netdev - Re: [PATCH net v6 1/1] xen-netback: Handle backend state transitions in a more robust way

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Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:07:20 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
To:	Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v6 1/1] xen-netback: Handle backend state
 transitions in a more robust way

On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 12:09 +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> When the frontend state changes netback now specifies its desired state to
> a new function, set_backend_state(), which transitions through any
> necessary intermediate states.
> This fixes an issue observed with some old Windows frontend drivers where
> they failed to transition through the Closing state and netback would not
> behave correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>



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