lvcreate failed with error "semid xxxxxx: semop failed for cookie 0xd4de6a7: incorrect semaphore state".

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Issue

  • lvcreate failed with following error.
# lvcreate -L 100M -n testlv vg0
  /dev/vg0/testlv: not found: device not cleared
  Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV.
  semid 294915: semop failed for cookie 0xd4d7b81: incorrect semaphore state
  Failed to set a proper state for notification semaphore identified by cookie value 223181697 (0xd4d7b81) to initialize waiting for incoming notifications.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • lvm2

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