netdev - Re: [PATCHv1 net] xen-netfront: handle backend CLOSED without CLOSING

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Message-Id: <20140204.204300.1246992450475475633.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:43:00 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	david.vrabel@...rix.com
Cc:	xen-devel@...ts.xen.org, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv1 net] xen-netfront: handle backend CLOSED without
 CLOSING

From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 18:50:26 +0000

> From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
> 
> Backend drivers shouldn't transistion to CLOSED unless the frontend is
> CLOSED.  If a backend does transition to CLOSED too soon then the
> frontend may not see the CLOSING state and will not properly shutdown.
> 
> So, treat an unexpected backend CLOSED state the same as CLOSING.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
> Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks.
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