[dm-devel] [PATCH 4/8] multipath.rules: add comment about DM_MULTIPATH_DEVICE_PATH=2

[Martin Wilck]

See dm-devel discussion "Changes in DM_MULTIPATH_DEVICE_PATH in
multipath-tools 0.7.7" (Sep. 2018) for rationale.

Cc: Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck at suse.com>
---
 multipath/multipath.rules | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/multipath/multipath.rules b/multipath/multipath.rules
index d658073f..9df11a95 100644
--- a/multipath/multipath.rules
+++ b/multipath/multipath.rules
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ ENV{DM_MULTIPATH_DEVICE_PATH}!="2", \
 # Code below here is only run in "smart" mode.
 # multipath -u has indicated this is "maybe" multipath.
 
+# Note that DM_MULTIPATH_DEVICE_PATH has the value 2 at this point.
+# This value will never propagate to other rules files, because
+# it will be reset to 1 in the "pretend_multipath" section below.
+
 # This shouldn't happen, just in case.
 ENV{FIND_MULTIPATHS_WAIT_UNTIL}!="?*", GOTO="end_mpath"
 
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2.19.0