[PATCH 5.16 078/121] Revert "xen-netback: remove hotplug-status once it has served its purpose"

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-03-14T12:32:33Z

From: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>

[ Upstream commit 0f4558ae91870692ce7f509c31c9d6ee721d8cdc ]

This reverts commit 1f2565780e9b7218cf92c7630130e82dcc0fe9c2.

The 'hotplug-status' node should not be removed as long as the vif
device remains configured. Otherwise the xen-netback would wait for
re-running the network script even if it was already called (in case of
the frontent re-connecting). But also, it _should_ be removed when the
vif device is destroyed (for example when unbinding the driver) -
otherwise hotplug script would not configure the device whenever it
re-appear.

Moving removal of the 'hotplug-status' node was a workaround for nothing
calling network script after xen-netback module is reloaded. But when
vif interface is re-created (on xen-netback unbind/bind for example),
the script should be called, regardless of who does that - currently
this case is not handled by the toolstack, and requires manual
script call. Keeping hotplug-status=connected to skip the call is wrong
and leads to not configured interface.

More discussion at
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/afedd7cb-a291-e773-8b0d-4db9b291fa98@ipxe.org/T/#u

Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220222001817.2264967-1-marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
index d24b7a7993aa..3fad58d22155 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ static void backend_disconnect(struct backend_info *be)
unsigned int queue_index;

xen_unregister_watchers(vif);
+ xenbus_rm(XBT_NIL, be->dev->nodename, "hotplug-status");
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
xenvif_debugfs_delif(vif);
#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
@@ -675,7 +676,6 @@ static void hotplug_status_changed(struct xenbus_watch *watch,

/* Not interested in this watch anymore. */
unregister_hotplug_status_watch(be);
- xenbus_rm(XBT_NIL, be->dev->nodename, "hotplug-status");
}
kfree(str);
}
--
2.34.1