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fix(lvm): activate a thin pool that a reboot left inactive
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions pkg/satellite/controllers/storagepool_replacement_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const (
// private and pulling it in via a helper export would widen the
// public API just for this test.
const drvReplacementLvsCmd = "lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } " +
"--noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent --units k --nosuffix " +
"--noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr --units k --nosuffix " +
drvReplacementVG + "/" + drvReplacementThin

func newDrvReplacementPool() *blockstoriov1alpha1.StoragePool {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ func reconcileDrvReplacement(t *testing.T, cli client.Client, fx *storage.FakeEx
}

// expectLvsOutput stubs the LVM thin pool's `lvs` invocation to
// return a synthetic size + 0% used line. The reconciler's
// return a synthetic size + 0% used line for an active pool. The reconciler's
// `writeCapacity` therefore observes `TotalCapacityKib==sizeKib`
// and `FreeCapacityKib==sizeKib`.
func expectLvsOutput(fx *storage.FakeExec, sizeKib int64) {
fx.Expect(drvReplacementLvsCmd, storage.FakeResponse{
Stdout: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d.00|0.00\n", sizeKib)),
Stdout: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d.00|0.00|twi-aotz--\n", sizeKib)),
})
}

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116 changes: 97 additions & 19 deletions pkg/storage/lvm/lvm_thin.go
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Expand Up @@ -159,28 +159,13 @@ func (t *Thin) PoolStatus(ctx context.Context) (storage.PoolStatus, error) {
ctx, cancel := withProbeTimeout(ctx)
defer cancel()

out, err := t.exec.Run(ctx, "lvs",
Args("--noheadings",
"--separator", "|",
"-o", "lv_size,data_percent",
"--units", "k",
"--nosuffix",
t.cfg.VolumeGroup+"/"+t.cfg.ThinPool)...)
line, err := t.poolLine(ctx)
if err != nil {
return storage.PoolStatus{}, errors.Wrap(err, "lvs (pool)")
}

line := strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
if line == "" {
// Bug 282: tag with ErrPoolGone so writeCapacity flips
// PoolMissing=true. Transient lvs errors (timeout, vg locked)
// MUST NOT carry this tag.
return storage.PoolStatus{}, errors.Wrapf(storage.ErrPoolGone,
"thin pool %s/%s not found", t.cfg.VolumeGroup, t.cfg.ThinPool)
return storage.PoolStatus{}, err
}

parts := strings.SplitN(line, "|", lvsCols)
if len(parts) != lvsCols {
parts := strings.SplitN(line, "|", poolStatusCols)
if len(parts) != poolStatusCols {
return storage.PoolStatus{}, errors.Errorf("lvs (pool): unexpected line %q", line)
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -560,8 +545,101 @@ const (
mibPerKib = 1024
pctMax = 100.0
lvsCols = 2
// poolStatusCols are the fields PoolStatus reads: lv_size,
// data_percent and lv_attr. The attribute is what separates a pool
// that is merely inactive, and whose data_percent lvs leaves empty,
// from one that is gone.
poolStatusCols = 3
// lvAttrActive is the position of the state character in lv_attr,
// which is 'a' for an active volume. An inactive thin pool reports
// no data_percent at all, because the kernel is not carrying it.
lvAttrActive = 4
)

// poolLine reads the thin pool's lvs line, activating the pool first if
// it is there but not active.
//
// A thin pool survives a reboot as metadata, not as a running device:
// until something activates it, lvs reports its lv_size but leaves
// data_percent empty, because the kernel is not carrying the pool and
// has no usage to report. Nothing else in the satellite activates it --
// pools are created once, and the volume paths assume a pool that is
// already running -- so a node that reboots comes back with a pool that
// reports no capacity at all.
//
// Left alone, that reads as a destroyed pool: PoolStatus fails to parse
// the empty data_percent, writeCapacity treats any non-transient error
// as the operator having removed the backing pool, and zeroes the
// capacity. The placer then skips every rebooted node, and volume
// creation fails cluster-wide with "Add more nodes or storage pools",
// while the StoragePool objects still look present and the nodes are
// online. The only trace is a per-probe "pool disappeared" log line.
//
// Activating here keeps that recovery where the condition is first
// observed. It is deliberately not a blind `lvchange -ay` on every
// probe: the attribute says whether the pool is already active, so the
// steady state stays a single lvs.
func (t *Thin) poolLine(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
line, err := t.poolProbe(ctx)
if err != nil || !poolInactive(line) {
return line, err
}

