From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 10:11:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] libmultipath: add comment about resuming
The reason for the second resume in my commit "libmultipath: fix
suspended devs from failed reloads" is not obvious from the multipath
code, so add a comment.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
---
libmultipath/devmapper.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/libmultipath/devmapper.c b/libmultipath/devmapper.c
index 69b634b..ee83e0f 100644
--- a/libmultipath/devmapper.c
+++ b/libmultipath/devmapper.c
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ int dm_addmap_reload(struct multipath *mpp, char *params, int flush)
if (r)
return r;
+ /* If the resume failed, dm will leave the device suspended, and
+ * drop the new table, so doing a second resume will try using
+ * the original table */
if (dm_is_suspended(mpp->alias))
dm_simplecmd(DM_DEVICE_RESUME, mpp->alias, !flush, 1,
udev_flags, 0);
--
2.7.4