Re: [PATCH v3] xen-netfront: Improve error handling during initialization

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Feb 09 2017 - 16:57:28 EST


From: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 10:57:37 +0000

> This fixes a crash when running out of grant refs when creating many
> queues across many netdevs.
>
> * If creating queues fails (i.e. there are no grant refs available),
> call xenbus_dev_fatal() to ensure that the xenbus device is set to the
> closed state.
> * If no queues are created, don't call xennet_disconnect_backend as
> netdev->real_num_tx_queues will not have been set correctly.
> * If setup_netfront() fails, ensure that all the queues created are
> cleaned up, not just those that have been set up.
> * If any queues were set up and an error occurs, call
> xennet_destroy_queues() to clean up the napi context.
> * If any fatal error occurs, unregister and destroy the netdev to avoid
> leaving around a half setup network device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.