On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 18:05 -0500, Benjamin Marzinski wrote: > When pathinfo fails for some likely transient reason, it clears the > path > wwid, but otherwise returns successfully, to keep the path around but > not usable until it gets fully initialized. However, if the path has > already been initialized, and pathinfo hits a transient error, it > shouldn't clear the wwid. > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> After follow-up discussion: Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> > --- > libmultipath/discovery.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/libmultipath/discovery.c b/libmultipath/discovery.c > index 3e0db7f..33815dc 100644 > --- a/libmultipath/discovery.c > +++ b/libmultipath/discovery.c > @@ -1991,9 +1991,9 @@ blank: > /* > * Recoverable error, for example faulty or offline path > */ > - memset(pp->wwid, 0, WWID_SIZE); > pp->chkrstate = pp->state = PATH_DOWN; > - pp->initialized = INIT_FAILED; > + if (pp->initialized == INIT_FAILED) > + memset(pp->wwid, 0, WWID_SIZE); > > return PATHINFO_OK; > } -- Dr. Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx>, Tel. +49 (0)911 74053 2107 SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel