'multipath -ll' command fails with exit status '0' even when 'multipath.conf' file is missing.

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Issue

  • multipath -ll command fails with exit status '0' even when /etc/multipath.conf file is missing. It is expected that when multipath -ll fails in such scenario, it should return exit code other than zero.
# multipath -ll
Jun 16 12:07:14 | /etc/multipath.conf does not exist, blacklisting all devices.
Jun 16 12:07:14 | You can run "/sbin/mpathconf --enable" to create
Jun 16 12:07:14 | /etc/multipath.conf. See man mpathconf(8) for more details

# echo $?
0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8/9
    • DM-Multipath

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