linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.4 132/134] xen/pvcalls-back: test for errors when calling backend

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Message-Id: <20200616153107.109738183@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:35:16 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4 132/134] xen/pvcalls-back: test for errors when calling backend_connect()

From: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

commit c8d70a29d6bbc956013f3401f92a4431a9385a3c upstream.

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>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200511074231.19794-1-jgross@suse.com
Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,8 @@ static void set_backend_state(struct xen
 		case XenbusStateInitialised:
 			switch (state) {
 			case XenbusStateConnected:
-				backend_connect(dev);
+				if (backend_connect(dev))
+					return;
 				xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateConnected);
 				break;
 			case XenbusStateClosing: