Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] multipath: systemd unit file

[Hannes Reinecke <hare suse de>]

On 09/01/2011 09:04 AM, Christophe Varoqui wrote:
> > > +[Unit]
> > > +Description=Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller
> > > +Before=iscsi.service iscsid.service
> > > +After=syslog.target
> > > +
> > > +[Service]
> > > +Type=forking
> > > +PIDFile=/var/run/multipathd.pid
> > > +ExecStart=/sbin/multipathd
> > > +ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
> > > +#ExecStop=/path/to/scrip delete-me if not necessary
> > > +
> > > +[Install]
> > > +WantedBy=multi-user.target
> > Hmm. First of all, I'm trying to get rid of the PID file, as with it
> > it's quite hard to start multipathing when /var/run isn't mounted.
> > Plus it's not actually needed; everything can be done via multipathd
> > -k nowadays.
> Agreed
>
> > So may I suggest to use
> > ExecReload=/sbin/multipathd -k'reconfigure'
> Or even:
> ExecReload=multipathd reconfigure
That works? Cool.

Bet it's not documented in the manpage ...

Cheers,

Hannes
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