Bug 697769 - [RFE] multipath command should warn/report any invalid option value error in multipath.conf
Summary: [RFE] multipath command should warn/report any invalid option value error in ...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: device-mapper-multipath
Version: ---
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.1
Assignee: Ben Marzinski
QA Contact: Lin Li
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Blocks: 756082
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Reported: 2011-04-19 08:13 UTC by Gris Ge
Modified: 2021-09-06 15:19 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-10-05 15:35:50 UTC
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Description Gris Ge 2011-04-19 08:13:58 UTC 
Description of problem:

Multipath feature in Bug #628095 check keywork in multipath.conf, but it don't check value apply to the option.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-38.el6

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.As this incorrect line into defaults section of multipath.conf.
    path_grouping_policy incorrect_value

2. Reload configuration:
   multipath -r
   multipathd -k'reconfigure'
3. Check new configuration:
   multipathd -k'show config'
  
Actual results:
path_grouping_policy undefined

Expected results:
multipath report incorrect option value error.

Additional info:
Comment 2 Sayan Saha 2011-05-27 15:23:02 UTC 
This enhancement request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.

Product Management has requested further review of this enhancement by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed products.

This enhancement is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Comment 5 Tom Lavigne 2012-09-07 15:19:02 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for 
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Since we are unable to provide this feature at this time,  
it has been proposed for the next release of 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 7 Ben Marzinski 2016-08-11 19:20:07 UTC 
This bug must get fixed first in RHEL7, before any decision about backporting it to rhel6 can be made.
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