Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] multipath-tools: clarify path selector descriptions in multipath.conf.5

Xose Vazquez Perez <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.dm-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 6/17/26 12:13 AM, Benjamin Marzinski wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 02:29:01PM +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:

>> +Choose the path for the next I/O request by \fBcycling through the path groups\fR.
> 
> This isn't a strong objections, but personally, I'm not sure "groups"
> makes this better. It kind of sounds like paths are picked from multiple
> path groups. Perhaps:
> "cycling through the paths"
> or
> "cycling through the paths in the path group"
> 
> I'm also o.k. with leaving it as you have it.
You are absolutely right. Using the plural "groups" breaks the coherence
of the sentence because I/O is cycled within the active path group,
not between different groups.

I'll restore the singular form in v3. Thanks
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