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------- Comment From manjuhr1 at in.ibm.com 2015-10-27 09:53 EDT-------
Issue is fixed with new build, which has multipath-tools - 0.5.0-7ubuntu7:

root at pearlp5:~# uname -r
4.2.0-16-generic
root at pearlp5:~# dpkg -l |grep -i multipath-tools
ii  multipath-tools                    0.5.0-7ubuntu7                  ppc64el      maintain multipath block device access
ii  multipath-tools-boot               0.5.0-7ubuntu7                  all          Support booting from multipath devices

Thanks,
Manju

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Title:
  ISST-LTE: Boot of Ubuntu15.10 lpar fails: "mounting /dev/sdn2 on /root
  failed: Device or resource busy" [multipath]

Status in multipath-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in multipath-tools source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in multipath-tools source package in Vivid:
  Triaged
Status in multipath-tools source package in Wily:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  == Comment: #0 - Manjunatha H R <manjuhr1 at in.ibm.com> - 2015-09-25 11:05:36 ==
  Booting of Ubuntu15.10 lpar fails and control falls to initramfs.

  uname -a
  --------------
  Linux (none) 4.2.0-10-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 15 19:46:04 UTC 2015 ppc64le GNU/Linux

  
  Boot log:
  -------------
    Booting a command list

  Loading Linux 4.2.0-10-generic ...
  Loading initial ramdisk ...
  OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty at 30000000
  Preparing to boot Linux version 4.2.0-10-generic (buildd at fisher04) (gcc version 5.2.1 20150911 (Ubuntu 5.2.1-17ubuntu4) ) #12-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 15 19:46:04 UTC 2015 (Ubuntu 4.2.0-10.12-generic 4.2.0)
  Detected machine type: 0000000000000101
  Max number of cores passed to firmware: 256 (NR_CPUS = 2048)
  Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... done
  command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-4.2.0-10-generic root=UUID=822dd709-5b69-45a9-aba5-63cb55768ffb ro splash quiet topology_updates=off
  memory layout at init:
    memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned)
    alloc_bottom : 000000000bf80000
    alloc_top    : 0000000010000000
    alloc_top_hi : 0000000010000000
    rmo_top      : 0000000010000000
    ram_top      : 0000000010000000
  found display   : /pci at 80000002000002c/display at 0, opening... done
  instantiating rtas at 0x000000000eb60000... done
  prom_hold_cpus: skipped
  copying OF device tree...
  Building dt strings...
  Building dt structure...
  Device tree strings 0x000000000bf90000 -> 0x000000000bf91965
  Device tree struct  0x000000000bfa0000 -> 0x000000000bfe0000
  Quiescing Open Firmware ...
  Booting Linux via __start() ...
   -> smp_release_cpus()
  spinning_secondaries = 199
   <- smp_release_cpus()
   <- setup_system()
  [    2.868103] [drm:radeon_device_init [radeon]] *ERROR* Unable to find PCI I/O BAR
  [    3.074553] [drm:radeon_atombios_init [radeon]] *ERROR* Unable to find PCI I/O BAR; using MMIO for ATOM IIO
  [    5.060785] lpfc 0002:90:00.0: 0:1303 Link Up Event x1 received Data: x1 x0 x80 x0 x0 x0 0
  Scanning for Btrfs filesystems
  fsck from util-linux 2.26.2
  /dev/sdn2 is in use.
  e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting.

  fsck exited with status code 8
  [   36.233086]  rport-0:0-9: blocked FC remote port time out: removing rport
  mount: mounting /dev/sdn2 on /root failed: Device or resource busy
  Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init.
  mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
  No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.

  BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
  Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

  (initramfs)
  -------------------------

  
  This lpar is having multipath disks and boot disk is on a multipath disk.
  Boot passes only whenever fsck tries to scan boot disk via :  /dev/dm OR /dev/mapper/mpath

  Boot Pass scenarios:
  ----------------------------
  1. Boot passed when fsck tried scanning "/dev/mapper/mpathb"
  fsck from util-linux 2.26.2
  /dev/mapper/mpathb-part2: clean, 81802/3139584 files, 1040598/12558080 blocks

  2. Boot passed when fsck tried scanning  "/dev/dm-3"
  Scanning for Btrfs filesystems
  fsck from util-linux 2.26.2
  /dev/dm-3: clean, 81802/3139584 files, 1040605/12558080 blocks

  
  Boot fails, whenever fsck is called on /dev/sd 

  Boot fail scenario: Boot failed when fsck is called on "/dev/sdn"
  -------------------------
  Scanning for Btrfs filesystems
  fsck from util-linux 2.26.2
  /dev/sdn2 is in use.
  e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting.

  fsck exited with status code 8
  [   36.108653]  rport-0:0-9: blocked FC remote port time out: removing rport
  mount: mounting /dev/sdn2 on /root failed: Device or resource busy
  Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init.

  mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
  No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.

  BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
  Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

  (initramfs)
  -------------------------

  Contact info:
  ----------------
  Manju (manjuhr1 at in.ibm.com)      A.P. (apundt at us.ibm.com)

  == Comment: #12 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira <mauricfo at br.ibm.com> - 2015-10-02 13:51:29 ==
  Hi Manju and Alton,

  I could not reproduce this bug in 2 attempts.
  The LPAR booted successfully, using the root=UUID= parameter.

