Per default any socket file is started after /run is available, as the socket might be placed there. This results in a dependency cycle as multipathd requires the socket, but the daemon should be started as early as possible, and certainly before /run is mounted. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> --- multipathd/multipathd.service | 3 ++- multipathd/multipathd.socket | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/multipathd/multipathd.service b/multipathd/multipathd.service index be3ba3f..1ecc151 100644 --- a/multipathd/multipathd.service +++ b/multipathd/multipathd.service @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ [Unit] Description=Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller Before=iscsi.service iscsid.service lvm2-activation-early.service -After=syslog.target +Before=local-fs-pre.target DefaultDependencies=no +Wants=multipathd.socket Conflicts=shutdown.target [Service] diff --git a/multipathd/multipathd.socket b/multipathd/multipathd.socket index 3d4b6da..921706d 100644 --- a/multipathd/multipathd.socket +++ b/multipathd/multipathd.socket @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +[Unit] +Description=multipathd control socket +DefaultDependencies=no +Before=sockets.target + [Socket] ListenStream=@/org/kernel/linux/storage/multipathd - -[Install] -WantedBy=sockets.target -- 1.8.4.5 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel