[dm-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] multipathd: reload map if the path groups are out of order

[Martin Wilck]

On Wed, 2023-06-07 at 15:47 -0500, Benjamin Marzinski wrote:
> need_switch_pathgroup() only checks if the currently used pathgroup
> is
> not the highest priority pathgroup. If it isn't, all multipathd does
> is
> instruct the kernel to switch to the correct pathgroup.  However, the
> kernel treats the pathgroups as if they were ordered by priority.
> When
> the kernel runs out of paths to use in the currently selected
> pathgroup,
> it will start checking the pathgroups in order until it finds one
> with
> usable paths.
> 
> need_switch_pathgroup() should also check if the pathgroups are out
> of
> order, and if so, multipathd should reload the map to reorder them
> correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins at redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck at suse.com>