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On 9/23/19 11:42 PM, Rikimaru Honjo wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> On 2019/09/20 23:10, Eric Harney wrote:
>> On 9/20/19 1:52 AM, Rikimaru Honjo wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm using Queens cinder with the following setting.
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> [coordination]
>>> backend_url = file://$state_path
>>> ---------------------------------
>>>
>>> As a result, the files like the following were remained under the 
>>> state path after some operations.[1]
>>>
>>> cinder-63dacb3d-bd4d-42bb-88fe-6e4180164765-delete_volume
>>> cinder-32c426af-82b4-41de-b637-7d76fed69e83-delete_snapshot
>>>
>>> In my understanding, these are lock-files created for synchronization 
>>> by tooz.
>>> But, these lock-files were not deleted after finishing operations.
>>> Is this behaviour correct?
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> e.g. Delete volume, Delete snapshot
>>
>> This is a known bug that's described here:
>>
>> https://github.com/harlowja/fasteners/issues/26
>>
>> (The fasteners library is used by tooz, which is used by Cinder for 
>> managing these lock files.)
>>
>> There's an old Cinder bug for it here:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/cinder/+bug/1432387
>>
>> but that's marked as "Won't Fix" because Cinder needs it to be fixed 
>> in the underlying libraries.
> Thank you for your explanation.
> I understood the state.
> 
> But, I have one more question.
> Can I think this bug doesn't affect synchronization?

It does not. In fact, it's important to not remove lock files while a 
service is running or you can end up with synchronization issues.

To clean up the leftover lock files, we generally recommend clearing the 
lock_path for each service on reboot before the services have started.

> 
> Best regards,
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
>>
>