From 72ebf86ef3c30728ee93639605150d1c940b2f2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Wilck Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:06:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS.md: describe latest changes Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck --- NEWS.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index b07f1cc0f..df49e18e9 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ handled). * Fixed the problem that, if there were multiple maps with deferred failback (`failback` value > 0 in `multipath.conf`), some maps might fail back later than configured. The problem existed since 0.9.6. +* Fixed handling of empty maps, i.e. multipath maps that have a multipath UUID + but don't contain a device-mapper table. Such maps can occur in very rare + cases if some device-mapper operation has failed, or if a tool has been + killed in the process of map creation. multipathd will now detect such + cases, and either remove these maps or reload them as appropriate. +* During map creation, fixed the case where a map with different name, but + matching UUID and matching type was already present. multipathd + previously failed to set up such maps. Now it will reload them with the + correct content. ### Other @@ -76,6 +85,11 @@ handled). * The text of the licenses has been updated to the latest versions from the Free Software Foundation. +### Internal + +* `libmp_mapinfo()` now fills in the `name`, `uuid`, and `dmi` fields + if requested by the caller, even if it encounters an error or an empty map. + ## multipath-tools 0.10.0, 2024/08 ### User-Visible Changes