Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 12 of 14 v4] libxl: set frontend status to 6 on domain destroy

[Roger Pau Monnà <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2011/12/14 Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Yes, if I delete the frontend from xenstore, the devices are detached.
>> Anyway, doing it one way or another (deletion or setting state to 6)
>> doesn't really make a difference, you still have to wait for the
>> backend to be disconnected (detached) before executing hotplug
>> scripts.
>
> So device destruction could be achieved by simply deleting the backend
> directory. ÂBut, we would need some other way to detect when the
> backend has actually closed the device so that we can run the script.

Device detach, will in turn allows destruction, can be achieved in two ways:

 * Set frontend status to 6.
 * Remove frontend entries.

There is no need to change backend entries to force detach a device.

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