>>>>> "Benjamin" == Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Benjamin> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 09:57:25AM -0400, John Stoffel wrote: >> Benjamin> /var/run is now usually a symlink to /run. If /var is on a separate Benjamin> filesytem, when multipathd starts up, it might end up writing to Benjamin> /var/run before the /var filesytem is mounted and thus not have its Benjamin> pidfile accessible at /var/run afterwards. On most distrubutions /run Benjamin> is now a tmpfs and should always be available before multipathd is Benjamin> started, so multipath should just write there directly, instead of Benjamin> through the symlink. >> >> I'm not sure I agree with this, it really smells more like a >> distribution problem, than a multipathd problem. If multipathd starts >> up in an initramfs, how does it get reset to the proper /var/run or >> /run directory then? Benjamin> Huh? /run is a tmpfs on almost all distros now. It gets Benjamin> remounted when you switch the root from the initramfs, but Benjamin> it doesn't go away. So there isn't a "proper" /run that Benjamin> appears later. /var/run just gets symlinked to it. Gah! I apologize for the noise, I did a quick check on some RHEL5/6 systems (which are ancient I agree!) and didn't look at newer debian/mint systems as well. And I do see that /run is there. John -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
