On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:03:36AM +0100, David Vrabel wrote: > From: David Vrabel <david.vra...@citrix.com> > > Backend drivers shouldn't transistion to CLOSED unless the frontend is > CLOSED. If a backend does transition to CLOSED too soon then the > frontend may not see the CLOSING state and will not properly shutdown. > > So, treat an unexpected backend CLOSED state the same as CLOSING. > > Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vra...@citrix.com> > Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com> > --- > Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelg...@google.com>
Bjorn, do you want me to prep a git pull with this patch or can I have your Ack to put it my tree and have it part of my git pull to Linus? Thx. > --- > drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c | 5 ++++- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c > index 0aab85a..a0c7312 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c > @@ -1068,13 +1068,16 @@ static void __init_refok > pcifront_backend_changed(struct xenbus_device *xdev, > case XenbusStateInitialising: > case XenbusStateInitWait: > case XenbusStateInitialised: > - case XenbusStateClosed: > break; > > case XenbusStateConnected: > pcifront_try_connect(pdev); > break; > > + case XenbusStateClosed: > + if (xdev->state == XenbusStateClosed) > + break; > + /* Missed the backend's CLOSING state -- fallthrough */ > case XenbusStateClosing: > dev_warn(&xdev->dev, "backend going away!\n"); > pcifront_try_disconnect(pdev); > -- > 1.7.2.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
