A checker shouldn't set the path state to PATH_DOWN if it fails to obtain information about the path in the first place. Add logic to the checker to distinguish a failed path from an unsupported path. Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> --- libmultipath/checkers/tur.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/libmultipath/checkers/tur.c b/libmultipath/checkers/tur.c index 448c396e..8f4bdc8b 100644 --- a/libmultipath/checkers/tur.c +++ b/libmultipath/checkers/tur.c @@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ retry: io_hdr.timeout = timeout * 1000; io_hdr.pack_id = 0; if (ioctl(fd, SG_IO, &io_hdr) < 0) { + if (errno == ENOTTY) { + *msgid = CHECKER_MSGID_UNSUPPORTED; + return PATH_WILD; + } *msgid = CHECKER_MSGID_DOWN; return PATH_DOWN; } -- 2.19.0 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel