Issue

• partprobe removes multipath partitions from /dev

# dmsetup info -c | grep mpath2
mpath2            253   3 L--w    1    1      1 mpath-360014380125989a10000400000770000
mpath2p1          253  10 L--w    0    1      0 part1-mpath-360014380125989a10000400000770000
# ll /dev/dm-3 /dev/dm-10
brw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 10 Oct 11 11:40 /dev/dm-10
brw-rw---- 1 root root 253,  3 Oct 11 11:38 /dev/dm-3
# ll /dev/mpath/mpath2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 11 11:38 mpath2 -> ../dm-3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Oct 11 11:40 mpath2p1 -> ../dm-10
# partprobe /dev/mapper/mpath2
# ll /dev/dm-3 /dev/dm-10
brw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 3 Oct 11 11:38 /dev/dm-3
# ll /dev/mpath/mpath2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 11 11:38 mpath2 -> ../dm-3

• kpartx is not creating devices under /dev/dm-X or /dev/mpath after running partprobe

# partprobe /dev/mapper/mpath2
# ll /dev/dm-3 /dev/dm-10
brw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 3 Oct 11 11:38 /dev/dm-3
# ll /dev/mpath/mpath2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 11 11:38 mpath2 -> ../dm-3
# kpartx -v /dev/mapper/mpath2
mpath2p1 : 0 20964762 /dev/mapper/mpath2 63
# ll /dev/dm-3 /dev/dm-10
brw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 3 Oct 11 11:38 /dev/dm-3
# ll /dev/mpath/mpath2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 11 11:38 mpath2 -> ../dm-3