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ironic-specs/specs/juno/device-status-check-with-fuser.rst
Imre Farkas 2b2d45344f More robust device status checking with fuser 
This spec adds support for a less error prone device status checking
with fuser after partitioning.

Change-Id: I7dcdcda84dd57344177156aadb5d49c96687337f
2014-06-13 15:08:23 +02:00

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More robust device status checking with fuser

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ironic/+spec/device-status-check-with-fuser

Implement a more robust device status checking with fuser to avoid "device is busy" issues after partitioning.

Problem description

Right after partitioning, we have a sleep(3) call to avoid the "device is busy" problem. A less error-prone solution is to check with fuser, whether there is any process currently using the disk.

Proposed change

Replace the sleep call with a check of the mounted device with fuser. fuser returns with exit code 0 if at least one access has been found and it lists the processes. In case there's no access, it returns with exit code 1 with no output.

Alternatives

  • lsof can also be used for checking for open files. There isn't any advantage or disadvantage in this use-case.

Data model impact

None

REST API impact

None

Driver API impact

None

Nova driver impact

None

Security impact

None

Other end user impact

The deployment can raise InstanceDeployFailure after partitioning if the device is not available after a configurable number of retries.

Scalability impact

None

Performance Impact

Instead of sleeping every time for 3 seconds, fuser will check the status immediately after the partitioning is done. This can result in an shorter deployment time.

Other deployer impact

New config options in the disk_partitioner group:

  • check_device_interval: After Ironic has completed creating the partition

    table, it continues to check for activity on the attached iSCSI device status at this interval prior to copying the image to the node. Default is 1 second.

  • check_device_max_retries: Number of retries for checking the device status.

    Default is 20.

Developer impact

None

Implementation

Assignee(s)

Primary assignee:

ifarkas

Other contributors:

None

Work Items

  • Add config options to disk_partitioner group.
  • Implement the device status check with LoopingCall.

Dependencies

  • This patch requires fuser to be installed.

Testing

  • Unit tests

Documentation Impact

Documentation should include instructions on how to configure the device status check.

References

None