[dm-devel] [RESEND PATCH 2/3] dm mpath: add 'default_hw_handler' feature

Hannes Reinecke hare at suse.de
Wed Jun 27 06:16:55 UTC 2012


On 06/26/2012 08:32 PM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> When specifying the feature 'default_hw_handler' multipath will use
> the currently attached hardware handler instead of trying to attach the
> one specified during table load.  If no hardware handler is attached the
> specified hardware handler will be used.
> 
> Leverages scsi_dh_attach's ability to increment the scsi_dh's reference
> count if the same scsi_dh name is provided when attaching -- currently
> attached scsi_dh name is determined with scsi_dh_attached_handler_name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com>
> Tested-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger at netapp.com>
> Reviewed-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan at us.ibm.com>

Looks good.

Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.de>
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