Re: discuss about commit 3b0f9ce: filter-mpath: get wwids from sysfs vpd_pg83

On 11/15/23 04:51, David Teigland wrote:
> 
>>> Yes, it just causes lvm to skip the use of /etc/multipath/wwids for
>>> checking if a device is a multipath component.
>>
>> Thanks. I'm still not happy about it, but if we find no other solution,
>> I guess it will be ok.
> 
> Could you try multipath_wwids_file="" and see if that's sufficient before
> we add a new setting that's nearly the same?
> 

I did some test.
1. multipath_wwids_file="" failed boot if without commit 17a3585cbb55d9a15
    So empty value is not enough, or some code logic changed which makes lvm2
    denying multipath dev.
2. using system.devices, machine could boot successfully.

Thanks,
Heming