[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkfront: emit KOBJ_OFFLINE uevent when detaching device
On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 06:53:25AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote : > >>> On 05.07.17 at 14:37, <vincent.legout@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 02:17:24AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote : > >> >>> On 05.07.17 at 10:08, <vincent.legout@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Without the patch, blkif_release and xlvbd_release_gendisk are never > >> > called, and no call to blk_unregister_queue is made. > >> > >> But isn't that what needs to be fixed then? The device should be > >> removed once its last user goes away (which would be at the time > >> the umount is eventually done aiui). > > > > You mean that block-detach should fail if the device is still mounted? > > or find a way to wait until all the users are gone? > > > > I don't say that's not what should be done, but that's not what I get. > > The device is removed after a block-detach, even if still mounted. So > > the system is left in an unstable state without the patch. > > Unstable? I'd expect subsequent I/O to fail for that device, yes, but > that's still a stable system. Are you observing anything else? Yes, that's what I meant by unstable, nothing else. Sorry for the confusion. Vincent _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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