Re: [PATCH] [XenVif] Skip stale device config...

[Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/02/2023 08:11, Owen Smith wrote:
> ...when checking child compatibility
>
> When a device is updated, the Enum key for the old binding is not deleted.
> This can lead to a device binding that is not in use (has been replaced by
> a later binding) triggering the coinstaller to fail the upgrade to a newer
> version. This is especially prevelent when the older stale information was
> bound to a revision that is not present in the new driver INF file.
>
> This fix ignores the stale entries under the Enum key when performing the
> compatibility checks.
>
> This is similar to the XenBus commit 16c8ad0c446eded7246cc5f3d72de0bc3ff7baf5
> which handles the same failure for XenBus's child devices
>
> Signed-off-by: Owen Smith <owen.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   src/coinst/coinst.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>