On 11/22/22 10:41 PM, Wenchao Hao wrote: > Sorry I did not highlight the key points. The root reason we need to record > node_startup mode in kernel is userspace's node_startup mode is unreliable in > some scenarios: > > 1. iscsi node and session is created in initrd, the configure files of these > nodes would be lost after we switch to rootfs > 2. someone do iscsiadm -m discovery but did not specify the operation mode, > the iscsi node's node_startup would be updated to which specified in iscsid.conf > 3. someone do iscsiadm -m node -o update to update nodes' configure > > What's more, it seems "iscsiadm/iscsid" only refuse to logout of an ONBOOT > session when logout is specificed by "--logoutall". We still can logout an > ONBOOT session with "iscsiadm -m node -u comamnd". logout_by_startup does go by the startup setting, but I think you missed the session_in_use related code. It checks the mounts and holders already. Just change it for whatever you need. I think your lvm use case should be covered by the holder check. If not, add it.