Print storage errors during distributed initialization (#6441)

This commit will print connection failures to other disks in other nodes
after 5 retries. It is useful for users to understand why the
distribued cluster fails to boot up.

cmd/naughty-disk_test.go

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ func (d *naughtyDisk) IsOnline() bool {
 	return d.disk.IsOnline()
 }
 
+func (d *naughtyDisk) LastError() (err error) {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (d *naughtyDisk) Close() (err error) {
 	if err = d.calcError(); err != nil {
 		return err

cmd/posix.go

@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ func (s *posix) String() string {
 	return s.diskPath
 }
 
+func (s *posix) LastError() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *posix) Close() error {
 	close(s.stopUsageCh)
 	s.connected = false

cmd/prepare-storage.go

@@ -120,13 +120,25 @@ var errXLV3ThisEmpty = fmt.Errorf("XL format version 3 has This field empty")
 // connect to list of endpoints and load all XL disk formats, validate the formats are correct
 // and are in quorum, if no formats are found attempt to initialize all of them for the first
 // time. additionally make sure to close all the disks used in this attempt.
-func connectLoadInitFormats(firstDisk bool, endpoints EndpointList, setCount, drivesPerSet int) (*formatXLV3, error) {
+func connectLoadInitFormats(retryCount int, firstDisk bool, endpoints EndpointList, setCount, drivesPerSet int) (*formatXLV3, error) {
+	// Initialize all storage disks
 	storageDisks, err := initStorageDisks(endpoints)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer closeStorageDisks(storageDisks)
 
+	// Connect to all storage disks, a connection failure will be
+	// only logged after some retries.
+	for _, disk := range storageDisks {
+		if disk != nil {
+			connectErr := disk.LastError()
+			if connectErr != nil && retryCount >= 5 {
+				logger.Info("Unable to connect to %s: %v\n", disk.String(), connectErr.Error())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Attempt to load all `format.json` from all disks.
 	formatConfigs, sErrs := loadFormatXLAll(storageDisks)
 	// Check if we have
@@ -238,8 +250,8 @@ func waitForFormatXL(ctx context.Context, firstDisk bool, endpoints EndpointList
 	retryTimerCh := newRetryTimerSimple(doneCh)
 	for {
 		select {
-		case _ = <-retryTimerCh:
-			format, err := connectLoadInitFormats(firstDisk, endpoints, setCount, disksPerSet)
+		case retryCount := <-retryTimerCh:
+			format, err := connectLoadInitFormats(retryCount, firstDisk, endpoints, setCount, disksPerSet)
 			if err != nil {
 				switch err {
 				case errNotFirstDisk:

cmd/storage-interface.go

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ type StorageAPI interface {
 
 	// Storage operations.
 	IsOnline() bool // Returns true if disk is online.
+	LastError() error
 	Close() error
+
 	DiskInfo() (info DiskInfo, err error)
 
 	// Volume operations.

cmd/storage-rpc-client.go

@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ func toStorageErr(err error) error {
 type StorageRPCClient struct {
 	*RPCClient
 	connected bool
+	// Plain error of the last RPC call
+	lastRPCError error
 }
 
 // Stringer provides a canonicalized representation of network device.
@@ -114,6 +116,11 @@ func (client *StorageRPCClient) String() string {
 	return url.String()
 }
 
+// LastError - returns the last RPC call result, nil or error if any
+func (client *StorageRPCClient) LastError() error {
+	return client.lastRPCError
+}
+
 // Close - closes underneath RPC client.
 func (client *StorageRPCClient) Close() error {
 	client.connected = false
@@ -125,14 +132,22 @@ func (client *StorageRPCClient) IsOnline() bool {
 	return client.connected
 }
 
+func (client *StorageRPCClient) connect() {
+	err := client.Call(storageServiceName+".Connect", &AuthArgs{}, &VoidReply{})
+	client.lastRPCError = err
+	client.connected = err == nil
+}
+
 func (client *StorageRPCClient) call(handler string, args interface {
 	SetAuthArgs(args AuthArgs)
 }, reply interface{}) error {
+
 	if !client.connected {
 		return errDiskNotFound
 	}
 
 	err := client.Call(handler, args, reply)
+	client.lastRPCError = err
 	if err == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -318,6 +333,7 @@ func newStorageRPC(endpoint Endpoint) *StorageRPCClient {
 	logger.FatalIf(err, "Unable to parse storage RPC Host", context.Background())
 	rpcClient, err := NewStorageRPCClient(host, endpoint.Path)
 	logger.FatalIf(err, "Unable to initialize storage RPC client", context.Background())
-	rpcClient.connected = rpcClient.Call(storageServiceName+".Connect", &AuthArgs{}, &VoidReply{}) == nil
+	// Attempt first try connection and save error if any.
+	rpcClient.connect()
 	return rpcClient
 }