Bug#555901: Update multipath-tools to fix "rdac path checked leads to I/O hang when volumes are unmapped from storage."

[Bernd Zeimetz]

Guido Günther wrote:
> Hi Bernd,
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 02:42:08PM +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
>> Package: multipath-tools
>> Version: 0.4.8-15.1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> the following bug report and patch was posted on dm-devel some days ago, please
>> update the package in Debian when the fix hits upstream's git. I'll be happy to
>> work on a backport if you want me to.
> Could you check the package in experimental? I've fixed it there, I
> didn't get around to check booting from multipath with this version yet
> though (that's why it's still in experimental).

I'll check back with our customers when it is possible to test that - not easy
as they're running production databases on the machine. I stumbled across it
while looking for something completely different....

Thanks for your fast response,

Bernd

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