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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Talk_to_backend on xenbus_probe only if drv->probe was sucessful


  • To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Murillo Bernardes <mfb@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:35:45 -0200
  • Delivery-date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:37:47 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>

Hi,

This patch makes xenbus_probe only call talk_to_backend if drv->probe() was 
sucessful.

There is no sense in add a watch before drv->probe, because if it fails the 
otherend_changed callback will be called and receive a struct with invalid 
pointers and we get a segfault (ooops).

-- 
Murillo Fernandes Bernardes
IBM Linux Technology Center

Attachment: talk_to_backend-after-drv_probe.patch
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