The linux kernel will not allow any dev_loss_tmo setting larger than 300 if fast_io_fail is not set. So we should document this in the manpage. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> --- multipath/multipath.conf.5 | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/multipath/multipath.conf.5 b/multipath/multipath.conf.5 index 247cdc0..35021f6 100644 --- a/multipath/multipath.conf.5 +++ b/multipath/multipath.conf.5 @@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ retry interval \fIno_path_retry\fR * \fIpolling_interval\fR if a number of retries is given with \fIno_path_retry\fR and the overall retry interval is longer than the specified \fIdev_loss_tmo\fR value. +The linux kernel will cap this value to \fI300\fR if \fBfast_io_fail_tmo\fR +is not set. .TP .B queue_without_daemon If set to -- 1.7.4.2 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
