linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen-netback: do not report success if xenvif

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Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:00:53 +0000
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
CC:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <ldv-project@...uxtesting.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen-netback: do not report success if xenvif_alloc()
 fails

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 01:56:28AM +0300, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> If xenvif_alloc() failes, netback_probe() reports success as well as
> "online" uevent is emitted. It does not make any sense, but it just

Sorry, I don't follow. KOBJ_ONLINE event is not emitted in the event of
xenvif_alloc fails, is it?

> misleads users.
> 
> The patch implements propagation of error code if xenvif creation fails.
> 

This patch not only implements propagation of error code when xenvif
creation fails, but also when xenbus_scanf fails. You can simply write
"This patch implements propagation of error code for
backend_create_xenvif".

The rest of this patch looks good to me. Can you rewrite commit message
and resubmit, thanks.

Wei.
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