On Sat, 2024-07-13 at 02:04 -0400, Benjamin Marzinski wrote: > When handle_uninitialized_path() checks a path, it will either: > 1. trigger a new uevent to initalize the path, in which case it won't > check the path again until that uevent is processed and updates > pp->tick > 2. blacklist the path, in which case the path gets removed > 3. intialize the path correctly, in which case it sets pp->tick = 1 > 4. fail to initialize the path, in which case it was supposed to set > pp->tick to max_checkint, but instead it set pp->checkint to > max_checkint, which never worked correctly. > > By setting pp->tick to max_checkint at the start, > handle_uninitialized_path() will continue to work as it previously > did, > except in case 4, where in now works correctly. There's no point in > messing with pp->checkint for paths that haven't been initialized > yet. > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> Q: I suppose it makes sense to backport this to earlier releases? Martin
