
  device

Status in multipath-tools package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in parted package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Problem Description
  =============================
  Two deivce created when creating 1 partition on a mpath device:

  % 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: 284GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
  Partition Table: msdos

  Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags

  (parted) mkpart
  mkpart    mkpartfs
  (parted) mkpart
  Partition type?  primary/extended? primary
  File system type?  [ext2]?
  Start? 0%
  End? 10%
  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: 284GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
  Partition Table: msdos

  Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
   1      1049kB  28.4GB  28.4GB  primary

  (parted) q
  Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

  % ls /dev/mapper/mpath2*
  /dev/mapper/mpath2  /dev/mapper/mpath2p1  /dev/mapper/mpath2-part1
  % 

  Steps to Reproduce
  ===================================
  1. install ubuntu 14.04.3 on a system which has mpath device
  2. try to partition the mpath device, add one partition
   
  ---uname output---
  Linux dilllp1 3.19.0-22-generic #22~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 17 10:03:39 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux

  Userspace tool common name: parted 
  Userspace rpm: parted, version: 2.3-19ubuntu1 
  The userspace tool has the following bit modes: 64-bit 

  == Comment: #2 - David Heller <hellerda at us.ibm.com> - 2015-07-09 20:16:11 ==
  Hi Ping,

  Are you sure that /dev/mapper/mpath2p1 device was not left over from
  install, and perhaps existed before you did the parted?  Remember
  there were some changes to multipath in the installer, and the
  installer now uses mpathXpX, and the running os uses mpathX-partX.. I
  think that is right?

  If the two devices truly were created in the same parted operation, if
  you can reproduce it, can you run "udevadm monitor -p" during the
  operation, and provide the output?  thx.

  == Comment: #3 - Ping Tian Han <pthan at cn.ibm.com> - 2015-07-09 22:03:53 ==
  (In reply to comment #2)
  > Hi Ping,
  > 
  > Are you sure that /dev/mapper/mpath2p1 device was not left over from
  > install, and perhaps existed before you did the parted?  Remember there were
  Yes, I'm pretty sure the device wasn't left over from install:

  % ls /dev/mapper/mpath4*
  /dev/mapper/mpath4
  % sudo parted /dev/mapper/mpath4*
  GNU Parted 2.3
  Using /dev/mapper/mpath4
  Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
  (parted) p                                                                
  Error: /dev/mapper/mpath4: unrecognised disk label                        
  (parted) mklabel msdos                                                    
  (parted) p                                                                
  Model: Linux device-mapper (multipath) (dm)
  Disk /dev/mapper/mpath4: 284GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
  Partition Table: msdos

  Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags

  (parted) mkpart 1                                                         
  parted: invalid token: 1
  Partition type?  primary/extended? primary                                
  File system type?  [ext2]?                                                
  Start? 0%                                                                 
  End? 10%                                                                  
  Device /dev/mapper/mpath4p1 not found
  device-mapper: table ioctl on  failed: No such device or address
  Device /dev/mapper/mpath4p1 not found
  device-mapper: table ioctl on  failed: No such device or address
  (parted) p                                                                
  Model: Linux device-mapper (multipath) (dm)
  Disk /dev/mapper/mpath4: 284GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
  Partition Table: msdos

  Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
   1      1049kB  28.4GB  28.4GB  primary

  (parted) q                                                                
  Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                           

  % ls /dev/mapper/mpath4*         
  /dev/mapper/mpath4  /dev/mapper/mpath4p1  /dev/mapper/mpath4-part1
  % 
  > some changes to multipath in the installer, and the installer now uses
  > mpathXpX, and the running os uses mpathX-partX.. I think that is right?  
  > 
  > If the two devices truly were created in the same parted operation, if you
  > can reproduce it, can you run "udevadm monitor -p" during the operation, and
  > provide the output?  thx.
  No problem, I'll upload the result.

  == Comment: #5 - Ping Tian Han <pthan at cn.ibm.com> - 2015-07-09 22:09:59 ==
  (In reply to comment #4)
  > Created attachment 100079 [details]
  > udevadm monitor -p outputs when bug reproduced

  This is the outputs when creating mpath4-part2.

  == Comment: #6 - Vaishnavi Bhat <vaish123 at in.ibm.com> - 2015-07-10 11:08:42 ==
  Hi Ping Tian Han,

  Can you please try to install the latest parted package from
  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ and check if the issue is reproduced ?

  Thank you.

  == Comment: #7 - Ping Tian Han <pthan at cn.ibm.com> - 2015-07-12 22:05:17 ==
  (In reply to comment #6)
  > Hi Ping Tian Han,
  > 
  > Can you please try to install the latest parted package from
  > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ and check if the issue is reproduced ? 
  > 
  > Thank you.

  The latest 3.2 version doesn't have this problem on dilllp1.

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