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1Version 2.02.50 -
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9fac4435 3 Add log_errno to set a specific errno and replace log_error in due course.
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4 Add lvm_errno and lvm_errmsg to liblvm to obtain failure information.
5 Change create_toolcontext to still return an object if it fails part-way.
6 Add EUNCLASSIFIED (-1) as the default LVM errno code.
d6146461 7 Store any errno and error messages issued while processing each command.
b8f47d5f 8 Use log_error macro consistently throughout in place of log_err.
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9386a684 10Version 2.02.49 - 15th July 2009
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7beb03dd 12 Exclude VG_GLOBAL from vg_write_lock_held so scans open devs read-only again.
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13 Add unit test case for liblvm VG create/delete APIs.
14 Add liblvm APIs to implement creation and deletion of VGs.
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15 Initialize cmd->cmd_line to "liblvm" in new liblvm library.
16 Place handles to liblvm objects for pv, vg, lv, lvseg, pvseg inside lvm.h.
cec2a2da 17 Refactor vgsplit and vgextend to remove READ_REQUIRE_RESIZEABLE flag.
a7aa8b16 18 Use _exit() not exit() after forking to avoid flushing libc buffers twice.
7beb03dd 19 Add cast to log_info arg in _find_labeller to avoid Sparc64 warning.
7f355587 20 Make cmd->cmd_line const.
c4c107f2 21 Fix dev name mismatch in vgcreate man page example.
a4f5a4cc 22 Refactor vg_remove_single for use in liblvm.
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23 Make all tools use consistent lock ordering obtaining VG_ORPHAN lock second.
24 Check md devices for a partition table during device scan.
25 Add extended device (blkext) and md partition (mdp) types to filters.
26 Make text metadata read errors for segment areas more precise.
27 Fix text segment metadata read errors to mention correct segment name.
28 Include segment and LV names in text segment import error messages.
25497e2f 29 Add parent node to config_node structure.
a7aa8b16 30 Update vgsplit and vgcreate to call new vg_create and 'set' functions.
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31 Change vg_create to take minimal parameters, obtain a lock, and return vg_t.
32 Refactor vgchange extent_size, max_lv, max_pv, and alloc_policy for liblvm.
33 Update t-vgcreate-usage.sh to test for default vg properties.
34 Fix memory leak in vgsplit when re-reading the vg.
7476b502 35 Make various exit/cleanup paths more robust after lvm init failures.
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36 Use LCK_NONBLOCK implicitly instead of explicit vg_read() flag.
37 Remove unnecessary locking and existence tests from new vg_read() interface.
dd1d42d5 38 Permit several segment types to be registered by a single shared object.
c1060e13 39 Update the man pages to document size units uniformly.
1ad6d98b 40 Allow commandline sizes to be specified in terms of bytes and sectors.
bb6a3a96 41 Update 'md_chunk_alignment' to use stripe-width to align PV data area.
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42 Update test/t-inconsistent-metadata.sh to match new vg_read interface.
43 Add lvmcache_init() to polldaemon initialization.
44 Convert tools to use new vg_read / vg_read_for_update.
45 Fix segfault in vg_release when vg->cmd is NULL.
4397ad38 46
e50c61d8 47Version 2.02.48 - 30th June 2009
4f901270 48================================
2f5a1df4 49 Abort if automatic metadata correction fails when reading VG to update it.
6391d03f 50 Explicitly request fallback to default major number in device mapper.
a330337a 51 Ignore suspended devices during repair.
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52 Call vgreduce --removemissing automatically to fix missing PVs in dmeventd.
53 Suggest using lvchange --resync when adding leg to not-yet-synced mirror.
54 Destroy toolcontext on clvmd exit to avoid memory pool leaks.
55 Fix lvconvert not to poll mirror if no conversion in progress.
38ddfe7b 56 Fix memory leaks in toolcontext error path.
476d4633 57 Reinstate partial activation support in clustered mode. (2.02.40)
2565a5e5 58 Allow metadata correction even when PVs are missing.
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59 Use 'lvm lvresize' instead of 'lvresize' in fsadm.
60 Do not use '-n' realine option in fsadm for busybox compatiblity.
476d4633 61 Add vg_lock_newname() library function for vgrename, vgsplit and vgcreate.
12b1f31c 62 Round up requested readahead to at least one page and print warning.
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63 Try to repair vg before actual vgremove when force flag provided.
64 Fix possible double release of VG after recovery.
65 Add parameter to process_each_vg specifying what to do with inconsistent VG.
476d4633 66 Unify error messages when processing inconsistent volume group.
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67 Use lvconvert --repair instead of vgreduce in mirror dmeventd DSO.
68 Introduce lvconvert --use_policies (repair policy according to lvm.conf).
476d4633 69 Update clvmd-corosync to match new corosync API.
b09a20e5 70 Fix lib Makefile to include any shared libraries in default target.
771e191e 71 Fix rename of active snapshot with virtual origin.
31f55a07 72 Fix convert polling to ignore LV with different UUID.
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73 Cache underlying device readahead only before activation calls.
74 Fix segfault when calculating readahead on missing device in vgreduce.
eca971ca 75 Remove verbose 'visited' messages.
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76 Handle multi-extent mirror log allocation when smallest PV has only 1 extent.
77 Add LSB standard headers and functions (incl. reload) to clvmd initscript.
5746e2e7 78 When creating new LV, double-check that name is not already in use.
ca51e5d9 79 Remove /dev/vgname/lvname symlink automatically if LV is no longer visible.
ea0e5e6e 80 Rename internal vorigin LV to match visible LV.
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81 Suppress 'removed' messages displayed when internal LVs are removed.
82 Fix lvchange -a and -p for sparse LVs.
83 Fix lvcreate --virtualsize to activate the new device immediately.
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84 Make --snapshot optional with lvcreate --virtualsize.
85 Generalise --virtualoriginsize to --virtualsize.
99113cc5 86 Skip virtual origins in process_each_lv_in_vg() without --all.
ea91a71b 87 Fix counting of virtual origin LVs in vg_validate.
4884e0e2 88 Attempt to load dm-zero module if zero target needed but not present.
49c27642 89
572fefeb 90Version 2.02.47 - 22nd May 2009
4b896598 91===============================
572fefeb 92 Rename liblvm.so to liblvm2app.so and use configure --enable-applib.
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93 Reinstate version in liblvm2cmd.so soname. (2.02.44)
94
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95Version 2.02.46 - 21st May 2009
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97 Inherit readahead setting from underlying devices during activation.
98 Detect LVs active on remote nodes by querying locks if supported.
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99 Enable online resizing of mirrors.
100 Use suspend with flush when device size was changed during table preload.
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101 Implement query_resource_fn for cluster_locking.
102 Support query_resource_fn in locking modules.
fa6dca9f 103 Introduce CLVMD_CMD_LOCK_QUERY command for clvmd.
65edd11b 104 Fix pvmove to revert operation if temporary mirror creation fails.
e1b0dce7 105 Fix metadata export for VG with missing PVs.
761e5741 106 Add vgimportclone and install it and the man page by default.
970f241c 107 Force max_lv restriction only for newly created LV.
82cf9260 108 Remove unneeded import parameter from lv_create_empty.
afd9ba98 109 Merge lv_is_displayable and lv_is_visible functions.
25a2e7b8 110 Introduce lv_set_visible & lv_set_hidden functions.
b14c5af7 111 Fix lv_is_visible to handle virtual origin.
0b706ac6 112 Introduce link_lv_to_vg and unlink_lv_from_vg functions.
d60f341d 113 Remove lv_count from VG and use counter function instead.
4b13d5a8 114 Fix snapshot segment import to not use duplicate segments & replace.
cfebc626 115 Do not query nonexistent devices for readahead.
5a820745 116 Remove NON_BLOCKING lock flag from tools and set a policy to auto-set.
2f9a9d1a 117 Remove snapshot_count from VG and use function instead.
920e68d6 118 Fix first_seg() call for empty segment list.
25a2e7b8 119 Add install_lvm2 makefile target to install only the LVM2 components.
45aff0a2 120 Reject missing PVs from allocation in toollib.
5c93cdba 121 Fix PV datalignment for values starting prior to MDA area. (2.02.45)
87f42fda 122 Add sparse devices: lvcreate -s --virtualoriginsize (hidden zero origin).
25a2e7b8 123 Fix minimum width of devices column in reports.
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124 Add lvs origin_size field.
125 Fix linux configure --enable-debug to exclude -O2.
25a2e7b8 126 Implement lvconvert --repair for repairing partially-failed mirrors.
cd978f74 127 Fix vgreduce --removemissing failure exit code.
dfbc015c 128 Fix remote metadata backup for clvmd.
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129 Introduce unlock_and_release_vg macro.
130 Introduce vg_release() to be called to free every struct volume_group.
e5656d86 131 Alloc PV internal structure from VG mempool if possible.
8f3fd69f 132 Fix metadata backup to run after vg_commit always.
c4ff1338 133 Tidy clvmd volume lock cache functions.
d66abfb8 134 Fix pvs report for orphan PVs when segment attributes are requested.
81c74829 135 Fix pvs -a output to not read volume groups from non-PV devices.
1cc75dfb 136 Add MMC (mmcblk) device type to filters.
8e1d5615 137 Introduce memory pools per volume group (to reduce memory for large VGs).
25a2e7b8 138 Use copy of PV structure when manipulating global PV lists.
1b25b6e0 139 Always return exit error status when locking of volume group fails.
6ce8f8d5 140 Fix mirror log convert validation question.
9bcd5c2f 141 Avoid referencing files from DESTDIR during build process.
25a2e7b8 142 Avoid creating some static libraries unless configured --enable-static_link.
772cac09 143 Enable use of cached metadata for pvs and pvdisplay commands.
bef749c9 144 Add missing 'device-mapper' internal subdir build dependency.
e24f357c 145 Fix memory leak in mirror allocation code.
2691077d 146 Save and restore the previous logging level when log level is changed.
e69246e1 147 Fix error message when archive initialization fails.
3330038e 148 Make sure clvmd-corosync releases the lockspace when it exits.
0ef8308f 149 Fix segfault for vgcfgrestore on VG with missing PVs.
c35df82d 150 Block SIGTERM & SIGINT in clvmd subthreads.
3402ccd4 151 Detect and conditionally wipe swapspace signatures in pvcreate.
7f436a0f 152 Fix maximal volume count check for snapshots if max_lv set for volume group.
25a2e7b8 153 Fix lvcreate to remove unused cow volume if the snapshot creation fails.
47e1baf1 154 Fix error messages when PV uuid or pe_start reading fails.
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155 Build new liblvm application-level library.
156 Rename liblvm.a to liblvm-internal.a.
fe3a28e2 157 Flush memory pool and fix locking in clvmd refresh and backup command.
25a2e7b8 158 Fix unlocks in clvmd-corosync. (2.02.45)
1d13e518 159 Fix error message when adding metadata directory to internal list fails.
6a8feb3c 160 Fix size and error message of memory allocation at backup initialization.
25a2e7b8 161 Remove old metadata backup file after renaming VG.
fbd97a34 162 Restore log_suppress state when metadata backup file is up-to-date.
ab5be5f0 163
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164Version 2.02.45 - 3rd March 2009
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c3b50730 166 Avoid scanning empty metadata areas for VG names.
ed82bfd2 167 Attempt proper clean up in child before executing new binary in exec_cmd().
7b1c853b 168 Do not scan devices if reporting only attributes from PV label.
edf47283 169 Use pkgconfig to obtain corosync library details during configuration.
b36d715a 170 Fix error returns in clvmd-corosync interface to DLM.
82c29eed 171 Add --refresh to vgchange and vgmknodes man pages.
