What does "lvm: Another thread is handling an event. Waiting..." log messages mean on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?

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Issue

  • lvm event log messages
  • Continuous messages filling /var/log/messages
    lvm: Another thread is handling an event, Waiting...
    lvm: Another thread is handling an event, Waiting...

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • LVM volumes are configured on the system
    • LVM package version is: lvm2-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.x86_64
  • This issue can be triggered by any configuration that requries dmeventd to trigger periodically
    • An example is monitored snapshots.

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