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. Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> --- libmultipath/discovery.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/libmultipath/discovery.c b/libmultipath/discovery.c index 301093f..b267f07 100644 --- a/libmultipath/discovery.c +++ b/libmultipath/discovery.c @@ -2004,9 +2004,9 @@ 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; } -- 2.7.4 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
