On Fri, 2020-07-03 at 12:39 -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > > Docker couldn't have later opens fail due to a pending removal -- > it'd > break their app. So if you want it to do what you'd have imagined it > to > be; we'll need to introduce a new flag that alters the behavior > (maybe > as a module param off of DM core's dm-mod.ko). Patches welcome -- > but > you'll need a pretty good reason (not read back far enough but maybe > you have one?). Thanks a lot for the explanation. I don't think I'm going write patches and reason about it. We were just looking for the best way to safely flush maps in multipath-tools, and I'd considered deferred remove as one option, which it most likely is not. Anyway, I like to understand why thinks are the way they are, so thanks again. Cheers, Martin -- Dr. Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx>, Tel. +49 (0)911 74053 2107 SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg GF: Felix Imendörffer -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
