[dm-devel] multipathd ignoring dev_loss_tmo setting
Benjamin Marzinski
bmarzins at redhat.com
Fri Mar 1 17:35:12 UTC 2019
On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 10:04:52AM +0000, Martins, Bruno O wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-02-28 at 13:53 -0600, Benjamin Marzinski wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:38:22AM +0000, Martins, Bruno O wrote:
> > > Hello guys,
> > >
> > > I am trying to modify /etc/multipath.conf on my system so that the
> > > parameter 'dev_loss_tmo' is changed from the default value.
> > >
> > > However, when checking the value currently in use I am getting the
> > > wrong value (which is '30') for some of the remote ports:
> > >
> >
> > Are you sure those rports are used by multipath devices? multipath
> > only
> > changes dev_loss_tmo for rports associated with a multipath path
> > device.
> >
> > -Ben
> >
>
> Hi Benjamin,
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
> I believe they are:
>
> [ 10:02:45 ] root at myhost:~# multipath -ll | grep 3:0:3
> |- 3:0:3:12 sdblc 128:1568 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:13 sdbnu 132:1664 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:18 sdbre 66:1792 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:1 sdbkg 70:1728 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:2 sdbnv 132:1680 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:20 sdbrg 66:1824 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:17 sdbpg 134:1760 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:16 sdbpf 134:1744 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:11 sdbkf 70:1712 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:19 sdbrf 66:1808 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:14 sdbnw 132:1696 active ready running
> |- 3:0:3:15 sdbpe 134:1728 active ready running
>
> Is this the best way to check that information?
The scsi HBTL isn't guaranteed to line up with the rport id. To find this
out you can either run
# ls -l /sys/block
and then check the rport for your path devices from the link
destination.
For instance
[root at ask-07 block]# ls -l /sys/block
<snip>
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Feb 21 02:45 sdb -> ../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/0000:06:00.0/host16/rport-16:0-0/target16:0:0/16:0:0:0/block/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Feb 21 02:45 sdc -> ../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/0000:06:00.0/host16/rport-16:0-0/target16:0:0/16:0:0:1/block/sdc
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Feb 21 02:45 sdd -> ../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/0000:06:00.1/host17/rport-17:0-0/target17:0:0/17:0:0:0/block/sdd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Feb 21 02:45 sde -> ../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/0000:06:00.1/host17/rport-17:0-0/target17:0:0/17:0:0:1/block/sde
<snip>
Here, sdb and sdc are using rport-16:0-0, and sdd and sde are using
rport-17:0-0
Otherwise, you can pick an rport with the wrong dev_loss_tmo, and check
/sys/class/fc_remote_ports/<rport>/device/<target>/
In there there will be a number of scsi HBTL identifiers, for example
# ls /sys/class/fc_remote_ports/rport-16\:0-0/device/target16\:0\:0/
16:0:0:0 16:0:0:1 fc_transport power subsystem uevent
If these HBTL ids (16:0:0:0 and 16:0:0:1) are for multipath path
devices, then multipath should be updating dev_loss_tmo for them. In my
example above, the scsi HBTL does correspond to the rport id, but this
isn't always the case.
-Ben
> BR,
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