vgLV := t.cfg.VolumeGroup + "/" + t.cfg.ThinPool

_, err = t.exec.Run(ctx, "lvchange", Args("--activate", "y", vgLV)...)
if err != nil {
return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "lvchange --activate y %s", vgLV)
}

// Re-probe once. A pool that still reports nothing after a
// successful activation is a real fault rather than a cold one, and
// the caller's parse error is the right thing to surface.
return t.poolProbe(ctx)
}

// poolProbe is one lvs call for the pool's size, usage and attributes.
func (t *Thin) poolProbe(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
out, err := t.exec.Run(ctx, "lvs",
Args("--noheadings",
"--separator", "|",
"-o", "lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr",

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rg -nP -C4 'drvReplacementLvsCmd|func expectLvsOutput' pkg/satellite/controllers
rg -nP -C3 'data_percent' --type=go --type=sh --type=yaml .

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rg -n 'type FakeExec|func .*FakeExec|expectLvsOutput|drvReplacementLvsCmd|func .*writeCapacity|func .*PoolStatus|func .*poolProbe|func .*poolLine' pkg/storage pkg/satellite/controllers
nl -ba pkg/storage/lvm/lvm_thin.go | sed -n '145,190p;540,635p'
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Update the controller fixture for the new probe.

FakeExec cannot match drvReplacementLvsCmd to the new command, so it returns empty output and the healthy pool is marked missing. Controller tests that expect healthy capacity can fail. Update both the command and its response:

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-	"--noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent --units k --nosuffix " +
+	"--noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr --units k --nosuffix " +
-		Stdout: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d.00|0.00\n", sizeKib)),
+		Stdout: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d.00|0.00|twi-aotz--\n", sizeKib)),
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Review comment at @pkg/storage/lvm/lvm_thin.go at line 604:
Update the FakeExec fixture for drvReplacementLvsCmd so its matched command
includes the lv_attr column and its response supplies a corresponding
healthy-pool attribute field alongside size and data percentage. Keep the
fixture command and output column counts aligned so controller tests receive
valid probe data.

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"--units", "k",
"--nosuffix",
t.cfg.VolumeGroup+"/"+t.cfg.ThinPool)...)
if err != nil {
return "", errors.Wrap(err, "lvs (pool)")
}

line := strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
if line == "" {
// Bug 282: tag with ErrPoolGone so writeCapacity flips
// PoolMissing=true. Transient lvs errors (timeout, vg locked)
// MUST NOT carry this tag.
return "", errors.Wrapf(storage.ErrPoolGone,
"thin pool %s/%s not found", t.cfg.VolumeGroup, t.cfg.ThinPool)
}

return line, nil
}

// poolInactive reports whether the line describes a pool that exists but
// is not active: no usage reported, and lv_attr says so.
func poolInactive(line string) bool {
parts := strings.SplitN(line, "|", poolStatusCols)
if len(parts) != poolStatusCols {
return false
}

if strings.TrimSpace(parts[1]) != "" {

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Add blank lines to fix the wsl_v5 lint failures.

golangci-lint requires whitespace above the if at Line 631 and above the attr := assignment at Line 634. Each of these statements directly follows a block.

