[dm-devel] [PATCH v2] dm pref-path: provides preferred path load balance policy

[Benjamin Marzinski]

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 02:25:25PM -0600, Benjamin Marzinski wrote:
> Before this commit, it always used the pref bit. Again, like I said
> before, I'm saying that this was the wrong thing to do.  The Spec is

Oops. I meant: "I'm NOT saying that this was the wrong thing to do".

I am also fine with changing the default back to making the pref bit
always create it's own path group. As long there is a way for users to
get either behavior, I'm happy.

-Ben

> pretty vague on what you should expect to happen when you set to pref
> bit.  When the path was in a group by itself, I got complaints. Now that
> the path is is a group with other active/optimized paths, I get
> complaints.  The only answer is to allow the user to say what they want
> the pref bit to mean.
> 
> -Ben