[DRBD-user] Verify causing kernel panic.

Ben Clewett ben at roadrunner.uk.com
Wed Oct 22 20:16:16 CEST 2008

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DRBD 6.2.6
Linux hp-tm-09 2.6.22.16-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008/01/23 14:28:52 UTC 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Dear DRBD,

I have just suffered a kernel panic which I believe was caused by the 
end of a 'verify', and I would like your opinion as to why this 
happened.  I do have a suspicion it may be my fault.

The primary log shows the start of the verify and a list of bad sectors 
found:

Oct 21 22:31:20  drbd0: conn( Connected -> VerifyS )
Oct 22 17:07:49  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612817344, size=24 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:07:49  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612818000, size=16 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:07:51  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612867664, size=24 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:07:51  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612869240, size=24 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:07:57  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612989568, size=16 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:08:00  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1613046616, size=16 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:08:03  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1613103760, size=24 (sectors)

After this the event handler fired and sent the email.  At this time the 
kernel panicked/crashed.

My secondary shows:

Oct 22 17:07:49  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612817344, size=24 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:07:49  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612818000, size=16 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:07:51  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612867664, size=24 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:07:51  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612869240, size=24 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:07:57  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1612989568, size=16 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:08:00  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1613046616, size=16 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:08:03  drbd0: Out of sync: start=1613103760, size=24 (sectors)
Oct 22 17:08:09  drbd0: Online verify  done (total 67008 sec; paused 0 
sec; 12036 K/sec)
Oct 22 17:08:09  drbd0: Online verify found 63225 4k block out of sync!
Oct 22 17:08:09  drbd0: helper command: /sbin/drbdadm out-of-sync
Oct 22 17:08:09  drbd0: conn( VerifyT -> Connected )
Oct 22 17:08:09  drbd0: Writing the whole bitmap, due to failed kmalloc
Oct 22 17:08:09  drbd0: writing of bitmap took 12 jiffies
Oct 22 17:08:09  drbd0: 247 MB (63225 bits) marked out-of-sync by on 
disk bit-map.
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: PingAck did not arrive in time.
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: peer( Primary -> Unknown ) conn( Connected -> 
NetworkFailure ) pdsk( UpToDate -> DUnknown )
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: asender terminated
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: Terminating asender thread
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: short read expecting header on sock: r=-512
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: Writing meta data super block now.
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: tl_clear()
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: Connection closed
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: conn( NetworkFailure -> Unconnected )
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: receiver terminated
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: receiver (re)started
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: role( Secondary -> Primary )
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: Writing meta data super block now.
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: Creating new current UUID
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: Writing meta data super block now.
Oct 22 17:08:19  drbd0: conn( Unconnected -> WFConnection )

After re-boot, the primary logs show:

Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: disk( Diskless -> Attaching )
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Starting worker thread (from cqueue/2 [205])
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Found 6 transactions (324 active extents) in 
activity log.
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: max_segment_size ( = BIO size ) = 32768
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Adjusting my ra_pages to backing device's (32 -> 
128)
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: drbd_bm_resize called with capacity == 1613215170
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: resync bitmap: bits=201651897 words=3150811
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: size = 769 GB (806607585 KB)
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: reading of bitmap took 33 jiffies
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: recounting of set bits took additional 4 jiffies
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: 247 MB (63225 bits) marked out-of-sync by on 
disk bit-map.
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Marked additional 1028 MB as out-of-sync based 
on AL.
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: disk( Attaching -> UpToDate )
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Writing meta data super block now.
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Barriers not supported on meta data device - 
disabling
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: conn( StandAlone -> Unconnected )
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Starting receiver thread (from drbd0_worker [5141])
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: receiver (re)started
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: conn( Unconnected -> WFConnection )
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Handshake successful: Agreed network protocol 
version 88
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: conn( WFConnection -> WFReportParams )
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: Starting asender thread (from drbd0_receiver [5174])
Oct 22 17:18:35  drbd0: data-integrity-alg: <not-used>
Oct 22 17:18:36  drbd0: peer( Unknown -> Secondary ) conn( 
WFReportParams -> WFBitMapT ) pdsk( DUnknown -> UpToDate )
Oct 22 17:18:36  drbd0: Writing meta data super block now.
Oct 22 17:18:36  drbd0: conn( WFBitMapT -> WFSyncUUID )
Oct 22 17:18:36  drbd0: helper command: /sbin/drbdadm before-resync-target
Oct 22 17:18:36  drbd0: conn( WFSyncUUID -> SyncTarget ) disk( UpToDate 
-> Inconsistent )
Oct 22 17:18:36  drbd0: Began resync as SyncTarget (will sync 1401952 KB 
[350488 bits set]).
Oct 22 17:18:36  drbd0: Writing meta data super block now.
Oct 22 17:20:53  drbd0: Resync done (total 136 sec; paused 0 sec; 10308 
K/sec)
Oct 22 17:20:53  drbd0: conn( SyncTarget -> Connected ) disk( 
Inconsistent -> UpToDate )
Oct 22 17:20:53  drbd0: helper command: /sbin/drbdadm after-resync-target
Oct 22 17:20:53  drbd0: Writing meta data super block now.

