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List:       xen-devel
Subject:    Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-netfront: Fix hang on device removal
From:       Juergen Gross <jgross () suse ! com>
Date:       2018-02-28 19:21:30
Message-ID: d6411bf3-9edd-15a7-1f4e-a9f51869129d () suse ! com
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On 28/02/18 13:23, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> A toolstack may delete the vif frontend and backend xenstore entries
> while xen-netfront is in the removal code path.  In that case, the
> checks for xenbus_read_driver_state would return XenbusStateUnknown, and
> xennet_remove would hang indefinitely.  This hang prevents system
> shutdown.
> 
> xennet_remove must be able to handle XenbusStateUnknown, and
> netback_changed must also wake up the wake_queue for that state as well.
> 
> Fixes: 5b5971df3bc2 ("xen-netfront: remove warning when unloading module")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@redhat.com>

Committed to xen/tip for-linus-4.16a


Juergen

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