On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 10:51:22AM +0800, lixiaokeng wrote: > When we enable multipathd.service with systemctl and reboot, > multipathd doesn't start and log "failed to create pidfile". > > The reason is following: > > The RUN is /var/run in multipath-tools. When we start linux, we > mount a disk to /var. So if multipathd.service start before mount, > it will fail to activate.(If mount firstly, multipathd will start > successfully) > > The RUN is defined in Makefile.inc: > > ifndef RUN > ifeq ($(shell test -L /var/run -o ! -d /var/run && echo 1),1) > RUN=run > else > RUN=var/run > endif > endif > > Can it always be defined as run? I believe all modern distributions make /var/run a symlink to /run. However, if that's the case, then I don't understand why you are running into this issue at all, since multipath should be using /run. What multipath packages are you using? -Ben > > Regards, > Lixiaokeng -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