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172 Pass --test from lvresize to fsadm as --dry-run.
173 Supply argv[] list to exec_cmd() to allow for variable number of parameters.
174 Prevent fsadm from checking mounted filesystems.
175 No longer treats any other key as 'no' when prompting in fsadm.
176 Tidy fsadm command line processing.
5f4b7a26 177 Add lib/lvm.h and lib/lvm_base.c for the new library interface.
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178 Move tools/version.h to lib/misc/lvm-version.h.
179 Split LVM_VERSION into MAJOR, MINOR, PATCHLEVEL, RELEASE and RELEASE_DATE.
7ac8b7c3 180 Add system_dir parameter to create_toolcontext().
8929ce66 181 Add --dataalignment to pvcreate to specify alignment of data area.
47c0f6ae 182 Exclude LCK_CACHE locks from _vg_lock_count, fixing interrupt unblocking.
27753447 183 Provide da and mda locations in debug message when writing text format label.
45bec967 184 Mention the restriction on file descriptors at invocation on the lvm man page.
9b99f333 185 Index cached vgmetadata by vgid not vgname to cope with duplicate vgnames.
0f817d38 186 No longer require kernel and metadata major numbers to match.
9c61679e 187 Add a fully-functional get_cluster_name() to clvmd corosync interface.
0f1917af 188 Remove duplicate cpg_initialize from clvmd startup.
d3e282c9 189 Add option to /etc/sysconfig/cluster to select cluster type for clvmd.
2095de1a 190 Allow clvmd to start up if its lockspace already exists.
ea0cdd28 191 Separate PV label attributes which do not need parse metadata when reporting.
33617240 192 Remove external dependency on the 'cut' command from fsadm.
92a4d6b2 193 Fix pvs segfault when pv mda attributes requested for not available PV.
33617240 194 Add fsadm support for reszing ext4 filesysystems.
76cc7b27 195 Move locking_type reading inside init_locking().
4631e587 196 Rename get_vgs() to get_vgnames() and clarify related error messages.
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197 Allow clvmd to be built with all cluster managers & select one on cmdline.
198 Mention --with-clvmd=corosync in ./configure.
b8fa5160 199 Replace internal vg_check_status() implementation.
8544a8a2 200 Rename vg_read() to vg_read_internal().
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202Version 2.02.44 - 26th January 2009
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a40fb438 204 Fix --enable-static_link after the recent repository changes.
c6a808f1 205 Add corosync/DLM cluster interface to clvmd.
c0f61d7d 206 Add --nameprefixes, --unquoted, --rows to pvs, vgs, lvs man pages.
c6a808f1 207 Fix lvresize size conversion for fsadm when block size is not 1K.
9bbd343f 208 Fix pvs segfault when run with orphan PV and some VG fields.
219b480d 209 Display a 'dev_size' of zero for missing devices in reports.
c926ea5c 210 Add pv_mda_size to pvs and vg_mda_size to vgs.
326902f0 211 Fix lvmdump /sys listing to include virtual devices directory.
6cca7a9f 212 Add "--refresh" functionality to vgchange and vgmknodes.
c6a808f1 213 Avoid exceeding LV size when wiping device.
6d1b3b53 214 Calculate mirror log size instead of using 1 extent.
c6a808f1 215 Ensure requested device number is available before activating with it.
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216 Fix incorrect exit status from 'help <command>'.
217 Fix vgrename using UUID if there are VGs with identical names.
539f903f 218 Fix segfault when invalid field given in reporting commands.
f653fb2b 219 Move is_static from cmd to global is_static().
9db16312 220 Refactor init_lvm() for lvmcmdline and clvmd.
c7e363f9 221 Add liblvm interactive test infrastructure to build.
f653fb2b 222 Add skeleton lvm2.h file in preparation for a shared library interface.
d17a8e36 223 Use better random seed value in temp file creation.
c6a808f1 224 Add read_urandom to read /dev/urandom. Use in uuid calculation.
b4795264 225 Use displayable_lvs_in_vg and lv_is_displayable for consistency throughout.
9d9589d1 226 Fix race in vgcreate that would result in second caller overwriting first.
89ef434f 227 Fix uninitialised lv_count in vgdisplay -c.
e2675481 228 Don't skip updating pvid hash when lvmcache_info struct got swapped.
18dcfb69 229 Add tinfo to termcap search path for pld-linux.
acc41388 230 Fix startup race in clvmd.
c6a808f1 231 Generate Red Hat clvmd startup script at config time with correct paths.
07698bfd 232 Fix clvmd & dmeventd builds after tree restructuring.
da526553 233 Cope with snapshot dependencies when removing a whole VG with lvremove.
c6a808f1 234 Make man pages and tool help text consistent using | for alternative options.
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236Version 2.02.43 - 10th November 2008
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b362d126 238 Merge device-mapper into the lvm2 tree.
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239 Correct prototype for --permission on lvchange and lvcreate man pages.
240 Exit with non-zero status from vgdisplay if couldn't show any requested VG.
3e5b6ed2 241 Move list.c into libdevmapper and rename functions.
965566dc 242 Rename a couple of variables that matched function names.
597c3f8e 243 Use simplified x.y.z version number in libdevmapper.pc.
c249597f 244 Remove ancient debian directory.
fcc5d443 245 Split out lvm-logging.h from log.h and lvm-globals.[ch] from log.[ch].
d480ed41 246
5e4b1453 247Version 2.02.42 - 26th October 2008
44222209 248===================================
14c9a9ae 249 Accept locking fallback_to_* options in the global section as documented.
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250 Fix temp table activation in mirror conversions not to happen in other cmds.
251 Fix temp table in mirror conversions to use always-present error not zero.
44222209 252
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253Version 2.02.41 - 17th October 2008
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5da4feac 255 Use temp table to set device size when converting mirrors.
3935c3ec 256 In resume_mirror_images replace activate_lv with resume_lv as workaround.
08b959a5 257 Avoid overwriting in-use on-disk text metadata by forgetting MDA_HEADER_SIZE.
ffc4a05b 258 Fix snapshot monitoring library to not cancel monitoring invalid snapshot.
5951ef33 259 Generate man pages from templates and include version.
68f2de6d 260 Add usrlibdir and usrsbindir to configure.
9c4bf5db 261 Fix conversion of md chunk size into sectors.
7eb1c3ed 262 Free text metadata buffer after a failure writing it.
9c4bf5db 263 Fix misleading error message when there are no allocatable extents in VG.
061fa9c4 264 Fix handling of PVs which reappeared with old metadata version.
550463b5 265 Fix mirror DSO to call vgreduce with proper parameters.
ed8c4d99 266 Fix validation of --minor and --major in lvcreate to require -My always.
b906150a 267 Fix release: clvmd build, vgreduce consolidate & tests, /dev/ioerror warning.
6e410af1 268
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269Version 2.02.40 - 19th September 2008
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f3fc2386 271 Allow lvremove to remove LVs from VGs with missing PVs.
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272 In VG with PVs missing, by default allow activation of LVs that are complete.
273 Track PARTIAL_LV and MISSING_PV flags internally.
274 Require --force with --removemissing in vgreduce to remove partial LVs.
275 No longer write out PARTIAL flag into metadata backups.
276 Treat new default activation/missing_stripe_filler "error" as an error target.
277 Remove internal partial_mode.
2adafc16 278 Add devices/md_chunk_alignment to lvm.conf.
3c2086ef 279 Pass struct physical_volume to pe_align and adjust for md chunk size.
225ad191 280 Store sysfs location in struct cmd_context.
324e23b7 281 Avoid shuffling remaining mirror images when removing one, retaining primary.
4bb7a2f5 282 Add missing LV error target activation in _remove_mirror_images.
08b481bb 283 Prevent resizing an LV while lvconvert is using it.
a0e00ccf 284 Avoid repeatedly wiping cache while VG_GLOBAL is held in vgscan & pvscan.
df9c7546 285 Fix pvresize to not allow resize if PV has two metadata areas.
3a2fb073 286 Fix setting of volume limit count if converting to lvm1 format.
9c520b11 287 Fix vgconvert logical volume id metadata validation.
050f5d89 288 Fix lvmdump metadata gather option (-m) to work correctly.
a4a1cd76 289 Fix allocation bug in text metadata format write error path.
8df4c374 290 Fix vgcfgbackup to properly check filename if template is used.
b145d876 291 configure aborts if lcov or genhtml are missing with --enable-profiling
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292 vgremove tries to remove lv snapshot first.
293 Added function lv_remove_with_dependencies().
b7961bdb 294 Improve file descriptor leak detection to display likely culprit and filename.
9125b72b 295 Change clustered mirror kernel module name from cmirror to dm-log-clustered.
131bc6f0 296 Avoid looping forever in _pv_analyze_mda_raw used by pvck.
021317a5 297 Change lvchange exit status to indicate if any part of the operation failed.
32a478cb 298 Fix pvchange and pvremove to handle PVs without mdas.
29f7cbda 299 Refactor _text_pv_read and always return mda list if requested.
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300 Fix configure to work w/o readline unless --enable-readline used. (2.02.39)
301 Remove is_lvm_partition template which has not yet been coded.
302 Refactor pvcreate to separate parameter parsing from validation logic.
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303 Check for label_write() failure in _text_pv_write().
304 Add pvcreate tests and update vgsplit tests to handle lvm1 and lvm2 metadata.
239c4fe6 305 Fix pvchange -M1 -u to preserve existing extent locations when there's a VG.
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306 Cease recognising snapshot-in-use percentages returned by early devt kernels.
307 Add backward-compatible flags field to on-disk format_text metadata.
367a0ac0 308 Fix dmeventd monitoring libraries to link against liblvm2cmd again. (2.02.39)
f4fa433e 309
20ee0a06 310Version 2.02.39 - 27th June 2008
d47bc382 311================================
1b523347 312 Enable readline by default if available.
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313 Update autoconf to 2008-01-16.
314 Add $DISTCLEAN_DIRS to make.tmpl.in.
315 Create coverage reports with --enable-profiling and make lcov or lcov-dated.
59743245 316 Fix up cache for PVs without mdas after consistent VG metadata is processed.
6db41363 317 Update validation of safe mirror log type conversions in lvconvert.
1049bc2f 318 Fix lvconvert to disallow snapshot and mirror combinations.
36081ccf 319 Fix reporting of LV fields alongside unallocated PV segments.
1f787aca 320 Add --unquoted and --rows to reporting tools.
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321 Add and use uninitialized_var() macro to suppress invalid compiler warnings.
322 Introduce enum for md minor sb version to suppress compiler warning.
323 Avoid undefined return value after _memlock manipulation in lvm2_run.
324 Avoid link failure if configured without --enable-cmdlib or --enable-readline.
325 Make clvmd return at once if other nodes down in a gulm or openais cluster.
326 Fix and improve readahead 'auto' calculation for stripe_size.
327 Fix lvchange output for -r auto setting if auto is already set.
328 Add test case for readahead.
f4fa433e 329 Avoid ambiguous use of identifier error_message_produced.
d0191583 330 Begin syncing configure.in for merge/unification with device-mapper.
ac27ef25 331 Fix add_mirror_images not to dereference uninitialized log_lv upon failure.
b1f8aa24 332 Don't call openlog for every debug line output by clvmd.
dc868e56 333 Add --force to lvextend and lvresize.
f4fa433e 334 Fix vgchange not to activate component mirror volumes directly.
c8c24ccd 335 Fix test directory clean up in make distclean.
ac27ef25 336
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337Version 2.02.38 - 11th June 2008
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56637f2a 339 Fix tracking of validity of PVs with no mdas in lvmcache.
