[Gluster-users] [Gluster-devel] Empty info file preventing glusterd from starting

Thu Jun 1 10:03:01 UTC 2017

Hi Niels,

I have backported that patch on Gluster 3.7.6 and we haven't seen any other
issue due to that patch.

Everything is fine till now in our testing and its going on extensively.

Regards,
Abhishek

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Niels de Vos <ndevos at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 01:03:25PM +0530, ABHISHEK PALIWAL wrote:
> > Hi Niels,
> >
> > No problem we wil try to backport that patch on 3.7.6.
> >
> > Could you please let me know in which release Gluster community is going
> to
> > provide this patch and date of that release?
>
> It really depends on when someone has time to work on it. Our releases
> are time based, and will happen even when a bugfix/feature is not merged
> or implemented. We can't give any guarantees about availability for
> final patche (or backports).
>
> The best you can do is help testing a potential fix, and work with the
> developer(s) of that patch to improve and get it accepted in the master
> branch. If developers do not have time to work on it, or progress is
> slow, you can ask them if you can take it over from if you are
> comfortable with writing the code.
>
> Niels
>
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Abhishek
> >
> > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:05 PM, Niels de Vos <ndevos at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 04:08:06PM +0530, ABHISHEK PALIWAL wrote:
> > > > We are using 3.7.6 and on link https://review.gluster.org/#/c/16279
> > > status
> > > > is "can't merge"
> > >
> > > Note that 3.7.x will not get any updates anymore. We currently maintain
> > > version 3.8.x, 3.10.x and 3.11.x. See the release schedele for more
> > > details:
> > >   https://www.gluster.org/community/release-schedule/
> > >
> > > Niels
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Amar Tumballi <atumball at redhat.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > This is already part of 3.11.0 release?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:47 PM, ABHISHEK PALIWAL <
> > > abhishpaliwal at gmail.com
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Hi Atin,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Could you please let us know any time plan for deliver of this
> patch.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Regards,
> > > > >> Abhishek
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 6:37 PM, ABHISHEK PALIWAL <
> > > abhishpaliwal at gmail.com
> > > > >> > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Actually it is very risky if it will reproduce in production
> thats is
> > > > >>> why I said it is on high priority as want to resolve it before
> > > production.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Atin Mukherjee <
> amukherj at redhat.com>
> > > > >>> wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 6:10 PM, ABHISHEK PALIWAL <
> > > > >>>> abhishpaliwal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>> Hi Atin,
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Thanks for your reply.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Its urgent because this error is very rarely reproducible we
> have
> > > seen
> > > > >>>>> this 2 3 times in our system till now.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> We have delivery in near future so that we want it asap. Please
> > > try to
> > > > >>>>> review it internally.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> I don't think your statements justified the reason of urgency
> as (a)
> > > > >>>> you have mentioned it to be *rarely* reproducible and (b) I am
> still
> > > > >>>> waiting for a real use case where glusterd will go through
> multiple
> > > > >>>> restarts in a loop?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>> Regards,
> > > > >>>>> Abhishek
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Atin Mukherjee <
> > > amukherj at redhat.com>
> > > > >>>>> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 3:37 PM, ABHISHEK PALIWAL <
> > > > >>>>>> abhishpaliwal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>> + Muthu-vingeshwaran
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:30 AM, ABHISHEK PALIWAL <
> > > > >>>>>>> abhishpaliwal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> Hi Atin/Team,
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> We are using gluster-3.7.6 with setup of two brick and while
> > > > >>>>>>>> restart of system I have seen that the glusterd daemon is
> > > getting failed
> > > > >>>>>>>> from start.
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> At the time of analyzing the logs from
> etc-glusterfs.......log
> > > file
> > > > >>>>>>>> I have received the below logs
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.798087] I [MSGID: 100030]
> > > > >>>>>>>> [glusterfsd.c:2348:main] 0-/usr/sbin/glusterd: Started
> running
> > > > >>>>>>>> /usr/sbin/glusterd version 3.7.6 (args: /usr/sbin/glusterd
> -p
> > > > >>>>>>>> /var/run/glusterd.pid --log-level INFO)
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.807859] I [MSGID: 106478]
