I changed the setup slightly, connecting the storage unit and the host to a FC switch. There are still two LUNs and now there are 4 paths to each.
# multipath -l mpath1 (2227300015530e20d) dm-1 Promise ,VTrak E610f [size=13T][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active] \_ 1:0:0:1 sdf 8:80 [active][undef] \_ 1:0:1:1 sdh 8:112 [active][undef] \_ 1:0:2:1 sdj 8:144 [active][undef] \_ 1:0:3:1 sdl 8:176 [active][undef] mpath0 (2228f000155e2acda) dm-0 Promise ,VTrak E610f [size=13T][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active] \_ 1:0:0:0 sde 8:64 [active][undef] \_ 1:0:1:0 sdg 8:96 [active][undef] \_ 1:0:2:0 sdi 8:128 [active][undef] \_ 1:0:3:0 sdk 8:160 [active][undef] I could go back to the other configuration briefly if you wish. > Could you run multipathd under valgrind please? I ran it, then tried to stop with the init script (which didn't seem to work) and then tried with 'kill -HUP' and then just 'kill'. Somehow the last command caused my shell to attach to the process, I then hit ^C. Details below. I tried this twice, with and without the filesystems mounted. Results were similar. Between mounting and running the second time I briefly exercised the filesystems by copying a bit of data from one to the other. I didn't try to stop/start under load. # /etc/init.d/multipath-tools stop # ps -fade|grep multi root 12124 12098 0 10:45 pts/2 00:00:00 grep multi # valgrind multipathd ==12134== Memcheck, a memory error detector. ==12134== Copyright (C) 2002-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==12134== Using LibVEX rev 1854, a library for dynamic binary translation. ==12134== Copyright (C) 2004-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP. ==12134== Using valgrind-3.3.1-Debian, a dynamic binary instrumentation framework. ==12134== Copyright (C) 2000-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==12134== For more details, rerun with: -v ==12134== ==12135== ==12135== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 8 from 1) ==12135== malloc/free: in use at exit: 1,120 bytes in 23 blocks. ==12135== malloc/free: 48 allocs, 25 frees, 4,716 bytes allocated. ==12135== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v ==12135== searching for pointers to 23 not-freed blocks. ==12135== checked 208,864 bytes. ==12135== ==12135== LEAK SUMMARY: ==12135== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==12135== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==12135== still reachable: 1,120 bytes in 23 blocks. ==12135== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==12135== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory. ==12134== ==12134== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 8 from 1) ==12134== malloc/free: in use at exit: 216 bytes in 1 blocks. ==12134== malloc/free: 48 allocs, 47 frees, 4,716 bytes allocated. ==12134== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v ==12134== searching for pointers to 1 not-freed blocks. ==12134== checked 208,048 bytes. ==12134== ==12134== LEAK SUMMARY: ==12134== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==12134== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==12134== still reachable: 216 bytes in 1 blocks. ==12134== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==12134== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory. # ps -fade|grep multip root 12136 1 5 10:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/valgrind.bin multipathd root 12166 12098 0 10:45 pts/2 00:00:00 grep multip # /etc/init.d/multipath-tools stop Stopping multipath daemon: multipathd. # ps -fade|grep multip root 12136 1 2 10:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/valgrind.bin multipathd root 12172 12098 0 10:45 pts/2 00:00:00 grep multip # kill -HUP 12136 # ps -fade|grep multip root 12136 1 2 10:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/valgrind.bin multipathd root 12190 12098 0 10:45 pts/2 00:00:00 grep multip # kill 12136 ==12136== Thread 9: ==12136== Invalid read of size 4 ==12136== at 0x4E2E4FE: pthread_mutex_lock (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x42B596: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x42BC83: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4E2CFC6: start_thread (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x59A959C: clone (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== Address 0x6068788 is 8 bytes inside a block of size 40 free'd ==12136== at 0x4C2130F: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:323) ==12136== by 0x415770: xfree (in /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4069F8: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x406D98: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x58F81A5: (below main) (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== ==12136== Invalid read of size 4 ==12136== at 0x4E2E509: pthread_mutex_lock (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x42B596: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x42BC83: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4E2CFC6: start_thread (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x59A959C: clone (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== Address 0x606878c is 12 bytes inside a block of size 40 free'd ==12136== at 0x4C2130F: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:323) ==12136== by 0x415770: xfree (in /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4069F8: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x406D98: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x58F81A5: (below main) (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== ==12136== Invalid write of size 4 ==12136== at 0x4E2E50D: pthread_mutex_lock (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x42B596: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x42BC83: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4E2CFC6: start_thread (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x59A959C: clone (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== Address 0x6068788 is 8 bytes inside a block of size 40 free'd ==12136== at 0x4C2130F: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:323) ==12136== by 0x415770: xfree (in /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4069F8: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x406D98: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x58F81A5: (below main) (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== ==12136== Invalid read of size 8 ==12136== at 0x42B5E8: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x42BC83: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4E2CFC6: start_thread (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x59A959C: clone (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== Address 0x6068738 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 24 free'd ==12136== at 0x4C2130F: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:323) ==12136== by 0x415770: xfree (in /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x406A0C: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x406D98: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x58F81A5: (below main) (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== ==12136== Invalid read of size 4 ==12136== at 0x4E2FBF5: __pthread_mutex_unlock_usercnt (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x42B5EF: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x42BC83: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4E2CFC6: start_thread (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x59A959C: clone (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== Address 0x10 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==12136== ==12136== ==12136== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV) ==12136== Access not within mapped region at address 0x10 ==12136== at 0x4E2FBF5: __pthread_mutex_unlock_usercnt (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x42B5EF: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x42BC83: (within /sbin/multipathd) ==12136== by 0x4E2CFC6: start_thread (in /lib/libpthread-2.7.so) ==12136== by 0x59A959C: clone (in /lib/libc-2.7.so) ==12136== ==12136== ERROR SUMMARY: 6 errors from 5 contexts (suppressed: 9 from 2) ==12136== malloc/free: in use at exit: 13,258 bytes in 44 blocks. ==12136== malloc/free: 3,990 allocs, 3,946 frees, 3,016,169 bytes allocated. ==12136== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v ==12136== searching for pointers to 44 not-freed blocks. ==12136== checked 399,480 bytes. ==12136== ==12136== LEAK SUMMARY: ==12136== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==12136== possibly lost: 1,152 bytes in 4 blocks. ==12136== still reachable: 12,106 bytes in 40 blocks. ==12136== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==12136== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory. ^C # !ps root 12196 12098 0 10:46 pts/2 00:00:00 grep multip # /etc/init.d/multipath-tools start Starting multipath daemon: multipathd. # !ps root 12207 1 0 10:46 ? 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