RE: [PATCH] xen-netfront: remove warning when unloading module

[Paul Durrant]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eduardo Otubo [mailto:otubo@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 November 2017 10:41
> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>; Wei
> Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx; cavery@xxxxxxxxxx; cheshi@xxxxxxxxxx;
> mgamal@xxxxxxxxxx; Eduardo Otubo <otubo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] xen-netfront: remove warning when unloading module
> 
> When unloading module xen_netfront from guest, dmesg would output
> warning messages like below:
> 
>   [  105.236836] xen:grant_table: WARNING: g.e. 0x903 still in use!
>   [  105.236839] deferring g.e. 0x903 (pfn 0x35805)
> 
> This problem relies on netfront and netback being out of sync. By the time
> netfront revokes the g.e.'s netback didn't have enough time to free all of
> them, hence displaying the warnings on dmesg.
> 
> The trick here is to make netfront to wait until netback frees all the g.e.'s
> and only then continue to cleanup for the module removal, and this is done
> by
> manipulating both device states.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> index 8b8689c6d887..b948e2a1ce40 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> @@ -2130,6 +2130,17 @@ static int xennet_remove(struct xenbus_device
> *dev)
> 
>  	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "%s\n", dev->nodename);
> 
> +	xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosing);
> +	while (xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) !=
> XenbusStateClosing){
> +		cpu_relax();
> +		schedule();
> +	}
> +	xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosed);
> +	while (dev->xenbus_state != XenbusStateClosed){
> +		cpu_relax();
> +		schedule();
> +	}
> +

Waitiing for closing should be ok but waiting for closed is risky. As soon as a backend is in the closed state then a toolstack can completely remove the backend xenstore area, resulting a state of XenbusStateUnknown, which would cause your second loop to spin forever.

  Paul

>  	xennet_disconnect_backend(info);
> 
>  	unregister_netdev(info->netdev);
> --
> 2.13.6