Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: prevent repeated backend_changedinvocations

[Jan Beulich]

>>> On 12.12.12 at 10:47, Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
>> >>> On 11.12.12 at 21:50, Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > backend_changed might be called multiple times, which will leak
>> > be->mode. Make sure it will be called only once. Remove some unneeded
>> > checks. Also the be->mode string was leaked, release the memory on
>> > device shutdown.
>> 
>> So did I miss some discussion here? I haven't seen any
>> confirmation of this function indeed being supposed to be called
>> just once.
>> 
>> Also, as said previously, if indeed it is to be called just once,
>> removing the watch during/after the first invocation would seem
>> to be the more appropriate thing to do.
> 
> Does the API allow this, that the called function can disable the watch?

That is what would need looking into (and why I said "during/after").

Jan

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