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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

  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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