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    xen-netfront: wait xenbus state change when load module manually · b03ca669
    Xiao Liang authored
    [ Upstream commit 822fb18a ]
    
    When loading module manually, after call xenbus_switch_state to initializes
    the state of the netfront device, the driver state did not change so fast
    that may lead no dev created in latest kernel. This patch adds wait to make
    sure xenbus knows the driver is not in closed/unknown state.
    
    Current state:
    [vm]# ethtool eth0
    Settings for eth0:
    	Link detected: yes
    [vm]# modprobe -r xen_netfront
    [vm]# modprobe  xen_netfront
    [vm]# ethtool eth0
    Settings for eth0:
    Cannot get device settings: No such device
    Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: No such device
    Cannot get message level: No such device
    Cannot get link status: No such device
    No data available
    
    With the patch installed.
    [vm]# ethtool eth0
    Settings for eth0:
    	Link detected: yes
    [vm]# modprobe -r xen_netfront
    [vm]# modprobe xen_netfront
    [vm]# ethtool eth0
    Settings for eth0:
    	Link detected: yes
    Signed-off-by: default avatarXiao Liang <xiliang@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    b03ca669
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