From: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> 'queue_io' is set so that IO is queued while paths are being initialized. Clear queue_io in __choose_pgpath if there are no valid paths, since there are obviously no paths that can be initialized. Otherwise IOs to the device will back up. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c index 833d7e7..7b6b0f0 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c @@ -317,8 +317,10 @@ static void __choose_pgpath(struct multipath *m, size_t nr_bytes) struct priority_group *pg; unsigned bypassed = 1; - if (!m->nr_valid_paths) + if (!m->nr_valid_paths) { + m->queue_io = 0; goto failed; + } /* Were we instructed to switch PG? */ if (m->next_pg) { -- 1.9.3 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel