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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-07-20 12:12:52 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-07-20 12:12:52 +0000
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Don't leak a file descriptor in _lock_file when flock fails.
* lib/locking/file_locking.c (_lock_file): Close fd upon flock failure.
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
Version 2.02.28 -
================================
+ Don't leak a file descriptor in _lock_file(), when flock fails.
Add SUN's LDOM virtual block device to filters
Split metadata-external.h out from metadata.h for the tools to use.
@@ -928,7 +929,7 @@ Some bug fixes & minor enhancements, including:
You need to update libdevmapper before using 'vgmknodes' or 'vgscan --mknodes'.
If your root filesystem is on an LV, you should run one of those two
-commands to fix up the special files in /dev in your real root filesystem
+commands to fix up the special files in /dev in your real root filesystem
after finishing with your initrd. Also, remember you can use
'vgchange --ignorelockingfailure' on your initrd if the tool fails because
it can't write a lock file to a read-only filesystem.
@@ -938,7 +939,7 @@ Wednesday 30th April 2003
A pvmove implementation is now available for the new metadata format.
When running a command that allocates space (e.g. lvcreate), you can now
-restrict not only which disk(s) may be used but also the Physical Extents
+restrict not only which disk(s) may be used but also the Physical Extents
on those disks. e.g. lvcreate -L 10 vg1 /dev/hda6:1000-2000:3000-4000
@@ -950,12 +951,12 @@ The new format of LVM metadata is ready for you to test!
It's more compact and supports transactional changes and replication.
Should things go wrong on a system, it's human-readable (and editable).
-Please report any problems you find to the mailing list,
+Please report any problems you find to the mailing list,
linux-lvm@sistina.com. The software has NOT yet been thoroughly
tested and so quite possibly there'll still be some bugs in it.
Be aware of the disclaimer in the COPYING file.
-While testing, we recommend turning logging on in the configuration file
+While testing, we recommend turning logging on in the configuration file
to provide us with diagnostic information:
log {
file="/tmp/lvm2.log"
@@ -966,7 +967,7 @@ to provide us with diagnostic information:
You should schedule regular backups of your configuration file and
metadata backups and archives (normally kept under /etc/lvm).
-Please read docs/example.conf and "man lvm.conf" to find out more about
+Please read docs/example.conf and "man lvm.conf" to find out more about
the configuration file.
To convert an existing volume group called vg1 to the new format using
@@ -995,7 +996,7 @@ first segment could have 3 stripes while the second segment has just 2.
LVM2 maintains a backup of the current metadata for each volume group
in /etc/lvm/backup, and puts copies of previous versions in
/etc/lvm/archive. "vgcfgbackup" and "vgcfgrestore" can be used to
-create and restore from these files. If you fully understand what
+create and restore from these files. If you fully understand what
you're doing, metadata can be changed by editing a copy of a current
backup file and using vgcfgrestore to reload it.
@@ -1012,8 +1013,8 @@ What's not finished?
The internal cache. If you turn on debugging output you'll see lots of
repeated messages, many of which will eventually get optimised out.
---test sometimes causes a command to fail (e.g. vgconvert --test) even
-though the real command would work: again, fixing this is waiting for
+--test sometimes causes a command to fail (e.g. vgconvert --test) even
+though the real command would work: again, fixing this is waiting for
the work on the cache.
Several of the tools do not yet contain the logic to handle full
@@ -1026,4 +1027,3 @@ Display output. Some metadata information cannot yet be displayed.
Recovery tools to salvage "lost" metadata directly from the disks:
but we hope the new format will mean such tools are hardly ever needed!
-