#define DM_MSG_PREFIX "multipath"
 #define MESG_STR(x) x, sizeof(x)
+#define DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_MSECS 2000
+#define DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_DEFAULT ((unsigned) -1)
 
 /* Path properties */
 struct pgpath {
        unsigned fail_count;            /* Cumulative failure count */
 
        struct dm_path path;
-       struct work_struct activate_path;
+       struct delayed_work activate_path;
 };
 
 #define path_to_pgpath(__pgp) container_of((__pgp), struct pgpath, path)
 
        const char *hw_handler_name;
        char *hw_handler_params;
+
        unsigned nr_priority_groups;
        struct list_head priority_groups;
+
+       wait_queue_head_t pg_init_wait; /* Wait for pg_init completion */
+
        unsigned pg_init_required;      /* pg_init needs calling? */
        unsigned pg_init_in_progress;   /* Only one pg_init allowed at once */
-       wait_queue_head_t pg_init_wait; /* Wait for pg_init completion */
+       unsigned pg_init_delay_retry;   /* Delay pg_init retry? */
 
        unsigned nr_valid_paths;        /* Total number of usable paths */
        struct pgpath *current_pgpath;
        unsigned saved_queue_if_no_path;/* Saved state during suspension */
        unsigned pg_init_retries;       /* Number of times to retry pg_init */
        unsigned pg_init_count;         /* Number of times pg_init called */
+       unsigned pg_init_delay_msecs;   /* Number of msecs before pg_init retry */
 
        struct work_struct process_queued_ios;
        struct list_head queued_ios;
 
        if (pgpath) {
                pgpath->is_active = 1;
-               INIT_WORK(&pgpath->activate_path, activate_path);
+               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&pgpath->activate_path, activate_path);
        }
 
        return pgpath;
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&m->queued_ios);
                spin_lock_init(&m->lock);
                m->queue_io = 1;
+               m->pg_init_delay_msecs = DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_DEFAULT;
                INIT_WORK(&m->process_queued_ios, process_queued_ios);
                INIT_WORK(&m->trigger_event, trigger_event);
                init_waitqueue_head(&m->pg_init_wait);
 static void __pg_init_all_paths(struct multipath *m)
 {
        struct pgpath *pgpath;
+       unsigned long pg_init_delay = 0;
 
        m->pg_init_count++;
        m->pg_init_required = 0;
+       if (m->pg_init_delay_retry)
+               pg_init_delay = msecs_to_jiffies(m->pg_init_delay_msecs != DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_DEFAULT ?
+                                                m->pg_init_delay_msecs : DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_MSECS);
        list_for_each_entry(pgpath, &m->current_pg->pgpaths, list) {
                /* Skip failed paths */
                if (!pgpath->is_active)
                        continue;
-               if (queue_work(kmpath_handlerd, &pgpath->activate_path))
+               if (queue_delayed_work(kmpath_handlerd, &pgpath->activate_path,
+                                      pg_init_delay))
                        m->pg_init_in_progress++;
        }
 }
        const char *param_name;
 
        static struct param _params[] = {
-               {0, 3, "invalid number of feature args"},
+               {0, 5, "invalid number of feature args"},
                {1, 50, "pg_init_retries must be between 1 and 50"},
+               {0, 60000, "pg_init_delay_msecs must be between 0 and 60000"},
        };
 
        r = read_param(_params, shift(as), &argc, &ti->error);
                        continue;
                }
 
+               if (!strnicmp(param_name, MESG_STR("pg_init_delay_msecs")) &&
+                   (argc >= 1)) {
+                       r = read_param(_params + 2, shift(as),
+                                      &m->pg_init_delay_msecs, &ti->error);
+                       argc--;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
                ti->error = "Unrecognised multipath feature request";
                r = -EINVAL;
        } while (argc && !r);
                m->current_pgpath = NULL;
                queue_work(kmultipathd, &m->process_queued_ios);
        } else if (m->hw_handler_name && (m->current_pg == pgpath->pg)) {
-               if (queue_work(kmpath_handlerd, &pgpath->activate_path))
+               if (queue_work(kmpath_handlerd, &pgpath->activate_path.work))
                        m->pg_init_in_progress++;
        }
 
        struct priority_group *pg = pgpath->pg;
        struct multipath *m = pg->m;
        unsigned long flags;
+       unsigned delay_retry = 0;
 
        /* device or driver problems */
        switch (errors) {
                 */
                bypass_pg(m, pg, 1);
                break;
-       /* TODO: For SCSI_DH_RETRY we should wait a couple seconds */
        case SCSI_DH_RETRY:
+               /* Wait before retrying. */
+               delay_retry = 1;
        case SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY:
        case SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL:
                if (pg_init_limit_reached(m, pgpath))
        if (!m->pg_init_required)
                m->queue_io = 0;
 
+       m->pg_init_delay_retry = delay_retry;
        queue_work(kmultipathd, &m->process_queued_ios);
 
        /*
 static void activate_path(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct pgpath *pgpath =
-               container_of(work, struct pgpath, activate_path);
+               container_of(work, struct pgpath, activate_path.work);
 
        scsi_dh_activate(bdev_get_queue(pgpath->path.dev->bdev),
                                pg_init_done, pgpath);
                DMEMIT("2 %u %u ", m->queue_size, m->pg_init_count);
        else {
                DMEMIT("%u ", m->queue_if_no_path +
-                             (m->pg_init_retries > 0) * 2);
+                             (m->pg_init_retries > 0) * 2 +
+                             (m->pg_init_delay_msecs != DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_DEFAULT) * 2);
                if (m->queue_if_no_path)
                        DMEMIT("queue_if_no_path ");
                if (m->pg_init_retries)
                        DMEMIT("pg_init_retries %u ", m->pg_init_retries);
+               if (m->pg_init_delay_msecs != DM_PG_INIT_DELAY_DEFAULT)
+                       DMEMIT("pg_init_delay_msecs %u ", m->pg_init_delay_msecs);
        }
 
        if (!m->hw_handler_name || type == STATUSTYPE_INFO)
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static struct target_type multipath_target = {
        .name = "multipath",
-       .version = {1, 1, 1},
+       .version = {1, 2, 0},
        .module = THIS_MODULE,
        .ctr = multipath_ctr,
        .dtr = multipath_dtr,