Reviewed-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 17:31 -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > When specifying the feature 'default_hw_handler' multipath will use > the currently attached hardware handler instead of trying to attach the > one specified during table load. If no hardware handler is attached the > specified hardware handler will be used. > > Leverages scsi_dh_attach's ability to increment the scsi_dh's reference > count if the same scsi_dh name is provided when attaching -- currently > attached scsi_dh name is determined with scsi_dh_attached_handler_name. > > Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > v3: updated to not kstrdup since scsi_dh_attached_handler_name now does > > Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c > +++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c > @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct multipath { > unsigned queue_io:1; /* Must we queue all I/O? */ > unsigned queue_if_no_path:1; /* Queue I/O if last path fails? */ > unsigned saved_queue_if_no_path:1; /* Saved state during suspension */ > + unsigned use_default_hw_handler:1; /* Use attached device handler */ > > unsigned pg_init_retries; /* Number of times to retry pg_init */ > unsigned pg_init_count; /* Number of times pg_init called */ > @@ -567,6 +568,7 @@ static struct pgpath *parse_path(struct > int r; > struct pgpath *p; > struct multipath *m = ti->private; > + struct request_queue *q = NULL; > > /* we need at least a path arg */ > if (as->argc < 1) { > @@ -585,9 +587,19 @@ static struct pgpath *parse_path(struct > goto bad; > } > > - if (m->hw_handler_name) { > - struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(p->path.dev->bdev); > + if (m->use_default_hw_handler || m->hw_handler_name) > + q = bdev_get_queue(p->path.dev->bdev); > + > + if (m->use_default_hw_handler) { > + const char *attached_handler_name = > + scsi_dh_attached_handler_name(q, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (attached_handler_name) { > + kfree(m->hw_handler_name); > + m->hw_handler_name = attached_handler_name; > + } > + } > > + if (m->hw_handler_name) { > r = scsi_dh_attach(q, m->hw_handler_name); > if (r == -EBUSY) { > /* > @@ -759,7 +771,7 @@ static int parse_features(struct dm_arg_ > const char *arg_name; > > static struct dm_arg _args[] = { > - {0, 5, "invalid number of feature args"}, > + {0, 6, "invalid number of feature args"}, > {1, 50, "pg_init_retries must be between 1 and 50"}, > {0, 60000, "pg_init_delay_msecs must be between 0 and 60000"}, > }; > @@ -780,6 +792,11 @@ static int parse_features(struct dm_arg_ > continue; > } > > + if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, "default_hw_handler")) { > + m->use_default_hw_handler = 1; > + continue; > + } > + > if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, "pg_init_retries") && > (argc >= 1)) { > r = dm_read_arg(_args + 1, as, &m->pg_init_retries, &ti->error); > @@ -1363,13 +1380,16 @@ static int multipath_status(struct dm_ta > else { > DMEMIT("%u ", m->queue_if_no_path + > (m->pg_init_retries > 0) * 2 + > - (m->pg_init_delay_msecs != DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_DEFAULT) * 2); > + (m->pg_init_delay_msecs != DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_DEFAULT) * 2 + > + m->use_default_hw_handler); > if (m->queue_if_no_path) > DMEMIT("queue_if_no_path "); > if (m->pg_init_retries) > DMEMIT("pg_init_retries %u ", m->pg_init_retries); > if (m->pg_init_delay_msecs != DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_DEFAULT) > DMEMIT("pg_init_delay_msecs %u ", m->pg_init_delay_msecs); > + if (m->use_default_hw_handler) > + DMEMIT("default_hw_handler "); > } > > if (!m->hw_handler_name || type == STATUSTYPE_INFO) > -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel