[dm-devel] [PATCH v4 1/6] libmultipath: add detect_checker option

Martin Wilck mwilck at suse.com
Thu Oct 5 20:25:50 UTC 2017


On Mon, 2017-09-25 at 11:49 -0500, Benjamin Marzinski wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 06:15:20PM +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> > On 02/27/2017 07:26 PM, Benjamin Marzinski wrote:
> > 
> > > This patch adds a detect_checker option that works just like the
> > > detect_prio option.  It currently only detects ALUA devices, and
> > > if it finds ALUA support, it sets the priortizier to TUR. This is
> > > useful for devices like the VNX2, where it should be using the
> > > TUR checker when in ALUA mode (or so I have been told). It is set
> > > on by
> > > default just like detect_prio and retain_attached_hw_handler.
> > 
> > RDAC devices are going also to be affected with this change.
> > Is it desired?
> 
> No. I'll send a patch that adds a check_rdac() call before setting
> the
> checker type to TUR.
> 

Like this, perhaps?

Martin Wilck (1):
  limbultipath: prefer RDAC checker with detect_checker

 libmultipath/propsel.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

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