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authorMichael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>2021-04-13 16:25:12 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-04-13 15:24:14 -0700
commit2afeec08ab5c86ae21952151f726bfe184f6b23d (patch)
tree68d755c22e5a1ebea73397b4e1d958f88adb16a2
parent38ec4944b593fd90c5ef42aaaa53e66ae5769d04 (diff)
downloadtpmdd-2afeec08ab5c86ae21952151f726bfe184f6b23d.tar.gz
xen-netback: Check for hotplug-status existence before watching
The logic in connect() is currently written with the assumption that xenbus_watch_pathfmt() will return an error for a node that does not exist. This assumption is incorrect: xenstore does allow a watch to be registered for a nonexistent node (and will send notifications should the node be subsequently created). As of commit 1f2565780 ("xen-netback: remove 'hotplug-status' once it has served its purpose"), this leads to a failure when a domU transitions into XenbusStateConnected more than once. On the first domU transition into Connected state, the "hotplug-status" node will be deleted by the hotplug_status_changed() callback in dom0. On the second or subsequent domU transition into Connected state, the hotplug_status_changed() callback will therefore never be invoked, and so the backend will remain stuck in InitWait. This failure prevents scenarios such as reloading the xen-netfront module within a domU, or booting a domU via iPXE. There is unfortunately no way for the domU to work around this dom0 bug. Fix by explicitly checking for existence of the "hotplug-status" node, thereby creating the behaviour that was previously assumed to exist. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk> Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
index a5439c130130f8..d24b7a7993aa05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
@@ -824,11 +824,15 @@ static void connect(struct backend_info *be)
xenvif_carrier_on(be->vif);
unregister_hotplug_status_watch(be);
- err = xenbus_watch_pathfmt(dev, &be->hotplug_status_watch, NULL,
- hotplug_status_changed,
- "%s/%s", dev->nodename, "hotplug-status");
- if (!err)
+ if (xenbus_exists(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "hotplug-status")) {
+ err = xenbus_watch_pathfmt(dev, &be->hotplug_status_watch,
+ NULL, hotplug_status_changed,
+ "%s/%s", dev->nodename,
+ "hotplug-status");
+ if (err)
+ goto err;
be->have_hotplug_status_watch = 1;
+ }
netif_tx_wake_all_queues(be->vif->dev);