From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Vincent Hanquez <vincent.hanquez@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libxl: make libxl_wait_for_device_model not
	racy
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:25:44 +0100
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On 23/06/10 12:15, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Hi all,
> at the moment libxl_wait_for_device_model waits on a xenstore watch
> before checking the current value of the xenstore node, that might
> contain already the value the function was looking for.
> This patch changes libxl_wait_for_device_model so that it checks the
> value of the xenstore node first, then waits for the watch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini<stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
>    
xenstore watch automatically fire one time when you install them for 
this exact same purpose. Is this patch actually solving any issue you saw ?

-- 
Vincent