>>>>> "Benjamin" == Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Benjamin> The way that the checkers async mode worked in multipathd didn't make Benjamin> much sense. When multipathd starts up, all checker classes are in the Benjamin> sync mode, and any pathinfo() calls on devices would run the checker in Benjamin> sync mode. However, the First time a checker class was used in Benjamin> checkerloop, it would set that checker class to async (assuming Benjamin> force_sync wasn't set). After that, no matter when a checker from that Benjamin> class was called, it would always run in async mode. Multipathd doesn't Benjamin> need to run checkers in sync mode at all, so don't. Sorry, I had a hard time parsing this description, especially the last sentence. Do you mean that checkers should default to async then, instead of sync mode? And from looking at the code, don't you mean that you force sync mode? I guess the question is whether checker classes should default sync, or async. And if they move to async, should they stay there? Benjamin> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> Benjamin> --- Benjamin> libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c | 2 +- Benjamin> libmultipath/discovery.c | 10 ++++------ Benjamin> multipath/main.c | 1 + Benjamin> 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Benjamin> diff --git a/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c b/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c Benjamin> index 603cfc3b..b2238f00 100644 Benjamin> --- a/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c Benjamin> +++ b/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c Benjamin> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ mpath_lib_init (void) Benjamin> condlog(0, "Failed to initialize multipath config."); Benjamin> return NULL; Benjamin> } Benjamin> - Benjamin> + conf->force_sync = 1; Benjamin> set_max_fds(conf->max_fds); Benjamin> return conf; Benjamin> diff --git a/libmultipath/discovery.c b/libmultipath/discovery.c Benjamin> index d2773c3a..1ab093f4 100644 Benjamin> --- a/libmultipath/discovery.c Benjamin> +++ b/libmultipath/discovery.c Benjamin> @@ -1643,12 +1643,10 @@ get_state (struct path * pp, struct config *conf, int daemon, int oldstate) Benjamin> if (pp->mpp && !c->mpcontext) Benjamin> checker_mp_init(c, &pp->mpp->mpcontext); Benjamin> checker_clear_message(c); Benjamin> - if (daemon) { Benjamin> - if (conf->force_sync == 0) Benjamin> - checker_set_async(c); Benjamin> - else Benjamin> - checker_set_sync(c); Benjamin> - } Benjamin> + if (conf->force_sync == 0) Benjamin> + checker_set_async(c); Benjamin> + else Benjamin> + checker_set_sync(c); Benjamin> if (!conf->checker_timeout && Benjamin> sysfs_get_timeout(pp, &(c->timeout)) <= 0) c-> timeout = DEF_TIMEOUT; Benjamin> diff --git a/multipath/main.c b/multipath/main.c Benjamin> index 4f4d8e89..aebabd9b 100644 Benjamin> --- a/multipath/main.c Benjamin> +++ b/multipath/main.c Benjamin> @@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) Benjamin> exit(RTVL_FAIL); Benjamin> multipath_conf = conf; conf-> retrigger_tries = 0; Benjamin> + conf->force_sync = 1; Benjamin> while ((arg = getopt(argc, argv, ":adcChl::FfM:v:p:b:BrR:itTquUwW")) != EOF ) { Benjamin> switch(arg) { Benjamin> case 1: printf("optarg : %s\n",optarg); Benjamin> -- Benjamin> 2.17.2 Benjamin> -- Benjamin> dm-devel mailing list Benjamin> dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx Benjamin> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel