When a multipath device fails to get a wwid in pathinfo, it moves to the
INIT_MISSING_UDEV state. After a device in this state sends
retrigger_tries change uevents in check_path(), it moves to the
INIT_FAILED state.  However, when check_path() is run on a device in
INIT_FAILED, it can call pathinfo, which will set the path back
into INIT_MISSING_UDEV if it cannot get a wwid.  The next call to
check_path() will put the path back into INIT_FAILED.  The device will
continue to ping-pong between these states.

To solve this a new pp->initialized state has been added INIT_NEW.  New
path devices start in this state, instead of INIT_FAILED. INIT_NEW and
INIT_FAILED are treated exactly the same, with one exception. A device
in INIT_FAILED cannot transition back to INIT_MISSING_UDEV.

Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwi...@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarz...@redhat.com>
---
 libmultipath/discovery.c | 8 +++++---
 libmultipath/structs.h   | 1 +
 multipathd/main.c        | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libmultipath/discovery.c b/libmultipath/discovery.c
index 1748eeb..6aef188 100644
--- a/libmultipath/discovery.c
+++ b/libmultipath/discovery.c
@@ -1966,8 +1966,10 @@ int pathinfo(struct path *pp, struct config *conf, int 
mask)
        if ((mask & DI_WWID) && !strlen(pp->wwid)) {
                get_uid(pp, path_state, pp->udev);
                if (!strlen(pp->wwid)) {
-                       pp->initialized = INIT_MISSING_UDEV;
-                       pp->tick = conf->retrigger_delay;
+                       if (pp->initialized != INIT_FAILED) {
+                               pp->initialized = INIT_MISSING_UDEV;
+                               pp->tick = conf->retrigger_delay;
+                       }
                        return PATHINFO_OK;
                }
                else
@@ -2000,7 +2002,7 @@ blank:
         * Recoverable error, for example faulty or offline path
         */
        pp->chkrstate = pp->state = PATH_DOWN;
-       if (pp->initialized == INIT_FAILED)
+       if (pp->initialized == INIT_NEW || pp->initialized == INIT_FAILED)
                memset(pp->wwid, 0, WWID_SIZE);
 
        return PATHINFO_OK;
diff --git a/libmultipath/structs.h b/libmultipath/structs.h
index 375c728..b794b0d 100644
--- a/libmultipath/structs.h
+++ b/libmultipath/structs.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ enum ghost_delay_states {
 };
 
 enum initialized_states {
+       INIT_NEW,
        INIT_FAILED,
        INIT_MISSING_UDEV,
        INIT_REQUESTED_UDEV,
diff --git a/multipathd/main.c b/multipathd/main.c
index 37bea63..43830e8 100644
--- a/multipathd/main.c
+++ b/multipathd/main.c
@@ -2028,7 +2028,9 @@ check_path (struct vectors * vecs, struct path * pp, int 
ticks)
                return 1;
        }
        if (!pp->mpp) {
-               if (!strlen(pp->wwid) && pp->initialized == INIT_FAILED &&
+               if (!strlen(pp->wwid) &&
+                   (pp->initialized == INIT_FAILED ||
+                    pp->initialized == INIT_NEW) &&
                    (newstate == PATH_UP || newstate == PATH_GHOST)) {
                        condlog(2, "%s: add missing path", pp->dev);
                        conf = get_multipath_config();
-- 
2.17.2

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