Re: [PATCH 2/2] 9p/xen: fix connection sequence

From: Simon Horman
Date: Tue Jan 31 2023 - 13:49:36 EST


On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 12:30:36PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Today the connection sequence of the Xen 9pfs frontend doesn't match
> the documented sequence. It can work reliably only for a PV 9pfs device
> having been added at boot time already, as the frontend is not waiting
> for the backend to have set its state to "XenbusStateInitWait" before
> reading the backend properties from Xenstore.
>
> Fix that by following the documented sequence [1] (the documentation
> has a bug, so the reference is for the patch fixing that).
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20230130090937.31623-1-jgross@xxxxxxxx/T/#u
>
> Fixes: 868eb122739a ("xen/9pfs: introduce Xen 9pfs transport driver")
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

It's unclear if this series is targeted at 'net' or 'net-next'.
FWIIW, I feel I feel it would be more appropriate for the latter
as these do not feel like bug fixes: feel free to differ on that.

Regardless,

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>