Re: [PATCH 1/2] blkmapd: fix broken multipath handling

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On 08/07/2014 03:26 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> We do want to use the dm-multipath device if it exists, which the
> code is generally prepared for, except that this check excludes them
> early.  In addition this will also add the passive path to the device
> list, which is harmless if an active one exists as that or the multipath
> device will be preferred, and at least allows us to work if it doesn't.
> 
> Also fix up the check if an path needs to be updated to remove the silly
> partition check - pNFS block offset are relative to the device so partion
> should never match it instead of the full device.  On the other hand the
> simplistic check easily creates false positives, e.g. dm-10 is considered
> a partition of dm-1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Committed... 

steved.

> ---
>  utils/blkmapd/device-discovery.c | 27 ++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/utils/blkmapd/device-discovery.c b/utils/blkmapd/device-discovery.c
> index df4627e..bcfb060 100644
> --- a/utils/blkmapd/device-discovery.c
> +++ b/utils/blkmapd/device-discovery.c
> @@ -77,16 +77,6 @@ struct bl_disk_path *bl_get_path(const char *filepath,
>  	return tmp;
>  }
>  
> -/* Check whether valid_path is a substring(partition) of path */
> -int bl_is_partition(struct bl_disk_path *valid_path, struct bl_disk_path *path)
> -{
> -	if (!strncmp(valid_path->full_path, path->full_path,
> -		     strlen(valid_path->full_path)))
> -		return 1;
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>  /*
>   * For multipath devices, devices state could be PASSIVE/ACTIVE/PSEUDO,
>   * where PSEUDO > ACTIVE > PASSIVE. Device with highest state is used to
> @@ -95,19 +85,13 @@ int bl_is_partition(struct bl_disk_path *valid_path, struct bl_disk_path *path)
>   * If device-mapper multipath support is a must, pseudo devices should
>   * exist for each multipath device. If not, active device path will be
>   * chosen for device creation.
> - * Treat partition as invalid path.
>   */
> -int bl_update_path(struct bl_disk_path *path, enum bl_path_state_e state,
> -		   struct bl_disk *disk)
> +int bl_update_path(enum bl_path_state_e state, struct bl_disk *disk)
>  {
>  	struct bl_disk_path *valid_path = disk->valid_path;
>  
> -	if (valid_path) {
> -		if (valid_path->state >= state) {
> -			if (bl_is_partition(valid_path, path))
> -				return 0;
> -		}
> -	}
> +	if (valid_path && valid_path->state >= state)
> +		return 0;
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> @@ -170,9 +154,6 @@ void bl_add_disk(char *filepath)
>  		ap_state = bldev_read_ap_state(fd);
>  	close(fd);
>  
> -	if (ap_state != BL_PATH_STATE_ACTIVE)
> -		return;
> -
>  	for (disk = visible_disk_list; disk != NULL; disk = disk->next) {
>  		/* Already scanned or a partition?
>  		 * XXX: if released each time, maybe not need to compare
> @@ -216,7 +197,7 @@ void bl_add_disk(char *filepath)
>  		path->next = disk->paths;
>  		disk->paths = path;
>  		/* check whether we need to update disk info */
> -		if (bl_update_path(path, path->state, disk)) {
> +		if (bl_update_path(path->state, disk)) {
>  			disk->dev = dev;
>  			disk->size = size;
>  			disk->valid_path = path;
> 
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