Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 13/14] char: make chr_fe_deinit() optionaly delete backend

2017-06-01 Thread Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Hi Marc-André, The new boolean argument bothered me at first but I couldn't find nicer way (that's why I kept this patch review so long). On 05/29/2017 05:45 AM, Marc-André Lureau wrote: This simplifies removing a backend for a frontend user (no need to retrive the associated driver and

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 13/14] char: make chr_fe_deinit() optionaly delete backend

2017-05-31 Thread Marc-André Lureau
ping, only patch left in the series without review thanks On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 12:56 PM Marc-André Lureau < marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> wrote: > This simplifies removing a backend for a frontend user (no need to > retrive the associated driver and seperate delete call etc). > > NB: many

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 13/14] char: make chr_fe_deinit() optionaly delete backend

2017-05-29 Thread Marc-André Lureau
This simplifies removing a backend for a frontend user (no need to retrive the associated driver and seperate delete call etc). NB: many frontends have questionable handling of ending a chardev. They should probably delete the backend to prevent broken reusage. Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau