[dm-devel] [PATCH] multipathd: deferred device adding

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 11/10/2016 04:05 PM, Gioh Kim wrote:
> Current multipathd always receives events from udev
> and add devices to topology immediately. For example,
> if sdb is added, multipathd receives the event from sdb
> and add sdb into the topology.
> But some platform needs to defer adding new device
> until user adds device manually, for instance, with "multipathd add sdb".
> 
> I tested this patch to disable ueventloop.
> There was no problem on my platform.
> 
> Is there a configuration for multipath.conf or udev rule
> for deferred device adding?
> Or what about adding new configuration for that?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gioh Kim <gi-oh.kim at profitbricks.com>
> ---
>  multipathd/main.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Please elaborate.

Which platforms would be needing that?

Cheers,

Hannes
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