[dm-devel] [PATCH] multipath-tools: Fix compiler warnings when built without systemd.

[Marius Bakke]

Martin Wilck <mwilck at suse.com> writes:

> Hello Marius,
>
> On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 19:55 +0200, Marius Bakke wrote:
>> ---
>>  libmultipath/config.c |  2 +-
>>  multipathd/main.c     | 19 +++++++++++++------
>>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>> 
>
> thank you for the patch, and sorry for the late reply.
> Thanks to Xose, too, for making me aware of it.
>
> This patch needs some improvements, see remarks below.
>
> In general, please note that the development and in particular the
> testing of multipath-tools has been done almost exclusively on systems
> using systemd for several years now. The compilation issues you
> encountered may only be the tip of the iceberg. In particular, the udev
> rules shipped with multipath-tools rely on systemd for proper device
> setup.

Thanks for reviewing.  I'm mainly here for 'kpartx' anyway, but "good"
to know that multipath-tools may need extra care outside of systemd.

I'm hardly a C programmer, so thanks for bearing with me.  Adding just
plain old ifdef guards is much clearer than sprinkling __attribute__
around.

V2 sent in a separate message.

Thanks,
Marius