[Xen-changelog] [xen master] libxl: ao abort: Note that driver domain task cannot be usefully aborted

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commit 698232a43a81a633c2c393df727b18e0d03da257
Author:     Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 10 17:18:23 2015 +0000
Commit:     Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Jun 26 16:53:50 2015 +0100

    libxl: ao abort: Note that driver domain task cannot be usefully aborted

    In practice, aborting this task will cause all subsequent actual
    backend operations to fail, but will not actually cause the
    libxl_device_events_handler operation to complete.

    Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
    ---
    v2: New in this version of the series.
---
 tools/libxl/libxl.h |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.h b/tools/libxl/libxl.h
index b5a8fdf..a1c5d15 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.h
@@ -1426,6 +1426,9 @@ libxl_device_pci *libxl_device_pci_list(libxl_ctx *ctx, 
uint32_t domid,
  * From a libxl API point of view, this starts a long-running
  * operation.  That operation consists of "being a driver domain"
  * and never completes.
+ *
+ * Attempting to abort this operation is not advisable; proper
+ * shutdown of the driver domain task is not supported.
  */
 int libxl_device_events_handler(libxl_ctx *ctx,
                                 const libxl_asyncop_how *ao_how)
--
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