[Bug 1269175] Re: lvresize, lvextend, and fsadm attempt to fsck a mounted filesystem

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Title:
  lvresize,lvextend, and fsadm attempt to fsck a mounted filesystem

Status in “lvm2” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “lvm2” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * Potential filesystem corruption

   * The above is remedied by backporting a fix from upstream lvm2 that
  allows fsadm to return 3 on attempts to check a mounted filesystem.
  This allows lvextend and lvresize to proceed without a fsck when the
  filesystem is mounted.

  [Test Case]

  1. Run lvextend -L +...G -r <LV block device>
  2. Obtain a message saying:
  WARNING!!! The filesystem is mounted. If you continue you ***WILL***
  cause ***SEVERE*** filesystem damage.

  Do you really want to continue<n>?

  3. Reply no, and lvextend or lvresize proceed anyway, freaking out any user who does not recognize the above message as having come from fsck.
  4. Reply yes, and possibly corrupt your filesystem.

  [Regression Potential]

   * There is regression potential for scripts that depend on fsadm
  return values.  I did search for other references to "fsadm" within
  the lvm2 package, but found none.

   * Possible regressions may manifest themselves as other filesystem or
  lvm2 tools failing.

  [Other Info]

   * All 4 patches that were backported for this fix exist upstreams
   * Anticipate questions from users, SRU, +1 maintenance, security teams and the Technical Board
   * and address these questions in advance


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  Steps to Reproduce:
  1. Run lvextend -L +...G -r <LV block device>
  2. Obtain a message saying:
  WARNING!!! The filesystem is mounted. If you continue you ***WILL***
  cause ***SEVERE*** filesystem damage.

  Do you really want to continue<n>?

  3. Reply no, and lvextend or lvresize proceed anyway, freaking out any user who does not recognize the above message as having come from fsck.
  4. Reply yes, and possibly corrupt your filesystem.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: lvm2 2.02.66-4ubuntu7.3
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.2.0-57.87-generic 3.2.52
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-57-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan 14 22:33:52 2014
  Ec2AMI: ami-000005c2
  Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME
  Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova
  Ec2InstanceType: cpu1-ram1-disk50-ephemeral20
  Ec2Kernel: aki-00000548
  Ec2Ramdisk: ari-00000548
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lvm2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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