  By looking at this message from the description:
  > mount: mounting /dev/sdn2 on /root failed: Device or resource busy

  It should have happened because multipath udev rules failed to update
  the /dev/disk/by-id/<uuid> symlink from /dev/sdn to /dev/dm-X, but
  multipathing the path was successful (so it got locked/in-use).

  If you can reproduce it again, please leave the LPAR in the failing state (in the initramfs), reopen this bug and ping me.
  I'd be happy to debug it.

  Thanks!

  == Comment: #15 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira <mauricfo at br.ibm.com> - 2015-10-05 19:59:56 ==
  This is probably a race between the resolve_device() call in mountroot() and the multipath discovery triggered by udev rules.

  If resolve_device() runs before the root device is multipathed, $ROOT is set to an individual path (eg, /dev/sdf2) rather than its multipah device (eg, /dev/mapper/mpathb-part2), because the /dev/disk/by-uuid/<UUID> symlink is not updated yet.
  The multipath discovery finishes after $ROOT is set, so the individual path becomes locked, and afterwards the root mount will be attempted on it -- this fails.

  The LPAR is now patched w/ a test fix that is supposed to ensure
  resolve_device() only starts after udev rules are finished.

  Can you try to recreate the issue, please? Thanks!

  == Comment: #16 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira <mauricfo at br.ibm.com> - 2015-10-05 20:05:37 ==
  Console messages

          (!) Note: the local-premount messages (Running ... & done.)
  occur around SCSI device scan/discovery time.

  	...
  	Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... Begin: Loading multipath modules ... [    5.113397] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.9.0 loaded
  	Success: loaded module dm-multipath.
  	Failure: failed to load module dm-emc.
  	done.
  	Begin: Discovering multipaths ... done.
  	done.
  	Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... [    5.187071] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     IBM      2107900          .850 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  	[    5.195814] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
  	[    5.203289] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 62914560 512-byte logical blocks: (32.2 GB/30.0 GiB)
  	...
  	[    5.878046] sd 0:0:3:3: [sdp] Attached SCSI disk
  	...
  	<10-20 SCSI disks via FC>
  	...
  	[    5.923577] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
  	...
  	done.
  	...

  If resolve_device() runs before the multipath udev rules 
  (the rules multipath the root device and update the /dev/disk/by-uuid symlink of $ROOT)
  this happens:

  	Begin: Checking root file system ... fsck from util-linux 2.26.2
  	/dev/sdf2 is in use.
  	e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting.

  	fsck exited with status code 8
  	done.
  	Warning: File system check failed but did not detect errors

  	mount: mounting /dev/sdf2 on /root failed: Device or resource busy
  	done.
  	Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init.
  	Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... done.
  	Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ...
  	...
  	mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
  	done.
  	No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.
  	...
  	(initramfs)

  So, /dev/sdf2 is in use ... and hits Device or resource busy.
  This comes from $ROOT.
  However, the root=UUID= symlink points to the multipath device:

  	(initramfs) echo $ROOT
  	/dev/sdf2

  	(initramfs) cat /proc/cmdline
  	BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-4.2.0-12-generic root=UUID=44bd8a6e-8613-431a-9335-879d8cf5d0e4 ro

  	(initramfs) ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/44bd8a6e-8613-431a-9335-879d8cf5d0e4 
  	lrwxrwxrwx    1        11 /dev/disk/by-uuid/44bd8a6e-8613-431a-9335-879d8cf5d0e4 -> ../../dm-19

  
  	(initramfs) ls -l /dev/sdf
  	brw-------    1    8,  80 /dev/sdf

  	(initramfs) dmsetup table | grep 8:80
  	mpathb: 0 104857600 multipath 0 0 1 1 round-robin 0 4 1 8:80 1 8:16 1 8:144 1 8:208 1 

  It's probably because resolve_device() was racing w/ the multipath discoveries from udev rules.
  resolve_device() finished before the /dev/disk/by-uuid/ symlink was updated by multipath discovery.

  Code:

  initramfs :: /init

  	log_begin_msg "Mounting root file system"
  	...
  	mountroot
  	log_end_msg

          (!) Note: message "Mounting root fs" and call to mountroot()

  initramfs :: /scripts/local

  	mountroot()
  	{
  		local_mount_root
  	}

  	local_mount_root()
  	{
  		...
  		local_premount

  		ROOT=$(resolve_device "$ROOT")
  		...
  	}

          (!) Note: local_premount() is the last call before
  resolve_device() is called

  	local_premount()
  	{
  		...
  			[ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/local-premount"
  			run_scripts /scripts/local-premount
  			[ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
  		...
  	}

  
  So we're testing a call to 'udevadm settle' in /scripts/local-premount/multipath script.

  == Comment: #17 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira <mauricfo at br.ibm.com> -
  2015-10-05 20:08:26 ==

  
  == Comment: #18 - Manjunatha H R <manjuhr1 at in.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 06:05:30 ==
  Thank you Mauricio for a quick fix!!
  Lpar is booting up properly without seeing device or resource busy errors.

  == Comment: #20 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira <mauricfo at br.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 09:04:50 ==
  Confirmed w/ Manju the # of tests.

  10:00:41 AM: Manjunatha H R: Hi Mauricio, I tried around 10 boots.. 
  10:01:07 AM: Manjunatha H R: all times it booted up..

  Sounds good.

  I'll be sending a patch/mirroring.

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