Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v4 20/20] multipath.rules: find_multipaths "smart" logic

2018-04-15 Thread Benjamin Marzinski
On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 06:16:27PM +0200, Martin Wilck wrote: > When the first path to a device appears, we don't know if more paths are going > to follow. find_multipath "smart" logic attempts to solve this dilemma by > waiting for additional paths for a configurable time before giving up > and

Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v4 20/20] multipath.rules: find_multipaths "smart" logic

2018-04-13 Thread Benjamin Marzinski
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 01:48:51PM -0500, Benjamin Marzinski wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 06:16:27PM +0200, Martin Wilck wrote: > > When the first path to a device appears, we don't know if more paths are > > going > > to follow. find_multipath "smart" logic attempts to solve this dilemma by

[dm-devel] [PATCH v4 20/20] multipath.rules: find_multipaths "smart" logic

2018-04-04 Thread Martin Wilck
When the first path to a device appears, we don't know if more paths are going to follow. find_multipath "smart" logic attempts to solve this dilemma by waiting for additional paths for a configurable time before giving up and releasing single paths to upper layers. These rules apply only if both