BT where the error happens: (gdb) bt #0 _lv_update_and_reload (lv=<optimized out>, origin_only=0) at metadata/lv_manip.c:6435 #1 0x0000555555620dbd in _lv_create_an_lv (vg=<optimized out>, lp=0x7fffffffdd70, new_lv_name=<optimized out>) at metadata/lv_manip.c:7958 #2 0x0000555555621f6f in lv_create_single (vg=vg@entry=0x555555c118a0, lp=lp@entry=0x7fffffffdd70) at metadata/lv_manip.c:8094 #3 0x000055555559ced6 in _lvcreate_single (cmd=cmd@entry=0x555555b96fa0, vg_name=vg_name@entry=0x555555be66d8 "LVMTEST833vg", vg=vg@entry=0x555555c118a0, handle=handle@entry=0x555555be6630) at lvcreate.c:1632 #4 0x00005555555bb81d in _process_vgnameid_list (process_single_vg=0x55555559c0e0 <_lvcreate_single>, handle=0x555555be6630, arg_tags=0x7fffffffdbc0, arg_vgnames=0x7fffffffdbd0, vgnameids_to_process=0x7fffffffdbf0, read_flags=1048576, cmd=0x555555b96fa0) at toollib.c:1964 #5 process_each_vg (cmd=cmd@entry=0x555555b96fa0, argc=argc@entry=0, argv=argv@entry=0x0, one_vgname=<optimized out>, use_vgnames=use_vgnames@entry=0x0, read_flags=read_flags@entry=1048576, include_internal=<optimized out>, handle=0x555555be6630, process_single_vg=<optimized out>) at toollib.c:2277 #6 0x000055555559f9b6 in lvcreate (cmd=0x555555b96fa0, argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at lvcreate.c:1671 #7 0x00005555555a66c5 in lvm_run_command (cmd=cmd@entry=0x555555b96fa0, argc=<optimized out>, argc@entry=12, argv=<optimized out>, argv@entry=0x7fffffffe238) at lvmcmdline.c:2928 #8 0x00005555555a7947 in lvm2_main (argc=12, argv=0x7fffffffe238) at lvmcmdline.c:3454 #9 0x00007ffff6b3146a in __libc_start_main () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #10 0x0000555555586d9a in _start () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/start.S:120 (gdb) n Failed to lock logical volume LVMTEST833vg/corigin. 6437 vg_revert(vg); Breakpoint 4, _lock_vol (cmd=cmd@entry=0x555555b96fa0, resource=resource@entry=0x7fffffffd710 "0xL1EKMNl01LlNM3T3oqubffDa9ir7QLOb3TEo636IvAa00aXr0kcrkp98H4OcIq", flags=flags@entry=60, lv_op=lv_op@entry=LV_SUSPEND, lv=lv@entry=0x555555c20728) at locking/locking.c:249