3a30d1db 340 Fix return values for reporting commands when run with no PVs, LVs, or VGs.
a3678fa1 341 Add omitted unlock_vg() call when sigint_caught() during vg processing.
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342 Fix free_count when reading pool metadata.
343 Fix segfault when using pvcreate on a device containing pool metadata.
80b7fe0e 344 Fix segfault after _free_vginfo by remembering to remove vginfo from list.
bfadd213 345 Tweak detection of invalid fid after changes to PVs in VG in _vg_read.
424dd43e 346 Revert assuming precommitted metadata is live when activating (unnecessary).
aa769723 347 Drop cached metadata for disappearing VG in vgmerge.
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348 In script-processing mode, stop if any command fails.
349 Warn if command exits with non-zero status code without a prior log_error.
350 Check lv_count in vg_validate.
351 Add --nameprefixes to reporting tools for field name prefix output format.
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353Version 2.02.37 - 6th June 2008
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355 Make clvmd-cman use a hash rather than an array for node updown info.
356 Correct config file line numbers in messages when parsing comments.
179b9822 357 Drop cached metadata when renaming a VG.
57d0dc0d 358 Allow for vginfo changing during _vg_read.
e350c2f6 359 Decode numbers in clvmd debugging output.
bdf8c02f 360 Add missing deactivation after activation failure in lvcreate -Zy.
e4b34bfa 361 When activating, if precommitted metadata is still cached, assume it's live.
4bfa1324 362 When removing LV symlinks, skip any where the VG name is not determined.
ad134662 363 Drop metadata cache if update fails in vg_revert or vg_commit.
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364 Avoid spurious duplicate VG messages referring to VGs that are gone.
365 Drop dev_name_confirmed error message to debug level.
366 Fix setpriority error message to signed int.
ace5664e 367 Temporarily disable dmeventd mirror monitoring during lvchange --resync.
fc54be10 368 Refactor some vginfo manipulation code.
98fd1ce3 369 Add assertions to trap deprecated P_ and V_ lock usage.
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370 Add missing mutex around clvmd lvmcache_drop_metadata library call.
371 Fix uninitialised mutex in clvmd if all daemons are not running at startup.
372 Avoid using DLM locks with LCK_CACHE type P_ lock requests.
3835ad6b 373 When asked to drop cached committed VG metadata, invalidate cached PV labels.
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374 Drop metadata cache before writing precommitted metadata instead of after.
375 Don't touch /dev in vgrename if activation is disabled.
376
04ed52f6 377Version 2.02.36 - 29th April 2008
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379 Fix fsadm.sh to work with older blockdev, blkid & readlink binaries.
380 Fix lvresize to pass new size to fsadm when extending device.
d474909a 381 Remove unused struct in clvmd-openais, and use correct node count.
746e7dc4 382 Fix nodes list in clvmd-openais, and allow for broadcast messages.
b5618c07 383 Exclude VG_GLOBAL from internal concurrent VG lock counter.
8e8baf89 384 Fix vgsplit internal counting of snapshot LVs.
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385 Fix vgmerge snapshot_count when source VG contains snapshots.
386 Simplify clvmd-openais by using non-async saLckResourceLock.
fd1b1189 387 Fix internal LV counter when a snapshot is removed.
a93ae114 388 Fix metadata corruption writing lvm1-formatted metadata with snapshots.
7e305eda 389 Fix lvconvert -m0 allocatable space check.
f6a88f32 390
a34eeced 391Version 2.02.35 - 15th April 2008
a6b0b935 392=================================
581b17de 393 Drop cached VG metadata before and after committing changes to it.
adb57823 394 Rename P_global to P_#global.
c4afaa05 395 Don't attempt remote metadata backups of non-clustered VGs. (2.02.29)
8b1ae3c1 396 Don't store fid in VG metadata cache to avoid clvmd segfault. (2.02.34)
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398 Update vgsplit to only restrict split with active LVs involved in split.
399 Add lv_is_active() to determine whether an lv is active.
a6b0b935 400
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3cde54c5 403 Improve preferred_names lvm.conf example.
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404 Fix vgdisplay 'Cur LV' field to match lvdisplay output.
405 Fix lv_count report field to exclude hidden LVs.
985ca02b 406 Add vg_is_clustered() helper function.
eec663aa 407 Fix vgsplit to only move hidden 'snapshotN' LVs when necessary.
f2696211 408 Update vgsplit tests for lvnames on the cmdline.
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409 Update vgsplit man page to reflect lvnames on the cmdline.
410 Update vgsplit to take "-n LogicalVolumeName" on the cmdline.
eb273c7c 411 Use clustered mirror log with pvmove in clustered VGs, if available.
178e1df2 412 Fix some pvmove error status codes.
9ac3596d 413 Fix vgsplit error paths to release vg_to lock.
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414 Indicate whether or not VG is clustered in vgcreate log message.
415 Mention default --clustered setting in vgcreate man page.
416 Add config file overrides to clvmd when it reads the active LVs list.
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417 Fix vgreduce to use vg_split_mdas to check sufficient mdas remain.
418 Add (empty) orphan VGs to lvmcache during initialisation.
419 Fix orphan VG name used for format_pool.
ad607a23 420 Create a fid for internal orphan VGs.
d334793f 421 Update lvmcache VG lock state for all locking types now.
8bf70e11 422 Fix output if overriding command_names on cmdline.
5619c629 423 Add detection of clustered mirror log capability.
9da5d7ac 424 Add check to vg_commit() ensuring VG lock held before writing new VG metadata.
d2901a62 425 Add validation of LV name to pvmove -n.
ec074fcf 426 Make clvmd refresh the context correctly when lvm.conf is updated.
906935e5 427 Add some basic internal VG lock validation.
bf7dea97 428 Add per-command flags to control which commands use the VG metadata cache.
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429 Fix vgsplit locking of new VG (2.02.30).
430 Avoid erroneous vgsplit error message for new VG. (2.02.29)
e283bda9 431 Suppress duplicate message when lvresize fails because of invalid vgname.
6e210a6c 432 Cache VG metadata internally while VG lock is held.
33842916 433 Fix redundant lvresize message if vg doesn't exist.
611c0689 434 Fix another allocation bug with clvmd and large node IDs.
9332d2cb 435 Add find_lv_in_lv_list() and find_pv_in_pv_list().
2aa5120e 436 Fix uninitialised variable in clvmd that could cause odd hangs.
4f618eba 437 Add vgmerge tests.
052bbfba 438 Add pvseg_is_allocated() for identifying a PV segment allocated to a LV.
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439 Add list_move() for moving elements from one list to another.
440 Add 'is_reserved_lvname()' for identifying hidden LVs.
83465fde 441 Correct command name in lvmdiskscan man page.
7750a1ad 442 clvmd no longer crashes if it sees nodeids over 50.
ed070f41 443 Fix potential deadlock in clvmd thread handling.
dc2bdce1 444 Refactor text format initialisation into _init_text_import.
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445 Escape double quotes and backslashes in external metadata and config data.
446 Add functions for escaping double quotes in strings.
447 Rename count_chars_len to count_chars.
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448 Use return_0 in a couple more places.
449 Correct a function name typo in _line_append error message.
66db5dd8 450 Include limits.h in clvmd so it compiles with newer headers.
810e5001 451 Add VirtIO disks (virtblk) to filters.
60be88a0 452 Fix resetting of MIRROR_IMAGE and VISIBLE_LV after removal of LV. (2.02.30)
4c0f4125 453 Fix remove_layer_from_lv to empty the LV before removing it. (2.02.30)
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454 Add missing no-longer-used segs_using_this_lv test to check_lv_segments.
455 Remove redundant non-NULL tests before calling free in clvmd.c.
456 Avoid a compiler warning: make is_orphan's parameter const.
9790f608 457 Fix lvconvert detection of mirror conversion in progress. (2.02.30)
b1ec1f87 458 Avoid automatic lvconvert polldaemon invocation when -R specified. (2.02.30)
814d9d5b 459 Fix 'pvs -a' to detect VGs of PVs without metadata areas.
bb097a97 460 Divide up internal orphan volume group by format type.
08152c90 461 Update usage message for clvmd.
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462 Fix clvmd man page not to print <br> and clarified debug options.
463 Fix lvresize to support /dev/mapper prefix in the LV name.
464 Fix unfilled parameter passed to fsadm from lvresize.
465 Update fsadm to call lvresize if the partition size differs (with option -l).
466 Fix fsadm to support VG/LV names.
f2f1da18 467
12aa1a24 468Version 2.02.33 - 31st January 2008
8abe9ec3 469===================================
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470 Fix mirror log name construction during lvconvert. (2.02.30)
471 Make monitor_dev_for_events recurse through the stack of LVs.
472 Clean up some more compiler warnings.
67cdbd7e 473 Some whitespace tidy-ups.
c51b9fff 474 Use stack return macros throughout.
962b2a55 475 Rely upon internally-cached PV labels while corresponding VG lock is held.
8abe9ec3 476
0dff5864 477Version 2.02.32 - 29th January 2008
6903d5b2 478===================================
5dc6c0de 479 Fix two check_lv_segments error messages to show whole segment.
3d13b467 480 Refactor mirror log attachment code.
311961fd 481 Fix internal metadata corruption in lvchange --resync. (2.02.30)
d39a99b2 482 Fix new parameter validation in vgsplit and test mode. (2.02.30)
5a3f869f 483 Remove redundant cnxman-socket.h file from clvmd directory.
8a19ebf4 484 Fix pvs, vgs, lvs error exit status on some error paths.
6903d5b2 485
0293b5f1 486Version 2.02.31 - 19th January 2008
aced269a 487===================================
0e0a6eb6 488 Fix lvcreate --nosync not to wait for non-happening sync. (2.02.30)
7644c656 489 Add very_verbose lvconvert messages.
51581d4d 490 Avoid readahead error message with default setting of lvcreate -M1. (2.02.29)
aced269a 491
6860fecb 492Version 2.02.30 - 17th January 2008
ce9636b2 493===================================
0c06de63 494 Set default readahead to twice maximium stripe size.
bdb91441 495 Reinstate VG extent size and stripe size defaults (halved). (2.02.29)
6860fecb 496 Add lists of stacked LV segments using each LV to the internal metadata.
72baf0c3 497 Change vgsplit -l (for unimplemented --list) into --maxlogicalvolumes.
fb3226a3 498 Fix process_all_pvs to detect non-orphans with no MDAs correctly.
f6dd48b0 499 Don't use block_on_error with mirror targets version 1.12 and above.
6860fecb 500 Update vgsplit to accept vgcreate options when new VG is destination.
f9ddc763 501 Update vgsplit to accept existing VG as destination.
272465ea 502 lvconvert waits for completion of initial sync by default.
2b0968b7 503 Refactor vgcreate for parameter validation and add tests.
c9ea4988 504 Add new convert_lv field to lvs output.
4a898ae9 505 Print warning when lvm tools are running as non-root.
67961c7c 506 Add snapshot dmeventd library (enables dmeventd snapshot monitoring).
7415ef77 507 Prevent pvcreate from overwriting MDA-less PVs belonging to active VGs.
a95892f7 508 Fix a segfault if using pvs with --all argument. (2.02.29)
48d9a74d 509 Update --uuid argument description in man pages.
8a77dd46 510 Fix vgreduce PV list processing not to process every PV in the VG. (2.02.29)
ba0c495d 511 Extend lvconvert to use polldaemon.
31e9db26 512 Add support for stacked mirrors.
a69ab652 513 Major restructuring of pvmove and lvconvert layer manipulation code.
f29e7ac5 514 Replace tools/fsadm with scripts/fsadm.sh.
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515 Append fields to report/pvsegs_cols_verbose.
