Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v2] dm mpath: Add timeout mechanism for queue_if_no_path

2020-01-15 Thread Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
Mike Snitzer writes: > On Mon, Jan 13 2020 at 5:41P -0500, > Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote: > >> From: Anatol Pomazau >> >> Add a configurable timeout mechanism to disable queue_if_no_path without >> assistance from multipathd. In reality, this reimplements the >> no_path_retry mechanism

Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v2] dm mpath: Add timeout mechanism for queue_if_no_path

2020-01-14 Thread Mike Snitzer
On Tue, Jan 14 2020 at 11:31am -0500, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote: > Mike Snitzer writes: > > > On Mon, Jan 13 2020 at 5:41P -0500, > > Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote: > > > >> From: Anatol Pomazau > >> > >> Add a configurable timeout mechanism to disable queue_if_no_path without > >>

[dm-devel] [PATCH v2] dm mpath: Add timeout mechanism for queue_if_no_path

2020-01-14 Thread Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
From: Anatol Pomazau Add a configurable timeout mechanism to disable queue_if_no_path without assistance from multipathd. In reality, this reimplements the no_path_retry mechanism from multipathd in kernel space, which is interesting to prevent processes from hanging indefinitely in cases where