On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:19:59 -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote: > Embedding SCSI properties like the unit serial number in a file system path > seems wrong to me.
I completely agree, but unfortunately that's where we currently stand. > I think the path in which these properties are stored > should be derived from configfs item names configured by the user. These > names are guaranteed to be ASCII strings. If you want to see an example of > alternative approach you are welcome to have a look at scst_pr_set_file_name() > and scst_pr_sync_device_file() in the SCST source code. Sounds reasonable, although that would leave us with the task of migrating consumers of the existing unit-serial-number derived paths to use the new state file locations. > Regarding testing ALUA code: I use sg_rtpg and sg_stpg to test SCSI target > ALUA code. Thanks, I'll have a play with them. Cheers, David
