On Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:00:08 +0200 Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > This makes the timeout for "find_multipaths smart" configurable. > If the timeout has a negative value (default), it's applied only > to "known" hardware which is either in the hwtable or in a "device" > section in multipath.conf. For typical non-multipath hardware, which > is not in the hwtable, a short timeout of 1s is used, so that boot > delays caused by pointlessly waiting e.g. for SATA devices will be > minimal. > > It's expected that a "reasonable" timeout value depends less on the > storage hardware itself but on other properties of the data center > such as network latencies or distances. find_multipaths_timeout is > therefore just a "defaults" section setting. > > Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > libmultipath/config.h | 1 + > libmultipath/defaults.h | 2 ++ > libmultipath/dict.c | 7 +++++++ > libmultipath/propsel.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > libmultipath/propsel.h | 1 + > libmultipath/structs.h | 1 + > multipath/multipath.conf.5 | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > 7 files changed, 55 insertions(+) > Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> Cheers, Hannes -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
