From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
To: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Cc: <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
<ian.campbell@citrix.com>, <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
<annie.li@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/8] netback: get/put module along with vif connect/disconnect
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:02:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5135C2C8.8030708@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1360944010-15336-4-git-send-email-wei.liu2@citrix.com>
On 15/02/13 16:00, Wei Liu wrote:
> If there is vif running and user unloads netback, guest's network interface
> just mysteriously stops working. So we need to prevent unloading netback
> module if there is vif running.
It's not mysterious -- it is cleanly disconnected, and will reconnect
when the module is reinserted.
Being able to unload modules while they are in use is standard so I
don't think this should be applied.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-05 10:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-15 16:00 [PATCH 0/8] Bugfix and mechanical works for Xen network driver Wei Liu
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 1/8] netback: don't bind kthread to cpu Wei Liu
2013-03-04 20:51 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 13:30 ` Wei Liu
2013-03-05 13:56 ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 14:04 ` Wei Liu
2013-03-05 14:42 ` David Vrabel
2013-03-05 15:52 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 2/8] netback: add module unload function Wei Liu
2013-03-04 20:55 ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-04 20:58 ` Andrew Cooper
2013-03-05 13:30 ` Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:58 ` Stephen Hemminger
2013-03-05 13:30 ` Wei Liu
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 3/8] netback: get/put module along with vif connect/disconnect Wei Liu
2013-03-04 20:56 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 10:02 ` David Vrabel [this message]
2013-03-05 13:30 ` [Xen-devel] " Wei Liu
2013-03-05 14:07 ` David Vrabel
2013-03-05 14:44 ` Wei Liu
2013-03-05 15:53 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 4/8] xenbus_client: Extend interface to support multi-page ring Wei Liu
2013-02-15 16:17 ` [Xen-devel] " Jan Beulich
2013-02-15 16:33 ` Wei Liu
2013-02-15 16:59 ` Jan Beulich
2013-02-15 17:01 ` Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:12 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 10:25 ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 5/8] netback: multi-page ring support Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:00 ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 10:41 ` David Vrabel
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 6/8] netfront: " Wei Liu
2013-02-26 6:52 ` ANNIE LI
2013-02-26 12:35 ` Wei Liu
2013-02-27 7:39 ` ANNIE LI
2013-02-27 15:49 ` Wei Liu
2013-02-28 5:19 ` ANNIE LI
2013-02-28 11:02 ` Wei Liu
2013-02-28 12:55 ` annie li
2013-03-04 21:16 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 7/8] netback: split event channels support Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:22 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 8/8] netfront: " Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:24 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-26 3:07 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Bugfix and mechanical works for Xen network driver ANNIE LI
2013-02-26 11:33 ` Wei Liu
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