> > > > >>>>>>>> [glusterd.c:1350:init] 0-management: Maximum allowed open
> file
> > > descriptors
> > > > >>>>>>>> set to 65536
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.807974] I [MSGID: 106479]
> > > > >>>>>>>> [glusterd.c:1399:init] 0-management: Using /system/glusterd
> as
> > > working
> > > > >>>>>>>> directory
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.826833] I [MSGID: 106513]
> > > > >>>>>>>> [glusterd-store.c:2047:glusterd_restore_op_version]
> 0-glusterd:
> > > > >>>>>>>> retrieved op-version: 30706
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.827515] E [MSGID: 106206]
> > > > >>>>>>>> [glusterd-store.c:2562:glusterd_store_update_volinfo]
> > > > >>>>>>>> 0-management: Failed to get next store iter
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.827563] E [MSGID: 106207]
> > > > >>>>>>>> [glusterd-store.c:2844:glusterd_store_retrieve_volume]
> > > > >>>>>>>> 0-management: Failed to update volinfo for c_glusterfs
> volume
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.827625] E [MSGID: 106201]
> > > > >>>>>>>> [glusterd-store.c:3042:glusterd_store_retrieve_volumes]
> > > > >>>>>>>> 0-management: Unable to restore volume: c_glusterfs
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.827722] E [MSGID: 101019]
> > > > >>>>>>>> [xlator.c:428:xlator_init] 0-management: Initialization of
> > > volume
> > > > >>>>>>>> 'management' failed, review your volfile again
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.827762] E [graph.c:322:glusterfs_graph_
> > > init]
> > > > >>>>>>>> 0-management: initializing translator failed
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.827784] E [graph.c:661:glusterfs_graph_
> > > activate]
> > > > >>>>>>>> 0-graph: init failed
> > > > >>>>>>>> [2017-05-06 03:33:39.828396] W [glusterfsd.c:1238:cleanup_
> > > and_exit]
> > > > >>>>>>>> (-->/usr/sbin/glusterd(glusterfs_volumes_init-0x1b0b8)
> > > > >>>>>>>> [0x1000a648] -->/usr/sbin/glusterd(glusterfs_process_volfp-
> > > 0x1b210)
> > > > >>>>>>>> [0x1000a4d8] -->/usr/sbin/glusterd(cleanup_
> and_exit-0x1beac)
> > > > >>>>>>>> [0x100097ac] ) 0-: received signum (0), shutting down
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> Abhishek,
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> This patch needs to be thoroughly reviewed to ensure that it
> > > doesn't
> > > > >>>>>> cause any regression given this touches on the core store
> > > management
> > > > >>>>>> functionality of glusterd. AFAICT, we get into an empty info
> file
> > > only when
> > > > >>>>>> volume set operation is executed and in parallel one of the
> > > glusterd
> > > > >>>>>> instance in other nodes have been brought down and whole
> sequence
> > > of
> > > > >>>>>> operation happens in a loop. The test case through which you
> can
> > > get into
> > > > >>>>>> this situation is not something you'd hit in production.
> Please
> > > help me to
> > > > >>>>>> understand the urgency here.
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> Also in one of the earlier thread, I did mention the
> workaround of
> > > > >>>>>> this issue back to Xin through http://lists.gluster.org/piper
> > > > >>>>>> mail/gluster-users/2017-January/029600.html
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> "If you end up in having a 0 byte info file you'd need to copy
> > > the same info file from other node and put it there and restart
> glusterd"
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> I have found one of the existing case is there and also
> solution
> > > > >>>>>>>> patch is available but the status of that patch in "cannot
> > > merge". Also the
> > > > >>>>>>>> "info" file is empty and "info.tmp" file present in
> > > "lib/glusterd/vol"
> > > > >>>>>>>> directory.
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> Below is the link of the existing case.
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> https://review.gluster.org/#/c/16279/5
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> please let me know what is the plan of community to provide
> the
> > > > >>>>>>>> solution of this problem and in which version.
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> Regards
> > > > >>>>>>>> Abhishek Paliwal
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>> --
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>> Regards
> > > > >>>>>>> Abhishek Paliwal
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> --
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Regards
> > > > >>>>> Abhishek Paliwal
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> --
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Regards
> > > > >>> Abhishek Paliwal
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Regards
> > > > >> Abhishek Paliwal
> > > > >>
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> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Amar Tumballi (amarts)
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Abhishek Paliwal
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Abhishek Paliwal
>

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Regards
Abhishek Paliwal
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