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    xen-netback: Check for hotplug-status existence before watching · 2afeec08
    Michael Brown authored
    The logic in connect() is currently written with the assumption that
    xenbus_watch_pathfmt() will return an error for a node that does not
    exist.  This assumption is incorrect: xenstore does allow a watch to
    be registered for a nonexistent node (and will send notifications
    should the node be subsequently created).
    
    As of commit 1f256578 ("xen-netback: remove 'hotplug-status' once it
    has served its purpose"), this leads to a failure when a domU
    transitions into XenbusStateConnected more than once.  On the first
    domU transition into Connected state, the "hotplug-status" node will
    be deleted by the hotplug_status_changed() callback in dom0.  On the
    second or subsequent domU transition into Connected state, the
    hotplug_status_changed() callback will therefore never be invoked, and
    so the backend will remain stuck in InitWait.
    
    This failure prevents scenarios such as reloading the xen-netfront
    module within a domU, or booting a domU via iPXE.  There is
    unfortunately no way for the domU to work around this dom0 bug.
    
    Fix by explicitly checking for existence of the "hotplug-status" node,
    thereby creating the behaviour that was previously assumed to exist.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarPaul Durrant <paul@xen.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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