516 Permit LV segment fields with PV segment reports.
517 Add seg_start_pe and seg_pe_ranges to reports.
ce9636b2 518
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33032891 521 Make clvmd backup vg metadata on remote nodes.
3da4613d 522 Refactor pvmove allocation code.
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523 Decode cluster locking state in log message.
524 Change file locking state messages from debug to very verbose.
b6f4f0c7 525 Fix --addtag to drop @ prefix from name.
37034fb8 526 Stop clvmd going haywire if a pre_function fails.
e5f7352b 527 Convert some vg_reads into vg_lock_and_reads.
223c62e7 528 Avoid nested vg_reads when processing PVs in VGs and fix associated locking.
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529 Accept sizes with --readahead argument.
530 Store size arguments as sectors internally.
df322f0b 531 Attempt to remove incomplete LVs with lvcreate zeroing/activation problems.
a6b22cf3 532 Add read_ahead activation code.
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533 Add activation/readahead configuration option and FMT_RESTRICTED_READAHEAD.
534 Extend readahead arg to accept "auto" and "none".
a6b22cf3 535 Add lv_read_ahead and lv_kernel_read_ahead fields to reports and lvdisplay.
19c86543 536 Prevent lvconvert -s from using same LV as origin and snapshot.
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537 Fix human-readable output of odd numbers of sectors.
538 Add pv_mda_free and vg_mda_free fields to reports for raw text format.
2b0249ec 539 Add LVM2 version to 'Generated by' comment in metadata.
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540 Show 'not usable' space when PV is too large for device in pvdisplay.
541 Ignore and fix up any excessive device size found in metadata.
612548c0 542 Fix error message when fixing up PV size in lvm2 metadata (2.02.11).
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543 Fix orphan-related locking in pvdisplay and pvs.
544 Fix missing VG unlocks in some pvchange error paths.
545 Add some missing validation of VG names.
546 Rename validate_vg_name() to validate_new_vg_name().
547 Change orphan lock to VG_ORPHANS.
548 Change format1 to use ORPHAN as orphan VG name.
9c1dbeb3 549 Convert pvchange, pvdisplay, pvscan to use is_orphan()
d38bf361 550 Add is_orphan_vg() and change all hard-coded checks to use it.
47c06763 551 Detect md superblocks version 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2.
0283c439 552 Add _alloc_pv() and _free_pv() from _pv_create() code and fix error paths.
1b8de4cb 553 Add pv_dev_name() to access PV device name.
70d9f98e 554 Add const attributes to pv accessor functions.
0283c439 555 Refactor vg_add_snapshot() and lv_create_empty().
6aca8e92 556 Handle new sysfs subsystem/block/devices directory structure.
5e856ed1 557 Run test with LVM_SYSTEM_DIR pointing to private root and /dev dirs.
da08e40f 558 Fix a bug in lvm_dump.sh checks for lvm/dmsetup binaries.
216283b6 559 Fix underquotations in lvm_dump.sh.
479921f1 560 Refactor lvcreate stripe and mirror parameter validation.
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561 Print --help output to stdout, not stderr.
562 After a cmdline processing error, don't print help text but suggest --help.
dfef7f69 563 Add %PVS extents option to lvresize, lvextend, and lvcreate.
b680c5c6 564 Add 'make check' to run tests in new subdirectory 'test'.
d5f554ab 565 Moved the obsolete test subdirectory to old-tests.
b680c5c6 566 Cope with relative paths in configure --with-dmdir.
13aba081 567 Remove no-longer-correct restrictions on PV arg count with stripes/mirrors.
9eea0107 568 Fix strdup memory leak in str_list_dup().
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570 Detect command line PE values that exceed their 32-bit range.
b45b8464 571 Include strerror string in dev_open_flags' stat failure message.
c6ea067f 572 Move guts of pvresize into library.
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573 Avoid error when --corelog is provided without --mirrorlog. (2.02.28)
574 Correct --mirrorlog argument name in man pages (not --log).
575 Clear MIRROR_NOTSYNCED LV flag when converting from mirror to linear.
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576 Modify lvremove to prompt for removal if LV active on other cluster nodes.
577 Add '-f' to vgremove to force removal of VG even if LVs exist.
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d2fb8b66 581 Fix clvmd logging so you can get lvm-level debugging out of it.
e935d217 582 Introduce VG_GLOBAL lock type for vgscan/pvscan to trigger clvmd -R.
230948b9 583 Change locking_flags from int to uint32_t.
88fc506b 584 Fix clvmd -R, so it fully refreshes the caches.
3b3948f1 585 Change lvconvert_mirrors to use mirror segtype not striped.
ea041b12 586 Fix lvconvert_mirrors detection of number of existing mirrors.
230948b9 587 Clean up numerous compiler warnings that appeared in recent releases.
21bc3664 588 Remove several unused parameters from _allocate().
edb3374d 589 Only permit --force, --verbose and --debug arguments to be repeated.
be684599 590 Fix inconsistent licence notices: executables are GPLv2; libraries LGPLv2.1.
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591 Move guts of vgremove and lvremove into library, including yes_no_prompt.
592 Allow clvmd debug to be turned on in a running daemon using clvmd -d [-C].
7a197a62 593 Update to use autoconf 2.61, while still supporting 2.57.
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594 Add more cluster info to lvmdump.
595 Add further const attributes throughout.
48bb503f 596 Add support for renaming mirrored LVs.
230948b9 597 Factor out core of lvrename() to library function.
edb3374d 598 Add --mirrorlog argument to specify log type for mirrors.
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599 Don't attempt to monitor devices if their creation failed in _lv_activate.
600 Don't leak a file descriptor in fcntl_lock_file() when fcntl fails.
edb3374d 601 Replace create_dir with dm_create_dir.
230948b9 602 Detect stream write failure reliably with lvm_fclose using dm_fclose.
3c116860 603 Fix clvmd if compiled with gulm support. (2.02.26)
230948b9 604 Fix lvdisplay man page to say LV size is reported in sectors, not KB.
891c3d29 605 Add vg_lock_and_read() external library function.
8a0de6c3 606 Fix loading of persistent cache if cache_dir is used. (2.02.23)
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607 Reduce _compare_paths lstat error message from log_error to log_very_verbose.
608 Create util.h with last_path_component replacing strdup + basename.
bbcd2460 609 Use gcc's printf attribute wherever possible.
230948b9 610 In _line_append, use "sizeof buf - 1" rather than equivalent "4095".
c93e6b5f 611 Introduce is_same_inode macro, now including a comparison of st_dev.
230948b9 612 Don't leak a file descriptor in _lock_file() when flock fails.
3579b652 613 Add SUN's LDOM virtual block device (vdisk) and ps3disk to filters.
03eee0e2 614 Split metadata-external.h out from metadata.h for the tools to use.
f5840016 615
6fb02eb2 616Version 2.02.27 - 17th July 2007
6dee7d31 617================================
5b7d1629 618 Fix snapshot cow area deactivation if origin is not active. (2.02.13)
d1158c75 619 Fix configure libdevmapper.h check when --with-dmdir is used.
0c795e2e 620 Turn _add_pv_to_vg() into external library function add_pv_to_vg().
33e56019 621 Add pv_by_path() external library function.
b3ae66ae 622 Tidy clvmd-openais of redundant bits, and improve an error report.
3c21da17 623 Cope with find_seg_by_le() failure in check_lv_segments().
fb697f28 624 Call dev_iter_destroy() if _process_all_devs() is interrupted by sigint.
d27e1233 625 Add vg_mda_count and pv_mda_count columns to reports.
68c87619 626 Fix dumpconfig to use log_print instead of stdout directly.
fba549f8 627 Remove unused parameter 'fid' from _add_pv_to_vg.
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629 Replace BSD (r)index with C89 str(r)chr.
630 Handle vgsplit of an entire VG as a vgrename.
631 Reinitialise internal lvmdiskscan variables when called repeatedly.
86df68f3 632 Fix missing lvm_shell symbol in lvm2cmd library. (2.02.23)
69483a8a 633 Add vg_status function and clean up vg->status in tools directory.
53c774b9 634 Add --ignoremonitoring to disable all dmeventd interaction.
69483a8a 635 Remove get_ prefix from get_pv_* functions.
8e2f0361 636 clvmd-openais now uses cpg_local_get() to get nodeid, rather than Clm.
e7ddf416 637 Print warnings to stderr instead of stdout.
6dee7d31 638
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1471bc87 641 Update vgcfgrestore man page.
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642 Allow keyboard interrupt during user prompts when appropriate.
643 Remove unused clvmd system-lv code.
644 Replace many physical_volume struct dereferences with new get_pv_* functions.
645 Suppress a benign compile-time warning.
b496210d 646 Convert find_pv_in_vg_by_uuid and pv_create to use PV handles.
4e5f3e73 647 Add wrappers to some functions in preparation for external LVM library.
8f1fb4ad 648 Add -f to vgcfgrestore to list metadata backup files.
c221b0bc 649 Add vg_check_status to consolidate vg status checks and error messages.
5a4ba89a 650 Add pvdisplay --maps implementation.
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651 Remove unsupported LVM1 options from vgcfgrestore man page.
652 Update vgcfgrestore man page to show mandatory VG name.
653 Update vgrename man page to include UUID and be consistent with lvrename.
59231b56 654 Add (experimental) OpenAIS support to clvmd.
8f1fb4ad 655 Fix deactivation code to follow dependencies and remove symlinks.
b3b0f199 656 Fix and clarify vgsplit error messages.
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657 Fix a segfault in device_is_usable() if a device has no table.
658 Add some more debug messages to clvmd startup.
659 Misc clvmd cleanups.
ffd5c5c8 660
e3a12d14 661Version 2.02.25 - 27th April 2007
a8f51fa2 662=================================
19eb95f7 663 Fix get_config_uint64() to read a 64-bit value not a 32-bit one.
7c03887b 664 Add -Wformat-security and change one fprintf() to fputs().
e6edd1d7 665 Move regex functions into libdevmapper.
1bf5aae9 666 Change some #include lines to search only standard system directories.
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668 Free a temporary dir string in fcntl_lock_file() after use.
669 Fix a dm_pool_destroy() in matcher_create().
670 Introduce goto_bad macro.
671 Fix warnings on x86_64 involving ptrdiff_t in log_error messages.
672 Update pvck to include text metadata area and record detection.
673 Add support functions for token counting in config file extracts.
674 Update pvck to read labels on disk, with --labelsector parameter.
675 Add count_chars and count_chars_len functions.
676 Add /sys/block listings to lvm_dump.sh.
677 Make lvm_dump.sh list /dev recursively.
05aa860f 678 Fix thread race in clvmd.
17a6fc0b 679 Add scan_sector param to label_read and _find_labeller.
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681 Add extra internal error checking to clvmd.
662e0238 682 Add dev_read_circular.
cc5a4e1d 683 Add pvck command stub.
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685 Change cling alloc policy attribute character from 'C' to l'.
5d06515c 686 Fix creation and conversion of mirrors with tags.
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687 Fix vgsplit for lvm1 format (set and validate VG name in PVs metadata).
688 Split metadata areas in vgsplit properly.
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eca7ef18 692 Fix processing of exit status in init scripts
d330e660 693 Fix vgremove to require at least one vg argument.
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694 Fix reading of striped LVs in LVM1 format.
695 Flag nolocking as clustered so clvmd startup sees clustered LVs. (2.02.10)
b9b26011 696 Add a few missing pieces of vgname command line validation.
9397354a 697 Support the /dev/mapper prefix on most command lines.
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699Version 2.02.23 - 8th March 2007
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b45c9f49 701 Fix vgrename active LV check to ignore differing vgids.
