linux-kernel - [PATCH] xen/pvcalls-back: test for errors when calling backend

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Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 09:42:31 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] xen/pvcalls-back: test for errors when calling backend_connect()

backend_connect() can fail, so switch the device to connected only if
no error occurred.

Fixes: 0a9c75c2c7258f2 ("xen/pvcalls: xenbus state handling")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
---
 drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
index cf4ce3e9358d..41a18ece029a 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,8 @@ static void set_backend_state(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 		case XenbusStateInitialised:
 			switch (state) {
 			case XenbusStateConnected:
-				backend_connect(dev);
+				if (backend_connect(dev))
+					return;
 				xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateConnected);
 				break;
 			case XenbusStateClosing:
-- 
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