[PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in the handling of channel offers

[K. Y. Srinivasan]

The channel state should be correctly set before registering the device. In the current
code the driver probe would fail for channels that have been rescinded and subsequently
re-offered. Fix the bug.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 12ec8c8..bbff5f2 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ static void vmbus_process_offer(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * This state is used to indicate a successful open
+	 * so that when we do close the channel normally, we
+	 * can cleanup properly
+	 */
+	newchannel->state = CHANNEL_OPEN_STATE;
+
+	/*
 	 * Start the process of binding this offer to the driver
 	 * We need to set the DeviceObject field before calling
 	 * vmbus_child_dev_add()
@@ -318,13 +325,6 @@ static void vmbus_process_offer(struct work_struct *work)
 		kfree(newchannel->device_obj);
 
 		free_channel(newchannel);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * This state is used to indicate a successful open
-		 * so that when we do close the channel normally, we
-		 * can cleanup properly
-		 */
-		newchannel->state = CHANNEL_OPEN_STATE;
 	}
 }
 
-- 
1.7.4.1

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