netdev - Re: [PATCH net] xen-netback: only remove 'hotplug-status' when the vif is actually destroyed

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Message-Id: <166219801483.23737.17168227064618244830.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 03 Sep 2022 09:40:14 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        wei.liu@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] xen-netback: only remove 'hotplug-status' when the vif is
 actually destroyed

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu,  1 Sep 2022 12:55:54 +0100 you wrote:
> Removing 'hotplug-status' in backend_disconnected() means that it will be
> removed even in the case that the frontend unilaterally disconnects (which
> it is free to do at any time). The consequence of this is that, when the
> frontend attempts to re-connect, the backend gets stuck in 'InitWait'
> rather than moving straight to 'Connected' (which it can do because the
> hotplug script has already run).
> Instead, the 'hotplug-status' mode should be removed in netback_remove()
> i.e. when the vif really is going away.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] xen-netback: only remove 'hotplug-status' when the vif is actually destroyed
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/c55f34b6aec2

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