This patch adds a check to skip failed paths while calling activate_path. If the path is already failed then activate_path will fail for sure. We don't have to call in that case. Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx> --- --- linux-2.6.31-rc3/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c.orig 2009-07-27 10:30:39.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.31-rc3/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c 2009-07-27 10:35:50.000000000 -0500 @@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ static void process_queued_ios(struct wo m->pg_init_count++; m->pg_init_required = 0; list_for_each_entry(tmp, &pgpath->pg->pgpaths, list) { + /* Skip failed paths */ + if (!tmp->is_active) + continue; + if (queue_work(kmpath_handlerd, &tmp->activate_path)) m->pg_init_in_progress++; } -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel