linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen, fbfront: fix connecting to backend

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Message-ID: <82f7f206-3caf-7696-3649-97f3b8e5d33b@suse.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:56:48 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        b.zolnierkie@...sung.com, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen, fbfront: fix connecting to backend

On 23/03/17 14:37, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 23.03.17 at 13:52, <jgross@...e.com> wrote:
>> Connecting to the backend isn't working reliably in xen-fbfront: in
>> case XenbusStateInitWait of the backend has been missed the backend
>> transition to XenbusStateConnected will trigger the connected state
>> only without doing the actions required when the backend has
>> connected.
> 
> Looks like xen-kbdfront does exactly the same - shouldn't it also be
> changed then?

I posted that patch 2 days ago. :-)


Juergen