Comment # 4 on bug 926405 from lynda t

(In reply to Lidong Zhong from comment #3)
> Apparently the problem is here:
> 
> #format_text/format-text.c:630         Writing VG0 metadata to /dev/md1 at
> 20480 len 3166
> #device/dev-io.c:90   /dev/md1: lseek 18446744071795900416 failed: Invalid
> argument
> 
> The offset suddenly is changed from 20480 to a very large number.

At

 https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2015-April/msg00009.html

the redhat devs comments

    18446744071795900416 - this is an interesting number, actually it is 2**64
- 1825 * 2**20. Looks like some integer overflow. 


> Did you do lvm2 upgrade before? If yes, is there any error during the
> upgrade?

Sorry I don't understand.

What upgrade are you referring to.  They zypper update from the release iso
version of lvm2 to current updated version?