[Bug 1621835] Re: multipathd reconfigure does not update /etc/multipath/wwids file on trusty

[Brian Murray]

Hello Louis, or anyone else affected,

Accepted multipath-tools into trusty-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-
tools/0.4.9-3ubuntu7.15 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  multipathd reconfigure does not update /etc/multipath/wwids file on
  trusty

Status in multipath-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in multipath-tools source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Description of the problem]
  [SRU justification]
  When running "multipathd reconfigure", which is done when one does a "service multipath-tools restart", the file /etc/multipath/wwids does not get updated with the wwid entries. Only the header is found.

  [Impact]
  The content of the file may contain stale values or remain with only the file header if the file was removed.

  [Fix]
  Add a call to remember_wwid(mpp->wwid)

  [Test Case]
  With an up-to-date Trusty system running multipath-tools-0.4.9-3ubuntu7.13 do the following :

  $ sudo cat /etc/multipath/wwids
  # Multipath wwids, Version : 1.0
  # NOTE: This file is automatically maintained by multipath and multipathd.
  # You should not need to edit this file in normal circumstances.
  #
  # Valid WWIDs:
  /149455400000000006c756e31000000000000000000000000/
  /149455400000000006c756e32000000000000000000000000/
  /149455400000000006c756e30000000000000000000000000/

  $ sudo rm /etc/multipath/wwids
  $ sudo service multipath-tools restart
  $ sudo cat /etc/multipath/wwids
  # Multipath wwids, Version : 1.0
  # NOTE: This file is automatically maintained by multipath and multipathd.
  # You should not need to edit this file in normal circumstances.
  #
  # Valid WWIDs:

  With the proposed fix, the last command would give :
  $ sudo cat /etc/multipath/wwids
  # Multipath wwids, Version : 1.0
  # NOTE: This file is automatically maintained by multipath and multipathd.
  # You should not need to edit this file in normal circumstances.
  #
  # Valid WWIDs:
  /149455400000000006c756e31000000000000000000000000/
  /149455400000000006c756e32000000000000000000000000/
  /149455400000000006c756e30000000000000000000000000/

  [Regression]
  Only one call to remember_wwid() is added. This is what is currently done in 0.5.0

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