Re: [PATCH] xen-netback: do not report success if xenvif_alloc() fails

[Wei Liu]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 01:56:28AM +0300, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> If xenvif_alloc() failes, netback_probe() reports success as well as
> "online" uevent is emitted. It does not make any sense, but it just

Sorry, I don't follow. KOBJ_ONLINE event is not emitted in the event of
xenvif_alloc fails, is it?

> misleads users.
> 
> The patch implements propagation of error code if xenvif creation fails.
> 

This patch not only implements propagation of error code when xenvif
creation fails, but also when xenbus_scanf fails. You can simply write
"This patch implements propagation of error code for
backend_create_xenvif".

The rest of this patch looks good to me. Can you rewrite commit message
and resubmit, thanks.

Wei.
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