If the WWID is empty this is pretty much a terminal error, as we don't have anything to identify the multipath device. So skip those devices during discovery. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> --- libmultipath/discovery.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/libmultipath/discovery.c b/libmultipath/discovery.c index 3e0afc4..948fa49 100644 --- a/libmultipath/discovery.c +++ b/libmultipath/discovery.c @@ -1230,7 +1230,8 @@ pathinfo (struct path *pp, vector hwtable, int mask) if ((mask & DI_WWID) && !strlen(pp->wwid)) get_uid(pp); if (mask & DI_BLACKLIST && mask & DI_WWID) { - if (filter_wwid(conf->blist_wwid, conf->elist_wwid, + if (!strlen(pp->wwid) || + filter_wwid(conf->blist_wwid, conf->elist_wwid, pp->wwid) > 0) { return PATHINFO_SKIPPED; } @@ -1244,6 +1245,8 @@ pathinfo (struct path *pp, vector hwtable, int mask) if (pp->state != PATH_DOWN || pp->priority == PRIO_UNDEF) { if (!strlen(pp->wwid)) get_uid(pp); + if (!strlen(pp->wwid)) + return PATHINFO_SKIPPED; get_prio(pp); } } -- 1.8.4.5 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel