During SCSI device scan all loaded SCSI device handlers will be consulted for a match (via scsi_dh's provided .match). If a match is found that device handler will be attached. We need a way to have userspace multipathd's provided 'hw_handler' not override the already attached hardware handler. When specifying the feature 'retain_attached_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> Reviewed-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) v2: s/retain_loaded_hw_handler/retain_attached_hw_handler/ Index: linux-next/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c =================================================================== --- linux-next.orig/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c +++ linux-next/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ 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 retain_attached_hw_handler:1; /* If there's already a hw_handler present, don't change it. */ unsigned pg_init_retries; /* Number of times to retry pg_init */ unsigned pg_init_count; /* Number of times pg_init called */ @@ -568,6 +569,7 @@ 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) { @@ -586,9 +588,19 @@ 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->retain_attached_hw_handler || m->hw_handler_name) + q = bdev_get_queue(p->path.dev->bdev); + + if (m->retain_attached_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) { /* @@ -760,7 +772,7 @@ 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"}, }; @@ -781,6 +793,11 @@ static int parse_features(struct dm_arg_ continue; } + if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, "retain_attached_hw_handler")) { + m->retain_attached_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); @@ -1364,13 +1381,16 @@ 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->retain_attached_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->retain_attached_hw_handler) + DMEMIT("retain_attached_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