linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 27/34] xen-netfront: enable device after manual module load

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Date:   Fri,  2 Mar 2018 09:51:23 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Eduardo Otubo <otubo@...hat.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 27/34] xen-netfront: enable device after manual module load

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@...hat.com>


[ Upstream commit b707fda2df4070785d0fa8a278aa13944c5f51f8 ]

When loading the module after unloading it, the network interface would
not be enabled and thus wouldn't have a backend counterpart and unable
to be used by the guest.

The guest would face errors like:

  [root@...st ~]# ethtool -i eth0
  Cannot get driver information: No such device

  [root@...st ~]# ifconfig eth0
  eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

This patch initializes the state of the netfront device whenever it is
loaded manually, this state would communicate the netback to create its
device and establish the connection between them.

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1331,6 +1331,7 @@ static struct net_device *xennet_create_
 
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
+	xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateInitialising);
 	return netdev;
 
  exit: