linux-brain/drivers/net/xen-netback
Michael Brown 2ccca12462 xen-netback: Check for hotplug-status existence before watching
[ Upstream commit 2afeec08ab5c86ae21952151f726bfe184f6b23d ]

The logic in connect() is currently written with the assumption that
xenbus_watch_pathfmt() will return an error for a node that does not
exist.  This assumption is incorrect: xenstore does allow a watch to
be registered for a nonexistent node (and will send notifications
should the node be subsequently created).

As of commit 1f2565780 ("xen-netback: remove 'hotplug-status' once it
has served its purpose"), this leads to a failure when a domU
transitions into XenbusStateConnected more than once.  On the first
domU transition into Connected state, the "hotplug-status" node will
be deleted by the hotplug_status_changed() callback in dom0.  On the
second or subsequent domU transition into Connected state, the
hotplug_status_changed() callback will therefore never be invoked, and
so the backend will remain stuck in InitWait.

This failure prevents scenarios such as reloading the xen-netfront
module within a domU, or booting a domU via iPXE.  There is
unfortunately no way for the domU to work around this dom0 bug.

Fix by explicitly checking for existence of the "hotplug-status" node,
thereby creating the behaviour that was previously assumed to exist.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2021-04-28 13:19:15 +02:00
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Makefile treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
common.h xen/netback: use lateeoi irq binding 2020-11-05 11:43:11 +01:00
hash.c xen-netback: don't populate the hash cache on XenBus disconnect 2019-02-28 12:50:37 -08:00
interface.c xen/netback: fix spurious event detection for common event case 2021-03-04 10:26:17 +01:00
netback.c xen-netback: respect gnttab_map_refs()'s return value 2021-03-07 12:20:49 +01:00
rx.c xen/netback: avoid race in xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available() 2021-02-17 10:35:17 +01:00
xenbus.c xen-netback: Check for hotplug-status existence before watching 2021-04-28 13:19:15 +02:00