pmdadm: collect VDO stats via the device-mapper message backend - #2729
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WalkthroughThe dm PMDA can use libdevmapper stats messages for VDO devices and retains its sysfs backend. The change adds VDO metrics, updates their namespace and help text, and adds fixture-backed QA coverage. ChangesVDO stats and metrics
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant PMDA as dm PMDA
participant Devmapper as libdevmapper
participant Parser as dm_vdo_stats_parse
participant Sysfs as sysfs backend
PMDA->>Devmapper: Enumerate devices and inspect targets
PMDA->>Devmapper: Request stats for a VDO target
Devmapper-->>PMDA: Return stats response
PMDA->>Parser: Parse response and cache stats
PMDA->>PMDA: Fetch parsed or derived metric
opt Message refresh finds no usable stats and fixture mode is off
PMDA->>Sysfs: Refresh instances and use sysfs backend if active instances are found
end
Priority: ➖ Normal Change: Feature Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The new backend has controls that limit which devices it queries, and no security bypass was established. A conditional fallback could leave VDO monitoring on the older backend until the PMDA restarts. Retained concerns
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In `@qa/2110`:
- Line 59: Add the captured stats response fixture at
qa/linux/vdo-stats-message-001 so the DM_VDO_STATS_RESPONSE setting in qa/2110
can supply the metrics expected by qa/2110.out.
In `@src/pmdas/dm/vdo.c`:
- Around line 690-704: Update vdo_dmmsg_add_instance and
vdo_dmmsg_instance_refresh so they count and report success only when an
instance has a usable parsed capture in vi->full; propagate that count through
the refresh loop. This lets the existing fallback in vdo_dm_refresh run when no
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In `@src/pmdas/dm/vdo.c`:
- Around line 598-605: Initialize vi before pmdaCacheLookupName, return negative
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The out-of-tree kvdo module exposed VDO statistics under /sys/kvdo, but in-tree dm-vdo (kernel 6.9 and later) removed that sysfs tree, so the dm PMDA's VDO metrics returned no values on modern kernels. Add a second collection backend that issues the device-mapper "stats" message to each vdo target and parses the response with libdevmapper's dm_vdo_stats_parse() (libdm >= 1.02.214). The new backend is preferred when configure finds a new enough version of libdm but can fall back to the legacy /sys/kvdo backend if the sysfs tree exists and has valid VDO volume information (newer libdm but older kernel). The existing sysfs code path is unchanged. Support is gated at build time by a new HAVE_DM_VDO_STATS autoconf link test (separate from the existing HAVE_DEVMAPPER), when the version of libdm is too old the PMDA builds as before with the sysfs backend only. Added 15 new dm-vdo metrics which are new to the libdm collection pathway. QA test 2110 has been added to exercise the new libdm message backend from a captured stats response, this test skips when the PMDA was built without the libdm message-backend support. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull Request Description
The out-of-tree kvdo module exposed VDO (Virtual Data Optimizer) statistics as a tree of files under
/sys/kvdo/<device>/statistics/, which thedmPMDA reads directly. The in-kerneldm-vdodriver (merged in Linux 6.9) removed/sys/kvdoentirely and instead exposes statistics via a device-mapperstatstarget message. As a result, allvdo.*metrics return no values on modern kernels that use the in-kernel driver.This PR adds a second collection backend that retrieves VDO statistics through the device-mapper message interface, while retaining the legacy sysfs path so the PMDA keeps working on older kernels running out-of-tree kvdo.
Background
libdevmapper 1.02.214 (LVM2 2.03.40) added
dm_vdo_stats_parse(), which parses the kernel'sstatsmessage response into a typed structure. The new backend issues thestatsmessage to eachvdotarget, parses the response with this function, and maps the resulting fields onto the existingvdo.*metric namespace using the same field names the sysfs backend used.Fix
Add a
HAVE_DM_VDO_STATSautoconf linistingHAVE_DEVMAPPER) so the new code is compiled only when libdevmapper providesdm_vdo_stats_parse(). When libdm is tly as before with the sysfs backend only.Add the device-mapper message backend to
src/pmdas/dm/vdo.c: device enumeration viaDM_DEVICE_LISTfiltered tovdoand parse cached againstDM_VDODEV_INDOM, and field/derived-metric lookup. The backend is chosen at runtime. The new backend is preferred where built, and downgrades to the legacy/sys/kvdobackend at the first refresh if novdotarget is found but the sysfs tree exists and a VDO volume is found in the sysfs directory tree (a new binary running on an old kvdo kernel).Add the 15 metrics exposed by in-kernel dm-vdo (
bios.*.empty_flush,hash_lock.curr_dedupe_queries,index.entries_discarded) and two derived metrics available only via the message backend,vdo.dev.write_amplificationandvdo.dev.emulation_512(they return no values on the sysfs backend). Metrics that no longer exist in the in-kernel statistics (read_cache.*,write_policy, the relocated top-level dedupe-query counters,memory_usage.bios_used) correctly reportPM_ERR_APPVERSION.Testing
A new QA test 2110 exercises the message backend deterministically from a captured
statsresponse fixture (qa/linux/vdo-stats-message-001) via a newDM_VDO_STATS_RESPONSEtest hook — analogous to the existing sysfsDM_VDO_STATSPATHoverride — so it requires neither root nor a live VDO device. The test skips cleanly with_notrunwhen the PMDA was built without message-backend support (probed by looking fordm_vdo_stats_parsein thepmda_dmDSO), so it is safe to run on older platforms.Files changed
configure.ac,configure,src/include/builddefs.in:HAVE_DM_VDO_STATSbuild gatesrc/pmdas/dm/GNUmakefile: enable message backend when supportedsrc/pmdas/dm/vdo.c,src/pmdas/dm/vdo.h: message backend, runtime backend selection, new/derived metrics, QA test hooksrc/pmdas/dm/pmda.c,src/pmdas/dm/pmns.vdo,src/pmdas/dm/help: new metric definitions, namespace and help textqa/2110,qa/2110.out: new QA test and expected outputqa/linux/vdo-stats-message-001: capturedstatsresponse fixtureqa/group: register test 2110Checklist
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