Currently check_rdac() always runs an SG_IO for VPD 0xc9 to check
if the storage supports RDAC. This is an extra IO, and may cause
annoying error messages on the storage side for non-RDAC arrays.
Do the RDAC override only for arrays that have legacy configuration
to use the rdac checker.
Cc: Steve.Schremmer@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: NetApp RDAC team <ng-eseries-upstream-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx>
---
libmultipath/propsel.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/libmultipath/propsel.c b/libmultipath/propsel.c
index 27474f05..8c08a5cc 100644
--- a/libmultipath/propsel.c
+++ b/libmultipath/propsel.c
@@ -470,9 +470,17 @@ check_rdac(struct path * pp)
{
int len;
char buff[44];
+ const char *checker_name = NULL;
+ /* dummy, for do_set_from_hwe */
+ const char *origin __attribute__((unused));
if (pp->bus != SYSFS_BUS_SCSI)
return 0;
+ /* Avoid ioctl if this is likely not an RDAC array */
+ do_set_from_hwe(checker_name, pp, checker_name, NULL);
+out: /* for do_set_from_hwe */
+ if (!checker_name || strcmp(checker_name, RDAC))
+ return 0;
len = get_vpd_sgio(pp->fd, 0xC9, buff, 44);
if (len <= 0)
return 0;
--
2.21.0
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