Re: [PATCH 5/5] xen-kbdfront: handle backend CLOSED without CLOSING

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Fri Oct 19 2012 - 09:12:59 EST


On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:03:38AM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

Hey Dmitry,

Should I prep a git pull for you for this or are you OK giving
an Ack for me to put this patch in my git pull for Linus?

Thx.
> ---
> drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> index 02ca868..6f7d990 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> @@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ static void xenkbd_backend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
> case XenbusStateReconfiguring:
> case XenbusStateReconfigured:
> case XenbusStateUnknown:
> - case XenbusStateClosed:
> break;
>
> case XenbusStateInitWait:
> @@ -350,6 +349,10 @@ InitWait:
>
> break;
>
> + case XenbusStateClosed:
> + if (dev->state == XenbusStateClosed)
> + break;
> + /* Missed the backend's CLOSING state -- fallthrough */
> case XenbusStateClosing:
> xenbus_frontend_closed(dev);
> break;
> --
> 1.7.2.5
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