Proposed fix 

--- "a/pkg/storage/lvm/lvm_thin.go"
+++ "b/pkg/storage/lvm/lvm_thin.go"
@@ -625,13 +625,15 @@
 // is not active: no usage reported, and lv_attr says so.
 func poolInactive(line string) bool {
 	parts := strings.SplitN(line, "|", poolStatusCols)
 	if len(parts) != poolStatusCols {
 		return false
 	}
+
 	if strings.TrimSpace(parts[1]) != "" {
 		return false
 	}
+
 	attr := strings.TrimSpace(parts[2])
 
 	return len(attr) > lvAttrActive && attr[lvAttrActive] != 'a'
 }

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[error] 631-631: missing whitespace above this line (invalid statement above if)

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Add blank lines between the consecutive blocks in the parts validation flow:
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return false
}

attr := strings.TrimSpace(parts[2])

return len(attr) > lvAttrActive && attr[lvAttrActive] != 'a'
}

// parseFloatToInt64 parses a numeric string LVM emits with `--units k
// --nosuffix`, which is e.g. "104857600.00".
func parseFloatToInt64(raw string) (int64, error) {
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20 changes: 10 additions & 10 deletions pkg/storage/lvm/lvm_thin_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ func TestThinVolumeStatusMissing(t *testing.T) {
// TestThinPoolStatusParsesVgsLvs: PoolStatus reports free + total + can-snap.
func TestThinPoolStatusParsesVgsLvs(t *testing.T) {
fx := storage.NewFakeExec()
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent --units k --nosuffix vg/thinpool",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("104857600.00|25.00\n")})
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr --units k --nosuffix vg/thinpool",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("104857600.00|25.00|twi-aotz--\n")})

p := lvm.NewThin(lvm.ThinConfig{VolumeGroup: "vg", ThinPool: "thinpool"}, fx)

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ func TestThinPoolStatusNearFull(t *testing.T) {
fx := storage.NewFakeExec()
// 13 GiB thinpool data LV (13631488 KiB) at 99.25% allocated —
// the shape `lvs --units k --nosuffix` actually emits.
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent --units k --nosuffix vg/thinpool",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("13631488.00|99.25\n")})
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr --units k --nosuffix vg/thinpool",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("13631488.00|99.25|twi-aotz--\n")})

p := lvm.NewThin(lvm.ThinConfig{VolumeGroup: "vg", ThinPool: "thinpool"}, fx)

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ func TestThinDeleteSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
// "pool absent" signal that flips Status.PoolMissing=true.
func TestThinPoolStatusEmptyOutput(t *testing.T) {
fx := storage.NewFakeExec()
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent --units k --nosuffix vg/missing",
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr --units k --nosuffix vg/missing",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("")})

p := lvm.NewThin(lvm.ThinConfig{VolumeGroup: "vg", ThinPool: "missing"}, fx)
Expand All @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ func TestThinPoolStatusEmptyOutput(t *testing.T) {
// error, not a slice-out-of-bounds panic.
func TestThinPoolStatusBadColumns(t *testing.T) {
fx := storage.NewFakeExec()
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent --units k --nosuffix vg/tp",
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr --units k --nosuffix vg/tp",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("only-one-col\n")})

p := lvm.NewThin(lvm.ThinConfig{VolumeGroup: "vg", ThinPool: "tp"}, fx)
Expand All @@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ func TestThinPoolStatusBadColumns(t *testing.T) {
// panic on float coercion.
func TestThinPoolStatusBadDataPercent(t *testing.T) {
fx := storage.NewFakeExec()
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent --units k --nosuffix vg/tp",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("104857600.00|inactive\n")})
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr --units k --nosuffix vg/tp",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("104857600.00|inactive|twi-aotz--\n")})

p := lvm.NewThin(lvm.ThinConfig{VolumeGroup: "vg", ThinPool: "tp"}, fx)

Expand All @@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ func TestThinPoolStatusBadDataPercent(t *testing.T) {
// (which previously sat at 75%).
func TestThinPoolStatusGarbageFromLvs(t *testing.T) {
fx := storage.NewFakeExec()
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent --units k --nosuffix vg/thinpool",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("not-a-number|25.00\n")})
fx.Expect("lvs --config devices { filter=['r|^/dev/drbd|','r|^/dev/zd|'] } --noheadings --separator | -o lv_size,data_percent,lv_attr --units k --nosuffix vg/thinpool",
storage.FakeResponse{Stdout: []byte("not-a-number|25.00|twi-aotz--\n")})

p := lvm.NewThin(lvm.ThinConfig{VolumeGroup: "vg", ThinPool: "thinpool"}, fx)

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