Bug 1803266

Summary:	[RFE] replace filter with something simpler and more useful
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	David Teigland <teigland>
Component:	lvm2	Assignee:	David Teigland <teigland>
lvm2 sub component:	Configuration files	QA Contact:	cluster-qe <cluster-qe>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	Docs Contact:
Severity:	unspecified
Priority:	high	CC:	agk, heinzm, jbrassow, msnitzer, pasik, prajnoha, zkabelac
Version:	8.1	Keywords:	FutureFeature
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	8.0
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Description David Teigland 2020-02-14 20:23:23 UTC

Description of problem:

The lvm.conf filter is very difficult for people to understand and use correctly.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2020-February/msg00002.html

We should replace/overhaul/redesign the filter to be easier to use and understand, and be more useful technically.

The design should be able to cope with inconsistent path names to a given device, it should not depend on using pretty-name links from udev, it should not depend on playing whack-a-mole with various links that happen to arise for a device, it should probably include the ability to use WWID.

Related bugs:
bug 1749513: install whitelist filter by default
bug 1743372: set lvm filter to whitelist root VG


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