Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open

2018-01-16 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 01/11/2018 04:36 AM, Ross Lagerwall wrote: > When a netfront device is set up it registers a netdev fairly early on, > before it has set up the queues and is actually usable. A userspace tool > like NetworkManager will immediately try to open it and access its state > as soon as it appears. The

Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open

2018-01-11 Thread David Miller
From: Ross Lagerwall Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:27:20 + > On 01/11/2018 04:08 PM, David Miller wrote: >> From: Ross Lagerwall >> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:49:07 + >> >>> I've now added CC'd netdev on the other two. >> That doesn't work. >> If you don't post the originals explicitly to ne

Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open

2018-01-11 Thread Ross Lagerwall
On 01/11/2018 04:08 PM, David Miller wrote: From: Ross Lagerwall Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:49:07 + I've now added CC'd netdev on the other two. That doesn't work. If you don't post the originals explicitly to netdev then it won't get properly queued in patchwork. The series fixes two

Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open

2018-01-11 Thread David Miller
From: Ross Lagerwall Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:49:07 + > I've now added CC'd netdev on the other two. That doesn't work. If you don't post the originals explicitly to netdev then it won't get properly queued in patchwork.

Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open

2018-01-11 Thread Ross Lagerwall
On 01/11/2018 03:26 PM, David Miller wrote: From: Ross Lagerwall Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:36:38 + When a netfront device is set up it registers a netdev fairly early on, before it has set up the queues and is actually usable. A userspace tool like NetworkManager will immediately try to op

Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open

2018-01-11 Thread David Miller
From: Ross Lagerwall Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:36:38 + > When a netfront device is set up it registers a netdev fairly early on, > before it has set up the queues and is actually usable. A userspace tool > like NetworkManager will immediately try to open it and access its state > as soon as i