[dm-devel] [PATCH] multipath: systemd unit file
Christophe Varoqui
christophe.varoqui at gmail.com
Thu Sep 1 07:04:31 UTC 2011
> > +[Unit]
> > +Description=Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller
> > +Before=iscsi.service iscsid.service
> > +After=syslog.target
> > +
> > +[Service]
> > +Type=forking
> > +PIDFile=/var/run/multipathd.pid
> > +ExecStart=/sbin/multipathd
> > +ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
> > +#ExecStop=/path/to/scrip delete-me if not necessary
> > +
> > +[Install]
> > +WantedBy=multi-user.target
> >
> Hmm. First of all, I'm trying to get rid of the PID file, as with it
> it's quite hard to start multipathing when /var/run isn't mounted.
> Plus it's not actually needed; everything can be done via multipathd
> -k nowadays.
>
Agreed
> So may I suggest to use
> ExecReload=/sbin/multipathd -k'reconfigure'
>
Or even:
ExecReload=multipathd reconfigure
Regards,
--
Christophe Varoqui
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