On a failed DM_DEVICE_REMOVE, dm_flush_map__() classified anything that was not DM_IS_MPATH_YES as "removed externally" and returned DM_FLUSH_OK without resuming the map it had just suspended. dm_is_mpath() also returns DM_IS_MPATH_ERR (-1) when the status query itself fails, which happens transiently under a heavy ioctl load (e.g. LUN-number recycling plus ALUA transitions). A transient error was thus misread as a successful external removal, and the map was left suspended indefinitely, wedging later I/O node-wide via sync().
Only DM_IS_MPATH_NO now counts as "removed externally". A query error is logged and falls through to the resume path instead of being reported as success. Signed-off-by: Suresh Thelkar <[email protected]> --- libmultipath/devmapper.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/libmultipath/devmapper.c b/libmultipath/devmapper.c index e3870f59..a5570a85 100644 --- a/libmultipath/devmapper.c +++ b/libmultipath/devmapper.c @@ -1042,13 +1042,26 @@ int dm_flush_map__ (const char *mapname, int flags, int retries) } condlog(4, "multipath map %s removed", mapname); return DM_FLUSH_OK; - } else if (dm_is_mpath(mapname) != DM_IS_MPATH_YES) { - condlog(4, "multipath map %s removed externally", - mapname); - return DM_FLUSH_OK; /* raced. someone else removed it */ } else { - condlog(2, "failed to remove multipath map %s", - mapname); + int is_mpath = dm_is_mpath(mapname); + + if (is_mpath == DM_IS_MPATH_NO) { + condlog(4, "multipath map %s removed externally", + mapname); + return DM_FLUSH_OK; /* raced. someone else removed it */ + } + /* + * A query error (DM_IS_MPATH_ERR) must not be treated + * as "removed externally": under an ioctl storm the + * status query can transiently fail, and returning + * DM_FLUSH_OK here would leave the map suspended. + */ + if (is_mpath == DM_IS_MPATH_ERR) + condlog(1, "%s: unable to verify map state after failed remove", + mapname); + else + condlog(2, "failed to remove multipath map %s", + mapname); if ((flags & DMFL_SUSPEND) && queue_if_no_path != -1) { dm_simplecmd_noflush(DM_DEVICE_RESUME, mapname, udev_flags); -- 2.43.0