8fe54fdd 702 Remove no-longer-used uuid_out parameter from activation info functions.
af914569 703 Fix two more segfaults if an empty config file section encountered.
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704 Move .cache file into a new /etc/lvm/cache directory by default.
705 Add devices/cache_dir & devices/cache_file_prefix, deprecating devices/cache.
706 Create directory in fcntl_lock_file() if required.
f359c9b8 707 Exclude readline support from lvm.static.
0558b928 708 Fix a leak in a reporting error path (2.02.19).
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713 Add global/units to example.conf.
e09dfed8 714 Fix loading of segment_libraries.
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716 Don't update metadata automatically if VGIDs don't match.
aa350ef4 717 Fix some vgreduce --removemissing command line validation.
612209c8 718
f21f60d5 719Version 2.02.21 - 30th January 2007
67fa4fd4 720===================================
319e74e2 721 Add warning to lvm2_monitoring_init_rhel4 if attempting to stop monitoring.
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723 Reorder fields in reporting field definitions.
898b3d4d 724 Fix vgs to treat args as VGs even when PV fields are displayed.
fce67134 725 Fix md signature check to handle both endiannesses.
67fa4fd4 726
667eb775 727Version 2.02.20 - 25th January 2007
07473c2b 728===================================
aca04336 729 dmeventd mirror sets ignore_suspended_devices and avoids scanning mirrors.
f247a4e7 730 Add devices/ignore_suspended_devices to ignore suspended dm devices.
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732 Fix exit statuses of reporting tools (2.02.19).
00fc37f1 733 Add init script for dmeventd monitoring.
20db8ffc 734 lvm.static no longer interacts with dmeventd unless explicitly asked to.
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736 Remove unnecessary cmd arg from target_*monitor_events().
3329c698 737 Add private variable to dmeventd shared library interface.
dd9927bc 738 Long-lived processes write out persistent dev cache in refresh_toolcontext().
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740 Add is_long_lived to toolcontext.
147b7d5e 741 Add --clustered to man pages.
7fee061a 742 Streamline dm_report_field_* interface.
8a37910d 743 Change remaining dmeventd terminology 'register' to 'monitor'.
10232bd9 744 Update reporting man pages.
147b7d5e 745 No longer necessary to specify alignment type for report fields.
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c3afa8df 747Version 2.02.19 - 17th January 2007
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6a91a99b 749 Fix a segfault if an empty config file section encountered.
d838a1e3 750 Move basic reporting functions into libdevmapper.
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752 Fix cmdline PE range processing segfault (2.02.13).
02059c81 753 Some libdevmapper-event interface changes.
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755 Fix dmeventd mirror status line processing.
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6b36e863 759 Revised libdevmapper-event interface for dmeventd.
65e635b6 760 Remove dmeventd mirror status line word limit.
3b007b27 761 Use CFLAGS when linking so mixed sparc builds can supply -m64.
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763 Print warning instead of error message if lvconvert cannot zero volume.
764 Add snapshot options to lvconvert man page.
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766 Change dumpconfig to use --file to redirect output to a file.
7c0cd273 767 Avoid vgreduce error when mirror code removes the log LV.
7cb59417 768 Remove 3 redundant AC_MSG_RESULTs from configure.in.
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770 Fix ambiguous vgsplit error message for split LV.
771 Fix lvextend man page typo.
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772 Add configure --with-dmdir to compile against a device-mapper source tree.
773 Use no flush suspending for mirrors.
6032a223 774 Add dmeventd_mirror register_mutex, tidy initialisation & add memlock.
aa8a4d96 775 Fix create mirror with name longer than 22 chars.
0ce83a83 776 Fix some activate.c prototypes when compiled without devmapper.
0c8569ed 777 Fix dmeventd mirror to cope if monitored device disappears.
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780====================================
67e6c7e7 781 Add missing pvremove error message when device doesn't exist.
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782 When lvconvert allocates a mirror log, respect parallel area constraints.
783 Use loop to iterate through the now-ordered policy list in _allocate().
784 Check for failure to allocate just the mirror log.
785 Introduce calc_area_multiple().
786 Support mirror log allocation when there is only one PV: area_count now 0.
948ee3e3 787 Fix detection of smallest area in _alloc_parallel_area() for cling policy.
699b275a 788 Add manpage entry for clvmd -T
e3e6eba1 789 Fix gulm operation of clvmd, including a hang when doing lvchange -aey
47436a42 790 Fix hang in clvmd if a pre-command failed.
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792Version 2.02.16 - 1st December 2006
793===================================
0357f18e 794 Fix VG clustered read locks to use PR not CR.
4dc0ec22 795 Adjust some alignments for ia64/sparc.
6c48fe74 796 Fix mirror segment removal to use temporary error segment.
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797 Always compile debug logging into clvmd.
798 Add startup timeout to RHEL4 clvmd startup script.
bd8be78c 799 Add -T (startup timeout) switch to clvmd.
d9cc9173 800 Improve lvm_dump.sh robustness.
066ac2ef 801 Update lvm2create_initrd to support gentoo.
55b5ce87 802
efecd5c1 803Version 2.02.15 - 21st November 2006
3b276539 804====================================
efecd5c1 805 Fix clvmd_init_rhel4 line truncation (2.02.14).
4eee5764 806 Install lvmdump by default.
25375165 807 Fix check for snapshot module when activating snapshot.
ba4f5d80 808 Fix pvremove error path for case when PV is in use.
9f7e7709 809 Warn if certain duplicate config file entries are seen.
15545b91 810 Enhance lvm_dump.sh for sysreport integration and add man page.
b65e33f4 811 Fix --autobackup argument which could never disable backups.
deb202bd 812 Fix a label_verify error path.
3b276539 813
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814Version 2.02.14 - 10th November 2006
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816 Fix adjusted_mirror_region_size() to handle 64-bit size.
817 Add some missing bounds checks on 32-bit extent counters.
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818 Add Petabyte and Exabyte support.
819 Fix lvcreate error message when 0 extents requested.
581e8111 820 lvremove man page: volumes must be cluster inactive before being removed.
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821 Protect .cache manipulations with fcntl locking.
822 Change .cache timestamp comparisons to use ctime.
1c3c2df9 823 Fix mirror log LV writing to set all bits in whole LV.
df52a8b5 824 Fix clustered VG detection and default runlevels in clvmd_init_rhel4.
c8902451 825 Fix high-level free space check for partial allocations.
7d1c3fcd 826
ffe524cc 827Version 2.02.13 - 27th October 2006
38a5f0b6 828===================================
7f31917d 829 Add couple of missing files to tools/Makefile CLEAN_TARGETS.
013577fb 830 When adding snapshot leave cow LV mapped device active after zeroing.
99d00efa 831 Fix a clvmd debug message.
4098f628 832 Add dev_flush() to set_lv().
e51d50a1 833 Add lvchange --resync.
2bdc8e12 834 Perform high-level free space check before each allocation attempt.
77fcc207 835 Don't allow a node to remove an LV that's exclusively active on anther node.
9766c3c9 836 Cope if same PV is included more than once in cmdline PE range list.
b16b9c2b 837 Set PV size to current device size if it is found to be zero.
7c5ec126 838 Add segment parameter to target_present functions.
38a5f0b6 839
0b0fd330 840Version 2.02.12 - 16th October 2006
89a4e806 841===================================
e663b4e8 842 Fix pvdisplay to use vg_read() for non-orphans.
04dabc15 843 Fall back to internal locking if external locking lib is missing or fails.
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844 Retain activation state after changing LV minor number with --force.
845 Propagate clustered flag in vgsplit and require resizeable flag.
89a4e806 846
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847Version 2.02.11 - 12th October 2006
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efa483c5 849 Add clvmd function to return the cluster name. not used by LVM yet.
de5c82a0 850 Add cling allocation policy.
4a2ca1b9 851 Change _check_contiguous() to use _for_each_pv().
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852 Extend _for_each_pv() to allow termination without error.
853 Abstract _is_contiguous().
68d7c0e6 854 Remove duplicated pv arg from _check_contiguous().
705eabf7 855 Accept regionsize with lvconvert.
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856 Add report columns with underscore before field names ending 'size'.
857 Correct regionsize default on lvcreate man page (MB).
e37a2415 858 Fix clvmd bug that could cause it to die when a node with a long name crashed.
b4e2a0e1 859 Add device size to text metadata.
209f03f2 860 Fix format_text mda_setup pv->size and pv_setup pe_count calculations.
8d18637e 861 Fix _for_each_pv() for mirror with core log.
92921054 862 Add lvm_dump.sh script to create a tarball of debugging info from a system.
2a7f7fc1 863 Capture error messages in clvmd and pass them back to the user.
7089e02c 864 Remove unused #defines from filter-md.c.
dc9dcb3d 865 Make clvmd restart init script wait until clvmd has died before starting it.
13583874 866 Add -R to clvmd which tells running clvmds to reload their device cache.
6c81ed26 867 Add LV column to reports listing kernel modules needed for activation.
1baed0e1 868 Show available fields if report given invalid field. (e.g. lvs -o list)
8b1a3214 869 Add timestamp functions with --disable-realtime configure option.
34fadac4 870 Add %VG, %LV and %FREE suffices to lvcreate/lvresize --extents arg.
5095de51 871 Fix two potential NULL pointer derefs in error cases in vg_read().
e0a26692 872 Separate --enable-cluster from locking lib options in lvmconf.sh.
d1a1e1a3 873 Add a missing comma in lvcreate man page.
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877 Fix lvconvert mirror change case detection logic.
878 Fix mirror log detachment so it correctly becomes a standalone LV.
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879 Extend _check_contiguous() to detect single-area LVs.
880 Include mirror log (untested) in _for_each_pv() processing.
881 Use MIRROR_LOG_SIZE constant.
882 Remove struct seg_pvs from _for_each_pv() to generalise.
883 Avoid adding duplicates to list of parallel PVs to avoid.
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884 Fix several incorrect comparisons in parallel area avoidance code.
885 Fix segment lengths when flattening existing parallel areas.
886 Log existing parallel areas prior to allocation.
887 Fix mirror log creation when activation disabled.
fe748f00 888 Don't attempt automatic recovery without proper locking.
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889 When using local file locking, skip clustered VGs.
890 Add fallback_to_clustered_locking and fallback_to_local_locking parameters.
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891 lvm.static uses built-in cluster locking instead of external locking.
892 Don't attempt to load shared libraries if built statically.
1c792fad 893 Change default locking_lib to liblvm2clusterlock.so.
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894 Add skip_dev_dir() to process command line VGs.
895 Stop clvmd complaining about nodes that have left the cluster.
0550c1b6 896 Move lvm_snprintf(), split_words() and split_dm_name() into libdevmapper.
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897 Add lvconvert man page.
898 Add mirror options to man pages.
d68336a5 899 Prevent mirror renames.
6711231a 900 Move CMDLIB code into separate file and record whether static build.
ade81b8a 901
086b63ca 902Version 2.02.09 - 17th August 2006
64c84579 903==================================
94d501ed 904 Fix PE_ALIGN for pagesize over 32KB.
b5d761e1 905 Separate out LVM1_PE_ALIGN and pe_align().
916490f8 906 Add lvm_getpagesize wrapper.
e95d8284 907 Add --maxphysicalvolumes to vgchange.
64c84579 908
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911 Add checks for duplicate LV name, lvid and PV id before writing metadata.
912 Report all sanity check failures, not just the first.
9cd3426d 913 Fix missing lockfs on first snapshot creation.
e3ad1d19 914 Add unreliable --trustcache option to reporting commands.
8b0d546f 915 Fix locking for mimage removal.
b813f533 916 Fix clvmd_init_rhel4 'status' exit code.
