Re: [PATCH 5/5] xen-kbdfront: handle backend CLOSED without CLOSING

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Fri Oct 19 2012 - 12:34:32 EST


On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 09:00:59AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:03:38AM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> > From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Backend drivers shouldn't transistion to CLOSED unless the frontend is
> > CLOSED. If a backend does transition to CLOSED too soon then the
> > frontend may not see the CLOSING state and will not properly shutdown.
> >
> > So, treat an unexpected backend CLOSED state the same as CLOSING.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hey Dmitry,
>
> Should I prep a git pull for you for this or are you OK giving
> an Ack for me to put this patch in my git pull for Linus?

Sure, please merge with the rest through your tree.

Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

>
> Thx.
> > ---
> > drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c | 5 ++++-
> > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> > index 02ca868..6f7d990 100644
> > --- a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> > +++ b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> > @@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ static void xenkbd_backend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
> > case XenbusStateReconfiguring:
> > case XenbusStateReconfigured:
> > case XenbusStateUnknown:
> > - case XenbusStateClosed:
> > break;
> >
> > case XenbusStateInitWait:
> > @@ -350,6 +349,10 @@ InitWait:
> >
> > break;
> >
> > + case XenbusStateClosed:
> > + if (dev->state == XenbusStateClosed)
> > + break;
> > + /* Missed the backend's CLOSING state -- fallthrough */
> > case XenbusStateClosing:
> > xenbus_frontend_closed(dev);
> > break;
> > --
> > 1.7.2.5

--
Dmitry
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