Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V5 30/32] libxl: consider force removal of device successful

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wei Liu writes ("[PATCH V5 30/32] libxl: consider force removal of device 
successful"):
> The current behavior of libxl to remove a device is, if the backend
> times out, libxl will initiate a force removal (destroy) of that device.
> However, libxl still returns failure in that case, even if the force
> removal was successful.
> 
> If a device is force removed and the force removal succeeds, from
> guest's PoV this device is gone. Libxl should consider this a
> successful case as well.

I think that the problem should be reported to the caller somehow.  I
would invent a new libxl status code.

Ian.

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