7a21367d 917
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918Version 2.02.07 - 17th July 2006
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443a8f76 920 Fix activation logic in lvchange --persistent.
fe686a51 921 Don't ignore persistent minor numbers when activating.
0b431b8a 922 Use RTLD_GLOBAL when loading shared libraries.
e67ed94b 923 Add some forgotten memlock checks to _vg_read to protect against full scans.
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924 Add mutex to dmeventd_mirror to avoid concurrent execution.
925 Fix vgreduce --removemissing to return success if VG is already consistent.
4bfab20a 926 Fix return code if VG specified on command line is not found.
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927 Fix PV tools to include orphaned PVs in default output again.
928 Fixed unaligned access when using clvm.
9f100d60 929 Fix an extra dev_close in a label_read error path.
4cd33f98 930 Append patches to commit emails.
4aae7246 931 Fix target_register_events args.
83de5aa6 932 Prevent snapshots of mirrors.
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933 Add DISTCLEAN_TARGETS to make template for configure.h.
934 More fixes to error paths.
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935 Fix lvcreate corelog validation.
936 Add --config for overriding most config file settings from cmdline.
937 Quote arguments when printing command line.
938 Remove linefeed from 'initialising logging' message.
939 Add 'Completed' debug message.
940 Don't attempt library exit after reloading config files.
941 Always compile with libdevmapper, even if device-mapper is disabled.
476d09d0 942
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945 Propagate --monitor around cluster.
946 Add --monitor to vgcreate and lvcreate to control dmeventd registration.
947 Filter LCK_NONBLOCK in clvmd lock_vg.
de828433 948 Add --nosync to lvcreate with LV flag NOTSYNCED.
49fba23c 949 Use mirror's uuid for a core log.
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950 Add mirror log fault-handling policy.
951 Improve mirror warning messages and tidy dmeventd syslog output.
526a3c21 952 Propagate nosync flag around cluster.
532dae48 953 Allow vgreduce to handle mirror log failures.
f17f6814 954 Add --corelog to lvcreate and lvconvert.
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955 Create a log header for replacement in-sync mirror log.
956 Use set_lv() and dev_set() to wipe sections of devices.
957 Add mirror_in_sync() flag to avoid unnecessary resync on activation.
898e6f8e 958 Add mirror_library description to example.conf.
eba586f0 959 Fix uuid_from_num() buffer overrun.
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960 Make SIZE_SHORT the default for display_size().
961 Fix some memory leaks in error paths found by coverity.
962 Use C99 struct initialisers.
963 Move DEFS into configure.h.
964 Clean-ups to remove miscellaneous compiler warnings.
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965 Improve stripe size validation.
966 Increase maximum stripe size limit to physical extent size for lvm2 metadata.
2f1489a6 967 Fix activation code to check for pre-existing mirror logs.
089ae9a5 968 Tighten region size validation.
81b4308b 969 Ignore empty strings in config files.
12ccdb25 970 Require non-zero regionsize and document parameter on lvcreate man page.
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971 Invalidate cache if composition of VG changed externally.
972
05ffaffe 973Version 2.02.05 - 21st April 2006
c05fbac2 974=================================
05ffaffe 975 Fix vgid string termination in recent cache code.
c05fbac2 976
13eadfc9 977Version 2.02.04 - 19th April 2006
3ab3766f 978=================================
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979 Check for libsepol.
980 Add some cflow & scope support.
981 Separate out DEFS from CFLAGS.
982 Remove inlines and use unique function names.
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984Version 2.02.03 - 14th April 2006
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dbd3026f 986 vgrename accepts vgid and exported VG.
f855ac38 987 Add --partial to pvs.
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988 When choosing between identically-named VGs, also consider creation_host.
989 Provide total log suppression with 2.
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990 Fix vgexport/vgimport to set/reset PV exported flag so pv_attr is correct.
991 Add vgid to struct physical_volume and pass with vg_name to some functions.
e8db7023 992 If two or more VGs are found with the same name, use one that is not exported.
f084e627 993 Whenever vgname is captured, also capture vgid and whether exported.
cced28da 994 Remove an incorrect unlock_vg() from process_each_lv().
76f97cd7 995 Update extent size information in vgchange and vgcreate man pages.
ace652e6 996 Introduce origin_from_cow() and lv_is_visible().
7810d55d 997 pvremove without -f now fails if there's no PV label.
1c8b86c7 998 Support lvconvert -s.
1a01b0c1 999 Suppress locking library load failure message if --ignorelockingfailure.
9f5d8283 1000 Propagate partial mode around cluster.
d6207798 1001 Fix archive file expiration.
ed2b1bc5 1002 Fix dmeventd build.
e7f55bb4 1003 clvmd now uses libcman rather than cman ioctls.
a3167672 1004 clvmd will allow new cman to shutdown on request.
ed2b1bc5 1005
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1006Version 2.02.02 - 7th February 2006
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f0c9fe01 1008 Add %.so: %.a make template rule.
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1009 Switchover library building to use LIB_SUFFIX.
1010 Only do lockfs filesystem sync when suspending snapshots.
bfe2b548 1011 Always print warning if activation is disabled.
079ac15e 1012 vgreduce removes mirror images.
c9dcba6b 1013 Add --mirrorsonly to vgreduce.
3fc3e48c 1014 vgreduce replaces active LVs with error segment before removing them.
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1015 Set block_on_error parameter if available.
1016 Add target_version.
cad9fac9 1017 Add details to format1 'Invalid LV in extent map' error message.
e6493477 1018 Fix lvscan snapshot full display.
15d91f5a 1019 Bring lvdisplay man page example into line.
06f62ad1 1020 Add mirror dmeventd library.
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1021 Add some activation logic to remove_mirror_images().
1022 lvconvert can remove specified PVs from a mirror.
1023 lvconvert turns an existing LV into a mirror.
1024 Allow signed mirrors arguments.
1025 Move create_mirror_log() into toollib.
c27920b1 1026 Determine parallel PVs to avoid with ALLOC_NORMAL allocation.
2fb492f6 1027 Fix lv_empty.
ebf78e7d 1028
20e5495e 1029Version 2.02.01 - 23rd November 2005
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f3ce273f 1031 Fix lvdisplay cmdline to accept snapshots.
349216a6 1032 Fix open RO->RW promotion.
749caf94 1033 Fix missing vg_revert in lvcreate error path.
0c32d9db 1034
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b79c897e 1037 Extend allocation areas to avoid overflow with contiguous with other PVs.
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1038 Stop lvcreate attempting to wipe zero or error segments.
1039 Added new lvs table attributes.
1040 Separated out activation preload.
1041 Moved activation functions into libdevmapper.
1042 Fixed build_dm_name.
1043 Add return macros.
436d3694 1044 Added xen xvd devices.
7a593325 1045 Clear up precommitted metadata better.
3bf5f6f5 1046 A pvresize implementation.
a78c7609 1047 Fix contiguous allocation when there are no preceding segments.
5727a8fa 1048 Add mirror_seg pointer to lv_segment struct.
5f5355cb 1049 Only keep a device open if it's known to belong to a locked VG.
f9a8e6ee 1050 Fix lvdisplay to show all mirror destinations.
76c8ddc0 1051 Replacement suspend code using libdevmapper dependency tree.
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1052 Add DEFS to make.tmpl.
1053 Use dm_is_dm_major instead of local copy.
1054 Allow mapped devices to be used as PVs.
ffbfce30 1055 Move set_selinux_context into libdevmapper.
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1056 Fix automatic text metadata buffer expansion (using macro).
1057 Cache formatted text metadata buffer between metadata area writes.
31b5c6e6 1058 Add pe_start field to pvs.
03b49fe1 1059 Add 'LVM-' prefix to uuids.
06820362 1060 Split lv_segment_area from lv_segment to permit extension.
9fdc84c3 1061 Replacement deactivation code using libdevmapper dependency tree.
f894b4b1 1062 Simplify dev_manager_info().
a653923f 1063 Attempt to load missing targets using modprobe.
191abde9 1064 Add -a to lvscan.
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1065 Move mknodes into libdevmapper.
1066 Move bitset, hash, pool and dbg_malloc into libdevmapper.
58d83f1a 1067
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9b02bdbc 1070 Refuse to run pvcreate/pvremove on devices we can't open exclusively.
9c9e30cd 1071 Use ORPHAN lock definition throughout.
0858a992 1072 Validate chunksize in lvcreate.
2b96712a 1073 Reduce chunksize limit to 512k.
88d2bdc6 1074 Fix chunksize field in reports.
540b3799 1075 Don't hide snapshots from default 'lvs' output.
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1076 Add is_dm_major() for use in duplicate device detection in lvmcache_add().
1077 Really switch device number in lvmcache when it says it is doing so.
1078 Option for bitset memory allocation using malloc as well as pool.
dbb43034 1079 Don't assume exactly two mirrors when parsing mirror status.
40ec1e8a 1080 Suppress fsync() error message on filesystems that don't support it.
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1081 Fix yes_no_prompt() error handling.
1082 Add lvm.conf comment warning against multiple filter lines.
721b61a4 1083 Tidy lvmconf.sh.
fd0eec20 1084 Add format1 dev_write debug messages.
3d387697 1085 Add clustered VG attribute to report.
2d9e596f 1086 Move lvconvert parameters into struct lvconvert_params.
4c60a352 1087 Add clustered VG flag to LV lock requests.
0fb173aa 1088 Change LV locking macros to take lv instead of lvid.
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1089 Prepend 'cluster' activation parameter to mirror log when appropriate.
1090 Pass exclusive flag to lv_activate and on to target activation code.
1091 Prevent snapshot creation in a clustered VG for now.
fb9d44da 1092 Factor out adjusted_mirror_region_size() and generate_log_name_format().
19763200 1093 Move compose_log_line() into mirror directory.
4bf57ace 1094 Factor out _get_library_path().
0c09c9d9 1095 Don't kill idling clvmd threads.
fe6c7862 1096 clvmd no longer takes out locks for non-clustered LVs.
0b63cc1e 1097 Recognise ATA over Ethernet (aoe) devices.
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1099Version 2.01.14 - 4th August 2005
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190f6945 1101 Fix lvconvert PV parameter in help string.
78a352c2 1102 Prevent snapshots getting activated in a clustered VG.
a4be2c01 1103 Separate out _build_dev_string.
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1104 Move zero_lv to toollib.
1105 Fix pool format handler to work with pv segment code.
d87b3a61 1106
42043c23 1107Version 2.01.13 - 13th July 2005
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1109 Fix pvmove segment splitting.
1110 Abstract vg_validate.
10b44b2d 1111 Only make one attempt at contiguous allocation.
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1113 Fix lvm1 format non-mirror lvcreate.
f92853b4 1114
1956b7be 1115Version 2.01.12 - 14th June 2005
3a373791 1116================================
5e947dac 1117 Various allocation-related pvmove fixes.
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1118 Log an error if clvmd can't resolve a host name got from CCS.
1119 Fix potential spin loop in clvmd.
3a373791 1120
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5e947dac 1123 Added lvmconf.sh.
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1124 Use matchpathcon mode parameter.
1125 Don't defer closing dead FDs in clvmd.
5748cb17 1126 Remove hard-coded 64k text metadata writing restriction.
8b80d2a5 1127 Make VG name restrictions consistent.
1a1f3d3e 1128 Introduce lvconvert. So far only removes mirror images.
ffb0e538 1129 Allow mirror images to be resized.
c77de777 1130 Allow mirror images to have more than one segment.
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1131 Centralise restrictions on LV names.
