dm mpath: delay retry of bypassed pg
authorMike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
Sat, 2 Jun 2012 23:29:45 +0000 (00:29 +0100)
committerAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Sat, 2 Jun 2012 23:29:45 +0000 (00:29 +0100)
If I/O needs retrying and only bypassed priority groups are available,
set the pg_init_delay_retry flag to wait before retrying.

If, for example, the reason for the bypass is that the controller is
getting reset or there is a firmware upgrade happening, retrying right
away would cause a flood of log messages and retries for what could be a
few seconds or even several minutes.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

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