There are no other logs reporting problems.

I believe, but would very much like an opinion, that this is because I 
removed the setting:

disk {
     size 769G;
}

Based on a bug I could not work around and a posting from Lars, subject 
"out of range error" from 2008-10-17 at 11:54.  (Copied at bottom of 
this email.)

Both my disks are slightly different sizes, this number was a 
rounding-down of the size of the smallest disk.

I could not find a protocol for removing this setting, so simply removed 
it and restarted drbd.  Everything seemed to be working perfectly.  If 
this is wrong, I am the idiot and I attribute no blame to DRBD!

Then at the end of the verify when the kernel panicked.

I am not worried that any time I run 'verify' this might happen again, 
which is why I am very interested in the opinion of DRBD as to whether 
the kernel panicked because of what I did, or whether there might be a 
fairly serious bug in 8.2.6?

Many kind regards, Ben Clewett


-----------------------------/proc/drbd-------------------------

version: 8.2.6 (api:88/proto:86-88)
GIT-hash: 3e69822d3bb4920a8c1bfdf7d647169eba7d2eb4 build by 
root at hp-tm-09, 2008-10-21 22:13:46
  0: cs:Connected st:Primary/Secondary ds:UpToDate/UpToDate C r---
     ns:5045036 nr:1401949 dw:6446985 dr:3951715 al:20356 bm:1594 lo:2 
pe:0 ua:0 ap:2 oos:0


-----------------------------CONFIG------------------------------

common {
     net {
         max-buffers      40000;
         unplug-watermark 40000;
         max-epoch-size   16384;
         after-sb-0pri    disconnect;
         after-sb-1pri    disconnect;
         after-sb-2pri    disconnect;
         rr-conflict      disconnect;
     }
     syncer {
         rate             10M;
         al-extents       257;
         verify-alg       crc32c;
         cpu-mask           1;
     }
     startup {
         degr-wfc-timeout 120;
     }
     handlers {
         pri-on-incon-degr "echo o > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; halt -f";
         pri-lost-after-sb "echo o > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; halt -f";
         local-io-error   "echo o > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; halt -f";
         outdate-peer     "/usr/lib/heartbeat/drbd-peer-outdater -t 5";
         pri-lost         "echo dbms-04 pri-lost. Have a look at the log 
files. | mail -s 'DRBD Alert dbms-04' sysalerts at ........";
         split-brain      "echo dbms-04 split-brain. drbdadm -- 
--discard-my-data connect $DRBD_RESOURCE ? | mail -s 'dbms-04 DRBD 
Alert' sysalerts at .........";
         out-of-sync      "echo dbms-04 out-of-sync on resource 
$DRBD_RESOURCE. | mail -s 'dbms-04 DRBD Alert' sysalerts at ..........";
     }
}

resource dbms-04 {
     protocol               C;
     on hp-tm-09 {
         device           /dev/drbd0;
         disk             /dev/cciss/c0d0p4;
         address          192.168.95.18:7789;
         meta-disk        /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 [0];
     }
     on hp-tm-06 {
         device           /dev/drbd0;
         disk             /dev/cciss/c0d0p4;
         address          192.168.95.17:7788;
         meta-disk        /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 [0];
     }
     disk {
         on-io-error      detach;
     }
}



--------------------------------EMAIL---------------------------------

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:04:19PM -0700, Jeffrey Froman wrote:
 > >
 > > I have a drbd resource that appears to be working correctly. However,
 > > when I run "drbdadm -d adjust <resource>" (without changing the
 > > working configuration), I get:
 > >
 > >     286744120s: out of range
 > >
 > > This number is the configured size of the drbd disk (see drbd.conf
 > > below), but:
 > >
 > > [root ~]# blockdev --getsize /dev/sdc1
 > > 286744122
 > >
 > > So why am I getting an "out of range" error for an otherwise seeminly
 > > working resource?
 > >
 > > Thank you,
 > > Jeffrey

you normally should not use that config parameter.
since we almost never do, we did not notice yet that there is a bug in
the 's' unit conversion.

simple fix: just DO NOT explicitly set a size.
it is only useful in very special cases if at all.





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