1132 Always insert an intermediate layer for mirrors.
1133 Suppress hidden LVs from reports unless --all is given.
1134 Use square brackets for hidden LVs in reports.
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1135 Allow the creation of mirrors with contiguous extents.
1136 Always perform sanity checks against metadata before committing it to disk.
1137 Split lv_extend into two steps: choosing extents + allocation to LV(s).
1138 Add mirror log region size to metadata.
1139 Use list_iterate_items throughout and add list*back macros.
1140 Introduce seg_ macros to access areas.
1141 Add segtype_is_ macros.
1142 Support tiny metadata areas for pool conversions.
1143 Mirror activation handles disk log as well as core.
1144 Activation code recognises mirror log dependency.
1145 Add mirror_log and regionsize fields to report.
bd236f65 1146 Fix non-orphan pvchange -u.
21ca3b12 1147 Fix vgmerge to handle duplicate LVIDs.
7ac8c238 1148 Move archiver code from tools into library.
24e65464 1149 vgscan/change/display/vgs automatically create metadata backups if needed.
e7c47a5d 1150 Merge cloned allocation functions.
0888dc43 1151 Fix contiguous allocation policy with linear.
17ae61cc 1152 Cope with missing format1 PVs again.
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1154 Simplify pv_maps code and remove slow bitset algorithm.
1155 Red-Hat-ify the clvmd rhel4 initscript.
c44c04a6 1156 %Zu->%zu
c708ec79 1157 Fix loopfiles alias alloc & mem debugging.
4d122676 1158 Un-inline dbg_strdup.
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1159 lv_reduce tidying.
1160 Remove some unnecessary parameters.
1161 Introduce seg_is macros.
b8e2ad3d 1162
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abe198c0 1165 Don't create backup and archive dirs till needed.
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1167 Support loopfiles for testing.
e40d124e 1168 Tidy lv_segment interface.
15db9fcf 1169 pv_segment support.
66278a80 1170 vgchange --physicalextentsize
90395b8d 1171 Internal snapshot restructuring.
69b2cc0e 1172 Remove unused internal non-persistent snapshot option.
864de9ce 1173 Allow offline extension of snapshot volumes.
367b9cb1 1174 Move from 2-step to 3-step on-disk metadata commit.
864de9ce 1175 Scan ramdisks too and allow non-O_DIRECT fallback.
1128f56b 1176 Annotate, tidy and extend list.h.
1165258c 1177 Alignment tidying.
2b7e4013 1178 Make clvmd work around some "bugs" in gulm's node state notifications.
30bda776 1179 Tidy clvmd's SIGHUP handler
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0a0f13e6 1183 Add --ignorelockingfailure to vgmknodes.
11270d07 1184 clvmd: Don't allow user operations to start until the lvm thread is fully up.
a478de3d 1185 clvmd-gulm: set KEEPALIVE on sockets.
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343a8c92 1189 Add clustered attribute so vgchange can identify clustered VGs w/o locking.
e5b836d2 1190 Improve detection of external changes affecting internal cache.
162d85b9 1191 Add 'already in device cache' debug message.
200ef4db 1192 Add -a to pvdisplay -C.
0aa8e5be 1193 Avoid rmdir opendir error messsages when dir was already removed.
779b7713 1194 Tighten signal handlers.
7e0b7fd0 1195 Avoid some compiler warnings.
e5def0ba 1196 Additional rename failure error message.
1cbfe699 1197 read/write may be macros.
02c6d3f2 1198 clvmd: don't take out lvm thread lock at startup, it only protects jobs list.
47de3990 1199
b9565b40 1200Version 2.01.07 - 8th March 2005
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b9565b40 1202 Cope with new devices appearing by rescanning /dev if a uuid can't be found.
8f5d81cb 1203 Remove DESTDIR from LVM_SHARED_PATH.
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1205 gulm unlocks VG & orphan locks at startup in case they are stale
1206 gulm now unlocks VG & orphan locks if client dies.
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aa70fe8b 1210 Suppress 'open failed' error messages during scanning.
432cd1e4 1211 Option to suppress warnings of file descriptors left open.
f3b0ea28 1212 Fix default value of metadatacopies in documentation (2->1).
ce1aa2c3 1213 Fix clvmd-gulm locking.
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1215 Fix clvmd-gulm node up/down code so it actually works.
1216 clvmd-gulm now releases locks when shut down.
8b307a08 1217
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1219====================================
1220 Static binary invokes dynamic binary if appropriate.
a3dfa1c7 1221 Make clvmd config check a little more tolerant.
c9808c32 1222 gulm clvmd can now cope with >1 message arriving in a TCP message.
50e3a3f3 1223
f1b2dad4 1224Version 2.01.04 - 9th February 2005
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1226 Add fixed offset to imported pool minor numbers.
1227 Update binary pathnames in clvmd_init_rhel4.
3ef1acee 1228 lvm2cmd.so should skip the check for open fds.
421c2a6a 1229 Remove unused -f from pvmove.
28b4320c 1230 Gulm clvmd doesn't report "connection refused" errors.
d9656543 1231 clvmd does a basic config file sanity check at startup.
ceda2b14 1232 Fix potential thread shutdown race in clvmd.
939a307d 1233
07a2b9f8 1234Version 2.01.03 - 1st February 2005
2efec8b2 1235===================================
274c88be 1236 More 64-bit display/report fixes.
51c2a813 1237 More informative startup mesg if can't create /etc/lvm.
7851b13b 1238 Fix snapshot device size bug (since 2.01.01).
c9f9a8b2 1239 clvmd announces startup and cluster connection in syslog.
4e224cf0 1240 Gulm clvmd doesn't hang trying to talk to a rebooted node.
9549da27 1241 Gulm clvmd doesn't print cman error on startup.
2efec8b2 1242
a918e733 1243Version 2.01.02 - 21st January 2005
c44c015a 1244===================================
eaafeaaa 1245 Update clvmd_init_rhel4: use lvm.static and don't load dlm.
ed2799e7 1246 Fix some size_t printing.
894a05ff 1247 Fix 64 bit xlate consts.
da73b38d 1248 Split out pool sptype_names to avoid unused const.
52f9afec 1249 Always fail if random id generation fails.
c44c015a 1250 Recognise gnbd devices.
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1251 Fix clvmd startup bug introduced in cman/gulm amalgamation.
1252 Improve reporting of node-specific locking errors.
c44c015a 1253
5d0b9f47 1254Version 2.01.01 - 19th January 2005
34d9b431 1255===================================
5d0b9f47 1256 Fix clvmd lv_info_by_lvid open_count.
c45a8a2c 1257 Store snapshot and origin sizes separately.
73a9487f 1258 Update vgcreate man page.
34d9b431 1259
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1261===================================
73543ee7 1262 Fix vgscan metadata auto-correction.
e9c761b8 1263 Only ask libdevmapper for open_count when we need it.
bfe848e1 1264 Adjust RHEL4 clvmd init script priority.
5c7fc7c4 1265 Enable building of CMAN & GULM versions of clvmd into a single binary
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1268==================================
2245e1c4 1269 pvcreate wipes first 4 sectors unless given --zero n.
a057a834 1270 gulm clvmd now uses new ccsd key names.
67443fad 1271 gulm clvmd now doesn't ignore the first node in cluster.conf
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1272 Improve clvmd failure message if it's already running.
1273 Allow user to kill clvmd during initialisation.
b9fb9b20 1274 Fix off-by-one error in cluster_locking that could cause read hangs.
a057a834 1275
01a0beed 1276Version 2.00.32 - 22nd December 2004
158fe3d3 1277====================================
7e9e9502 1278 Drop static/dl restriction for now.
01a0beed 1279 Fix an error fprintf.
bc0d0ce0 1280 Fix vgdisplay -s. Breaks (undocumented) lvs/pvs/vgs -s instead for now.
165f49ba 1281 Fix device reference counting on re-opens.
f6ab00eb 1282 Ignore sysfs symlinks when DT_UNKNOWN.
57b08371 1283 Add clvmd init script for RHEL4.
d46fd67f 1284 Skip devices that are too small to be PVs.
8c9a1d6a 1285 Fix pvchange -x segfault with lvm2-format orphan.
9ec48461 1286 Cope with empty msdos partition tables.
db1cd377 1287 Add CONTRIBUTORS file.
158fe3d3 1288
9a2abb82 1289Version 2.00.31 - 12th December 2004
6aad6545 1290====================================
9a2abb82 1291 Reopen RO file descriptors RW if necessary.
6aad6545 1292
c4bb9aa6 1293Version 2.00.30 - 10th December 2004
0ef6cc3f 1294====================================
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1295 Additional device-handling debug messages.
1296 Additional verbosity level -vvvv includes line numbers and backtraces.
1297 Verbose messages now go to stderr not stdout.
1298 Close any stray file descriptors before starting.
1299 Refine partitionable checks for certain device types.
1300 Allow devices/types to override built-ins.
21c42c7f 1301 Fix lvreduce man page .i->.I
80b04895 1302 Fix vgsplit man page title.
db7e9905 1303 Fix clvmd man makefile.
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1304 Extend dev_open logging.
1305 Make clvmd_fix_conf.sh UNDOable.
0ef6cc3f 1306
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1308====================================
1309 xlate compilation fix.
1310
bbdab3fc 1311Version 2.00.28 - 27th November 2004
a266258f 1312====================================
bbdab3fc 1313 Fix partition table & md signature detection.
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1314 Minor configure/makefile tidy.
1315 Export version.h from tools for clvmd.
1316
2e605167 1317Version 2.00.27 - 24th November 2004
a614641a 1318====================================
c3a4c63c 1319 Trap large memory allocation requests.
2e605167 1320 Fix to partition table detection code.
7f1e8db7 1321 Improve filter debug mesgs.
838ebb83 1322 Make clvmd_fix_conf.sh UNDOable
a614641a 1323
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1325====================================
bd46a496 1326 Improve pool debugging stats.
985ef461 1327 Detect partition table signature.
5ab925de 1328 pvcreate wipes md superblocks. (With --uuid or --restorefile it prompts.)
b2dd0bb1 1329 Separate out md superblock detection code.
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1330 Prevent snapshot origin resizing.
1331 Improve a vgremove error message.
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1332 Update some man pages.
1333 Allow y/n with -ae args (exclusive activation).
cb8920e6 1334 Fixes to lvcreate vgname parsing.
56f5c04d 1335 Fix dm_name string size calculation.
bfd4b014 1336 Improve clvmd error reporting during startup.
cf541774 1337 Make clvmd cope with large gaps in node numbers IDs.
bfd4b014 1338 Make clvmd initialisation cope better with debugging output.
63bea03e 1339 Tidy clvmd socket callbacks so all work happens outside main loop.
3d4159b6 1340 clvmd -V now displays lvm version too.
b1098701 1341 Add optional gulm build for clvmd
b44dc25e 1342
c3c9d9b0 1343Version 2.00.25 - 29th September 2004
f2b2f485 1344=====================================
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1345 Fix return code from rm_link for vgmknodes.
1346 Make clvmd LV hash table thread-safe.
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1347 Fix clvmd locking so it will lock out multiple users on the same node.
1348 Fix clvmd VG locking to it can cope with multiple VG locks.
1349 Remove spurious trailing dot in lvreduce man page.
1350 Fix vgremove locking.
f2b2f485 1351
f663e437 1352Version 2.00.24 - 16th September 2004
5b3d93c8 1353=====================================
2b176f90 1354 Fix pool_empty so it really does empty the memory pool.
c4ddb31a 1355 Rename old segtypes files to segtype.
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1356 Some fixes to memory debugging code.
1357 Exclude internal commands formats & segtypes from install.
5b3d93c8 1358
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1360=====================================
7f64c8e5 1361 Export dm name build & split functions.
