[dm-devel] [PATCH] multipath-tools: clarify no_path_retry in multipath.conf.5

[Christophe Varoqui]

Merged.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:18 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez at gmail.com
> wrote:

> no_path_retry    Specify what to do when all paths are down. Possible
> values are:
>
>     value > 0   number of retries until disable I/O queueing.
>
>     fail        for immediate failure (no I/O queueing).
>
>     queue       for never stop I/O queueing. Similar to queue_if_no_path.
>
>     See KNOWN ISSUES.
>
>     Default value is: fail
>
> Cc: Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui at opensvc.com>
> Cc: device-mapper development <dm-devel at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez at gmail.com>
> ---
>  multipath/multipath.conf.5 | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/multipath/multipath.conf.5 b/multipath/multipath.conf.5
> index 367688e..4ab2917 100644
> --- a/multipath/multipath.conf.5
> +++ b/multipath/multipath.conf.5
> @@ -498,14 +498,21 @@ Default value is: \fBuniform\fR
>  .
>  .TP
>  .B no_path_retry
> -Specify the number of retries until disable queueing, or
> +Specify what to do when all paths are down. Possible values are:
> +.RS
> +.TP 12
> +.I value > 0
> +number of retries until disable I/O queueing.
> +.TP
>  .I fail
> -for immediate failure (no queueing),
> +for immediate failure (no I/O queueing).
> +.TP
>  .I queue
> -for never stop queueing. If unset no queueing is attempted. See KNOWN
> ISSUES.
> -.RS
> +for never stop I/O queueing. Similar to \fIqueue_if_no_path\fR.
>  .TP
> -Default value is: \fB<unset>\fR
> +See KNOWN ISSUES.
> +.TP
> +Default value is: \fBfail\fR
>  .RE
>  .
>  .
> --
> 2.10.1
>
>
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