[dm-devel] [PATCH v5 21/22] libmultipath: enable find_multipaths "smart"

[Hannes Reinecke]

On Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:00:14 +0200
Martin Wilck <mwilck at suse.com> wrote:

> This activates "smart" path detection. This is similar to
> "find_multipaths yes", but doesn't generally ignore single paths
> that are not listed in the WWIDs file. Rather, such paths are
> temporarily treated like multipath members. If no additional paths
> are detected after a certain time, the paths are re-added to the
> system as non-multipath. This needs support by the udev rules, to
> be added in a follow-up patch.
> 
> If a multipath map is successfully successfully created, and paths are
> in waiting state, trigger path uevents to update their status.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck at suse.com>
> ---
>  libmultipath/configure.c   | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  libmultipath/dict.c        |  1 +
>  multipath/multipath.conf.5 | 13 +++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.com>

Cheers,

Hannes