All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
Cc: device-mapper development <dm-devel@redhat.com>,
	Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] multipath-tools: random fixes in multipath.conf.5
Date: Sun,  7 Aug 2016 00:40:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1470523208-14067-5-git-send-email-xose.vazquez@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1470523208-14067-1-git-send-email-xose.vazquez@gmail.com>

Cc: Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com>
Cc: device-mapper development <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
---
 multipath/multipath.conf.5 | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/multipath/multipath.conf.5 b/multipath/multipath.conf.5
index 14a8ccb..4567103 100644
--- a/multipath/multipath.conf.5
+++ b/multipath/multipath.conf.5
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" Update the date below if you make any significant change.
+.\"
+.\" TODO: Look for XXX
+.\"
+.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.
 .TH MULTIPATH.CONF 5 2016-08-06 "Linux"
 .
 .
@@ -199,9 +206,9 @@ Default value is: \fBfailover\fR
 The udev attribute providing a unique path identifier.
 .RS
 .TP
-Default value is: \fBID_SERIAL\fR for SCSI devices
+Default value is: for SCSI devices \fBID_SERIAL\fR
 .TP
-Default value is: \fBID_UID\fR for DASD devices
+Default value is: for DASD devices \fBID_UID\fR
 .RE
 .
 .
@@ -264,9 +271,11 @@ Generate the path priority based on the regular expression and the
 priority provided as argument. Requires prio_args keyword.
 .TP
 .I datacore
+.\" XXX
 ???. Requires prio_args keyword.
 .TP
 .I iet
+.\" XXX
 ???. Requires prio_args keyword.
 .TP
 Default value is: \fBconst\fR
@@ -285,18 +294,19 @@ Needs a value of the form
 .RS
 .TP 8
 .I hbtl
-regex can be of SCSI H:B:T:L format  Ex: 1:0:.:. , *:0:0:.
+regex can be of SCSI H:B:T:L format. For example: 1:0:.:. , *:0:0:.
 .TP
 .I devname
-regex can be of device name format  Ex: sda , sd.e
+regex can be of device name format. For example: sda , sd.e
 .TP
 .I serial
-regex can be of serial number format  Ex: .*J1FR.*324  The serial can be looked up through sysfs or by running multipathd show paths format "%z" Ex: 0395J1FR904324
+regex can be of serial number format. For example: .*J1FR.*324 . The serial can be looked
+up through sysfs or by running multipathd show paths format "%z". For example: 0395J1FR904324
 .TP
 .I wwn
 regex can be of the form \fI"host_wwnn:host_wwpn:target_wwnn:target_wwpn"\fR
 these values can be looked up through sysfs or by running \fImultipathd show paths format
-"%N:%R:%n:%r" Ex: 0x200100e08ba0aea0:0x210100e08ba0aea0:.*:.* , .*:.*:iqn.2009-10.com.redhat.msp.lab.ask-06:.*\fR
+"%N:%R:%n:%r". For example: 0x200100e08ba0aea0:0x210100e08ba0aea0:.*:.* , .*:.*:iqn.2009-10.com.redhat.msp.lab.ask-06:.*\fR
 .RE
 .TP 12
 .I alua
@@ -304,9 +314,11 @@ If \fIexclusive_pref_bit\fR is set, paths with the \fIpreferred path\fR bit
 set will always be in their own path group.
 .TP
 .I datacore
+.\" XXX
 \fIpreferredsds\fR ???.
 .TP
 .I iet
+.\" XXX
 \fIpreferredip\fR ???.
 .TP
 Default value is: \fB<unset>\fR
@@ -545,8 +557,7 @@ Specify the number of seconds the SCSI layer will wait after a problem has
 been detected on a FC remote port before removing it from the system. This
 can be set to "infinity" which sets it to the max value of 2147483647
 seconds, or 68 years. It will be automatically adjusted to the overall
-retry interval
-\fIno_path_retry\fR * \fIpolling_interval\fR
+retry interval \fIno_path_retry\fR * \fIpolling_interval\fR
 if a number of retries is given with \fIno_path_retry\fR and the
 overall retry interval is longer than the specified \fIdev_loss_tmo\fR value.
 The Linux kernel will cap this value to \fI300\fR if \fIfast_io_fail_tmo\fR
@@ -802,10 +813,9 @@ Default value is: \fB30\fR
 .SH "blacklist section"
 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
-The \fIblacklist\fR
-section is used to exclude specific device from inclusion in the
-multipath topology. It is most commonly used to exclude local disks or
-LUNs for the array controller.
+The \fIblacklist\fR section is used to exclude specific device from inclusion in
+the multipath topology. It is most commonly used to exclude local disks or LUNs
+for the array controller.
 .LP
 .
 .
@@ -834,10 +844,9 @@ keywords. For a full description of these keywords please see the
 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
 The \fIblacklist_exceptions\fR section is used to revert the actions of the
-\fIblacklist\fR section, for example to include specific device in the
+\fIblacklist\fR section. For example to include specific device in the
 multipath topology. This allows one to selectively include devices which
-would normally be excluded via the \fIblacklist\fR
-section.
+would normally be excluded via the \fIblacklist\fR section.
 .LP
 .
 .
@@ -890,8 +899,7 @@ Symbolic name for the multipath map.
 .
 .
 The following attributes are optional; if not set the default values
-are taken from the \fIdefaults\fR or \fIdevices\fR
-section:
+are taken from the \fIdefaults\fR or \fIdevices\fR section:
 .sp 1
 .PD .1v
 .RS
@@ -1139,7 +1147,7 @@ The use of \fIqueue_if_no_path\fR or \fIno_path_retry\fR might lead to a
 deadlock if the \fIdev_loss_tmo\fR setting results in a device being removed
 while I/O is still queued. The multipath daemon will update the \fIdev_loss_tmo\fR
 setting accordingly to avoid this deadlock. Hence if both values are
-specified the order of precedence is \fIno_path_retry, queue_if_no_path, dev_loss_tmo.\fR
+specified the order of precedence is \fIno_path_retry, queue_if_no_path, dev_loss_tmo\fR.
 .
 .
 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1158,3 +1166,4 @@ specified the order of precedence is \fIno_path_retry, queue_if_no_path, dev_los
 .
 \fImultipath-tools\fR was developed by Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com>
 and others.
+.\" EOF
-- 
2.7.4

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-08-06 22:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-06 22:40 [PATCH 1/7] multipath-tools: remove "Optional" from some attributes in multipath.conf.5 Xose Vazquez Perez
2016-08-06 22:40 ` [PATCH 2/7] multipath-tools: replace ".I" with \fIxxx\R at multipath.conf.5 Xose Vazquez Perez
2016-08-06 22:40 ` [PATCH 3/7] multipath-tools: stand out sections headings with comments " Xose Vazquez Perez
2016-08-06 22:40 ` [PATCH 4/7] multipath-tools: add dots(spaces) between sections and keywords Xose Vazquez Perez
2016-08-06 22:40 ` Xose Vazquez Perez [this message]
2016-08-06 22:40 ` [PATCH 6/7] multipath-tools: identify arrays at multipath.conf.5 Xose Vazquez Perez
2016-08-06 22:40 ` [PATCH 7/7] multipath-tools: more fixes for multipath.conf.5 Xose Vazquez Perez

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=1470523208-14067-5-git-send-email-xose.vazquez@gmail.com \
    --to=xose.vazquez@gmail.com \
    --cc=dm-devel@redhat.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.