60bd7179 1362 Use O_NOATIME on devices if available.
19d1e710 1363 Write log message when each segtype/format gets initialised.
156dd4f1 1364 New commands 'segtypes' and 'formats'.
17d1ae7e 1365 Suppress pvmove abort message in test mode.
b9ade4bc 1366 Improve pvcreate/remove device not found error message.
00b47204 1367 Allow pvmove to move data within the same PV.
05503c5e 1368 Describe how pvmove works on man page.
68eb9e3b 1369 Test for incompatible format/segtype combinations in lv_extend.
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1371
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1373====================================
b588726e 1374 Fix /dev/vgname perms.
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1376 Add clvmd man page.
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1379==================================
1380 Update cnxman-socket.h from cman.
acac21c4 1381 Recognise iseries/vd devices.
cab8ea7c 1382 Use 'make install_cluster' to install cluster extensions only.
cf076dd3 1383 Cope with DT_UNKNOWN in sysfs.
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1384 Fix extents_moved metadata size comment.
1385 Remove duplicate line in pvremove help text.
1386 Support variable mirror region size.
1387 Support PE ranges in pvmove source PV.
1388 Fixes to as-yet-unused LV segment splitting code.
eabaa339 1389 Change alloc_areas to pe_ranges and allow suppression of availability checks.
a303dcde 1390 Add dev_size column to pvs.
5fd24a89 1391 Add report columns for in-kernel device number.
3b55d300 1392
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1394=============================
1395 More autoconf fixes.
8bad0339 1396 Fix device number handling for 2.6 kernels.
8630c7fb 1397
8ce0cbda 1398Version 2.00.19 - 29 June 2004
2e15e5e4 1399==============================
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1400 Reduce severity of setlocale failure message.
1401 Recognise argv[0] "initrd-lvm" (pld-linux).
1402 Make -O2 configurable.
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1404 LD_FLAGS->LDFLAGS & LD_DEPS->LDDEPS in configure script.
1405 Add init_debug to clvmd.
2e15e5e4 1406
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1408==============================
88be836f 1409 Fix vgchange activation.
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1411
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1413==============================
1414 configure --enable-fsadm to try out fsadm. fsadm is not tested yet.
c29d2465 1415 Display all filtered devices, not just PVs, with pvs -a.
01c263e9 1416 Fix sync_dir() when no / in filename
8d267798 1417 vgcfgbackup -f accepts template with %s for VG name.
374df1cf 1418 Extend hash functions to handle non-null-terminated data.
b86ef8e2 1419 Add local activation support.
b7d0982a 1420 Tidy relative paths in makefile includes.
1a9ea74d 1421 fsadm support for fsck and resizing - needs testing.
d8ac0fbc 1422 Add read-only GFS pool support.
8c670f83 1423 Add lvm2create_initrd script from http://poochiereds.net/svn/lvm2/
30bab85b 1424 Fix rounding of large diplayed sizes.
7d36b514 1425 Suppress decimal point when using units of sectors/bytes.
abaf083d 1426 Additional kernel target checks before pvmove & snapshot creation.
2ea0f30f 1427 Add i2o_block.
abaf083d 1428
ea556d1f 1429Version 2.00.16 - 24 May 2004
25579907 1430=============================
bfa258b3 1431 Set area_count within alloc_lv_segment.
7f0dc9c4 1432 Remove error labels from lvresize.
199fa12a 1433 Fix a pvs error path.
36cfd887 1434 xxchange -ae for exclusive activation.
29e94d95 1435 Don't return non-zero status if there aren't any volume groups.
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1436 Add --alloc argument to tools.
1437 Rename allocation policies to contiguous, normal, anywhere, inherit.
1438 nextfree becomes normal; anywhere isn't implemented yet.
1439 LV inherits allocation policy from VG. Defaults: LV - inherit; VG - normal
1440 Additional status character added to vgs to indicate allocation policy.
b61702ce 1441 Add reset_fn to external_locking.
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1442 Ensure presence of virtual targets before attempting activating.
1443 Attempt to fix resizing of snapshot origins.
241913fe 1444 Restructure lvresize, bringing it closer to lvcreate.
6925cbe6 1445 A quick sanity check on vg_disk struct when read in. More checks needed.
ff4b8b64 1446 Only include visible LVs in active/open counts.
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1447 Add virtual segment types, zero and error. A large sparse device can be
1448constructed as a writeable snapshot of a large zero segment.
1449 Add --type to lvcreate/resize.
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1450 Push lv_create & alloc policy up to tool level.
1451 Fix pvdisplay return code.
e3adcd79 1452 Detect invalid LV names in arg lists.
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1453 Reporting uses line-at-a-time output.
1454 lvm2 format sets unlimited_vols format flag.
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1455 Internal-only metadata flag support.
1456 Basic checking for presence of device-mapper targets.
cb919290 1457 Separate out polldaemon.
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1458 Revise internal locking semantics.
1459 Move find_pv_by_name to library.
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1460 Rename move->copy.
1461 Add devices to segments report.
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1462 Begin separating out segment code. There's a lot of change here.
1463 Compress any (obsolete) long LVM1 pvids encountered.
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1464 Support for tagged config files.
1465 Don't abort operations if selinux present but disabled.
1466 Fix typo in configure which left HAVE_LIBDL unset.
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1469=============================
1470 configure --with-owner= --with-group= to avoid -o and -g args to 'install'
1471
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1473=============================
1474 Use 64-bit file functions by default.
1475
01c6121b 1476Version 2.00.13 - 16 Apr 2004
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1479 superblocks. [Luca Berra]
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1481
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1485 Allow different installation dir for lvm.static (configure --staticdir=)
1486 Fix inverted selinux error check.
1487 Recognise power2 in /proc/devices.
1488 Fix counting in lvs_in_vg_opened. [It ignored devices open more than once.]
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1491============================
1492 Set fallback_to_lvm1 in lvm.conf (or configure --enable-lvm1_fallback)
1493 to run lvm1 binaries if running a 2.4 kernel without device-mapper.
1494
0d0b3357 1495Version 2.00.10 - 7 Apr 2004
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1497 More fixes for static build.
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1498 Add basic selinux support.
1499 Fix sysfs detection.
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1503 Update copyright notices for Red Hat.
1504 Fix vgmknodes to remove dud /dev/mapper entries. (libdevmapper update reqd).
1505 Add LVM1-style colon output to vgdisplay.
1506 lvchange --refresh to reload active LVs.
1507 Add string display to memory leak dump.
1508 Add locking flags & memlock option.
1509 Add list_versions to library.
1510 Ignore open hidden LVs when checking if deactivation is OK.
1511 Suppress move percentage when device inactive.
1512 Add lv_info_by_lvid.
1513 Various tidy-ups to the build process.
1514 Rebaseline internal verbose level.
1515 Add --nolocking option for read operations if locking is failing.
1516 Add option to compile into a library.
1517 When compiled without libdevmapper, only print warning message once.
1518 Fix lvreduce PV extent calculations.
1519 Fix DESTDIR to work with configure path overrides.
1520 Always use / as config file separator & rename internal config file variables.
1521 Add support for tagging PV/VG/LVs and hosts.
1522 Fix rare bug in recognition of long cmdline argument forms.
1523 Add basic internationalisation infrastructure.
1524 Don't recurse symlinked dirs such as /dev/fd on 2.6 kernels.
1525 Update autoconf files.
1526 Add sysfs block device filtering for 2.6 kernels.
1527 Update refs for move to sources.redhat.com.
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1530=========================
1531Some bug fixes & minor enhancements, including:
1532 Backwards compatibility with LVM1 metadata improved.
1533 Missing man pages written.
1534 Tool error codes made more consistent.
1535 vgmknodes written.
1536 O_DIRECT can be turned off if it doesn't work in your kernel.
b2bb7264 1537 dumpconfig to display the active configuration file
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1539You need to update libdevmapper before using 'vgmknodes' or 'vgscan --mknodes'.
1540If your root filesystem is on an LV, you should run one of those two
57015b12 1541commands to fix up the special files in /dev in your real root filesystem
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1543'vgchange --ignorelockingfailure' on your initrd if the tool fails because
1544it can't write a lock file to a read-only filesystem.
1545
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1547=========================
1548A pvmove implementation is now available for the new metadata format.
1549
1550When running a command that allocates space (e.g. lvcreate), you can now
57015b12 1551restrict not only which disk(s) may be used but also the Physical Extents
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1553
1554
1555Monday 18th November 2002
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1557
1558The new format of LVM metadata is ready for you to test!
1559 We expect it to be more efficient and more robust than the original format.
1560 It's more compact and supports transactional changes and replication.
1561 Should things go wrong on a system, it's human-readable (and editable).
1562
57015b12 1563Please report any problems you find to the mailing list,
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1565tested and so quite possibly there'll still be some bugs in it.
1566Be aware of the disclaimer in the COPYING file.
1567
57015b12 1568While testing, we recommend turning logging on in the configuration file
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1570 log {
1571 file="/tmp/lvm2.log"
541f8753 1572 level=7
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1575
1576You should schedule regular backups of your configuration file and
1577metadata backups and archives (normally kept under /etc/lvm).
1578
57015b12 1579Please read docs/example.conf and "man lvm.conf" to find out more about
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1581
1582To convert an existing volume group called vg1 to the new format using
1583the default settings, use "vgconvert -M2 vg1". See "man vgconvert".
1584
1585-M (or --metadatatype in its long form) is a new flag to indicate which
1586format of metadata the command should use for anything it creates.
1587Currently, the valid types are "lvm1" and "lvm2" and they can be
1588abbreviated to "1" and "2" respectively. The default value for this
1589flag can be changed in the global section in the config file.
1590
1591Backwards-compatible support for the original LVM1 metadata format is
1592maintained, but it can be moved into a shared library or removed
1593completely with configure's --with-lvm1 option.
1594
1595Under LVM2, the basic unit of metadata is the volume group. Different
1596volume groups can use different formats of metadata - vg1 could use
1597the original LVM1 format while vg2 used the new format - but you can't
1598mix formats within a volume group. So to add a PV to an LVM2-format
1599volume group you must run "pvcreate -M2" on it, followed by "vgextend".
1600
1601With LVM2-format metadata, lvextend will let you specify striping
1602parameters. So an LV could consist of two or more "segments" - the
1603first segment could have 3 stripes while the second segment has just 2.
1604
1605LVM2 maintains a backup of the current metadata for each volume group
1606in /etc/lvm/backup, and puts copies of previous versions in
1607/etc/lvm/archive. "vgcfgbackup" and "vgcfgrestore" can be used to
57015b12 1608create and restore from these files. If you fully understand what
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1610backup file and using vgcfgrestore to reload it.
1611
1612Please read the pvcreate man page for more information on the new
1613format for metadata.
1614
1615All tools that can change things have a --test flag which can be used
1616to check the effect of a set of cmdline args without really making the
1617changes.
1618
1619
1620What's not finished?
1621====================
1622The internal cache. If you turn on debugging output you'll see lots of
914c9723 1623repeated messages, many of which will eventually get optimised out.
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1626though the real command would work: again, fixing this is waiting for
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1628
1629Several of the tools do not yet contain the logic to handle full
1630recovery: combinations of pvcreate and vgcfgrestore may sometimes be
1631needed to restore metadata if a tool gets interrupted or crashes or
1632finds something unexpected. This applies particularly to tools that
1633work on more than one volume group at once (e.g. vgsplit).
1634
1635Display output. Some metadata information cannot yet be displayed.
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1637Recovery tools to salvage "lost" metadata directly from the disks:
1638but we hope the new format will mean such tools are hardly ever needed!
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