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| -rw-r--r-- | WHATS_NEW | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/metadata/lv_manip.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Version 2.02.96 - Add initial support for thin pool lvconvert. Fix lvrename for thin volumes (regression in for_each_sub_lv() 2.02.89). Fix up-convert when mirror activation is controled by volume_list and tags. - Disallow snapshots of mirror segment type. + Warn of deadlock risk when using snapshots of mirror segment type. Fix bug in cmirror that caused incorrect status info to print on some nodes. Remove statement that snapshots cannot be tagged from lvm man page. Disallow changing cluster attribute of VG while RAID LVs are active. diff --git a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c index 15a1945a..3913680c 100644 --- a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c +++ b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c @@ -4231,9 +4231,9 @@ static struct logical_volume *_lv_create_an_lv(struct volume_group *vg, struct l if (lv_is_mirror_type(org) && !seg_is_raid(first_seg(org))) { - log_error("Snapshots of \"mirror\" segment types" - " are not supported"); - return NULL; + log_warn("WARNING: Snapshots of mirrors can deadlock under rare device failures."); + log_warn("WARNING: Consider using the raid1 mirror type to avoid this."); + log_warn("WARNING: See global/mirror_segtype_default in lvm.conf."); } if (!lv_info(cmd, org, 0, &info, 0, 0)) { |