These patches are identical to the ones I sent before. Please ignore the resend. My apologies -Ben On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 07:23:06PM -0400, Benjamin Marzinski wrote: > Move the code to sync the mpp device state into a helper function and > add a counter to to make sure that the device is synced at least once > every max_checkint secs. This makes sure that multipath devices with no > paths will still get synced with the kernel. Also, if multiple paths > are checked in the same loop, the multipath device will only be synced > with the kernel once, since every time the mpp is synced in any code > path, mpp->sync_tick is reset. > > The code still syncs the mpp before updating the path state for two > main reasons. > > 1. Sometimes multipathd leaves the mpp with a garbage state. Future > patches will fix most of these cases, but the code intentially > does not remove the mpp is resyncing fails while checking paths. > But this does leave the mpp with a garbage state. > > 2. The kernel chages the multipath state independently of multipathd. If > the kernel fails a path, a uevent will arrive shortly. But the kernel > doesn't provide any notification when it switches the active > path group or if it ends up picking a different one than multipathd > selected. Multipathd needs to know the actual current pathgroup to > know when it should be switching them. > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > libmultipath/configure.c | 1 + > libmultipath/structs.h | 2 ++ > libmultipath/structs_vec.c | 5 +++ > multipathd/main.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- > 4 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/libmultipath/configure.c b/libmultipath/configure.c > index b4de863c..34158e31 100644 > --- a/libmultipath/configure.c > +++ b/libmultipath/configure.c > @@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ int setup_map(struct multipath *mpp, char **params, struct vectors *vecs) > > sysfs_set_scsi_tmo(conf, mpp); > marginal_pathgroups = conf->marginal_pathgroups; > + mpp->sync_tick = conf->max_checkint; > pthread_cleanup_pop(1); > > if (!mpp->features || !mpp->hwhandler || !mpp->selector) { > diff --git a/libmultipath/structs.h b/libmultipath/structs.h > index 3b91e39c..002eeae1 100644 > --- a/libmultipath/structs.h > +++ b/libmultipath/structs.h > @@ -453,6 +453,8 @@ struct multipath { > int ghost_delay; > int ghost_delay_tick; > int queue_mode; > + unsigned int sync_tick; > + bool is_checked; > uid_t uid; > gid_t gid; > mode_t mode; > diff --git a/libmultipath/structs_vec.c b/libmultipath/structs_vec.c > index d58ef5a7..7f267ba0 100644 > --- a/libmultipath/structs_vec.c > +++ b/libmultipath/structs_vec.c > @@ -505,11 +505,16 @@ update_multipath_table (struct multipath *mpp, vector pathvec, int flags) > char __attribute__((cleanup(cleanup_charp))) *params = NULL; > char __attribute__((cleanup(cleanup_charp))) *status = NULL; > unsigned long long size; > + struct config *conf; > > if (!mpp) > return r; > > size = mpp->size; > + conf = get_multipath_config(); > + mpp->sync_tick = conf->max_checkint; > + put_multipath_config(conf); > + > r = libmp_mapinfo(DM_MAP_BY_NAME | MAPINFO_MPATH_ONLY, > (mapid_t) { .str = mpp->alias }, > (mapinfo_t) { > diff --git a/multipathd/main.c b/multipathd/main.c > index 86f7ab1f..ae40f599 100644 > --- a/multipathd/main.c > +++ b/multipathd/main.c > @@ -2342,6 +2342,37 @@ check_path_state(struct path *pp) > return newstate; > } > > +static void > +do_sync_mpp(struct vectors * vecs, struct multipath *mpp) > +{ > + int i, ret; > + struct path *pp; > + > + mpp->is_checked = true; > + ret = update_multipath_strings(mpp, vecs->pathvec); > + if (ret != DMP_OK) { > + condlog(1, "%s: %s", mpp->alias, ret == DMP_NOT_FOUND ? > + "device not found" : > + "couldn't synchronize with kernel state"); > + vector_foreach_slot (mpp->paths, pp, i) > + pp->dmstate = PSTATE_UNDEF; > + return; > + } > + set_no_path_retry(mpp); > +} > + > +static void > +sync_mpp(struct vectors * vecs, struct multipath *mpp, unsigned int ticks) > +{ > + if (mpp->sync_tick) > + mpp->sync_tick -= (mpp->sync_tick > ticks) ? ticks : > + mpp->sync_tick; > + if (mpp->sync_tick) > + return; > + > + do_sync_mpp(vecs, mpp); > +} > + > /* > * Returns '1' if the path has been checked and '0' otherwise > */ > @@ -2356,7 +2387,6 @@ check_path (struct vectors * vecs, struct path * pp, unsigned int ticks) > unsigned int checkint, max_checkint; > struct config *conf; > int marginal_pathgroups, marginal_changed = 0; > - int ret; > bool need_reload; > > if (pp->initialized == INIT_REMOVED) > @@ -2395,26 +2425,6 @@ check_path (struct vectors * vecs, struct path * pp, unsigned int ticks) > pp->tick = 1; > return 0; > } > - /* > - * Synchronize with kernel state > - */ > - ret = update_multipath_strings(pp->mpp, vecs->pathvec); > - if (ret != DMP_OK) { > - if (ret == DMP_NOT_FOUND) { > - /* multipath device missing. Likely removed */ > - condlog(1, "%s: multipath device '%s' not found", > - pp->dev, pp->mpp ? pp->mpp->alias : ""); > - return 0; > - } else > - condlog(1, "%s: Couldn't synchronize with kernel state", > - pp->dev); > - pp->dmstate = PSTATE_UNDEF; > - } > - /* if update_multipath_strings orphaned the path, quit early */ > - if (!pp->mpp) > - return 0; > - set_no_path_retry(pp->mpp); > - > if (pp->recheck_wwid == RECHECK_WWID_ON && > (newstate == PATH_UP || newstate == PATH_GHOST) && > ((pp->state != PATH_UP && pp->state != PATH_GHOST) || > @@ -2424,7 +2434,12 @@ check_path (struct vectors * vecs, struct path * pp, unsigned int ticks) > handle_path_wwid_change(pp, vecs); > return 0; > } > - > + if (!pp->mpp->is_checked) { > + do_sync_mpp(vecs, pp->mpp); > + /* if update_multipath_strings orphaned the path, quit early */ > + if (!pp->mpp) > + return 0; > + } > if ((newstate != PATH_UP && newstate != PATH_GHOST && > newstate != PATH_PENDING) && (pp->state == PATH_DELAYED)) { > /* If path state become failed again cancel path delay state */ > @@ -2752,12 +2767,17 @@ checkerloop (void *ap) > while (checker_state != CHECKER_FINISHED) { > unsigned int paths_checked = 0, i; > struct timespec chk_start_time; > + struct multipath *mpp; > > pthread_cleanup_push(cleanup_lock, &vecs->lock); > lock(&vecs->lock); > pthread_testcancel(); > + vector_foreach_slot(vecs->mpvec, mpp, i) > + mpp->is_checked = false; > get_monotonic_time(&chk_start_time); > if (checker_state == CHECKER_STARTING) { > + vector_foreach_slot(vecs->mpvec, mpp, i) > + sync_mpp(vecs, mpp, ticks); > vector_foreach_slot(vecs->pathvec, pp, i) > pp->is_checked = false; > checker_state = CHECKER_RUNNING; > -- > 2.45.0 >