Re: [PATCHv2] xen-netfront: remove warning when unloading module

[Juergen Gross]

On 23/11/17 15:18, Eduardo Otubo wrote:
> v2:
>  * Replace busy wait with wait_event()/wake_up_all()
>  * Cannot garantee that at the time xennet_remove is called, the
>    xen_netback state will not be XenbusStateClosed, so added a
>    condition for that
>  * There's a small chance for the xen_netback state is
>    XenbusStateUnknown by the time the xen_netfront switches to Closed,
>    so added a condition for that.
> 
> 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>

Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>


Juergen