Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] xen-blk{back, front}: Fix two bugs in 'feature_persistent'

[Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 10:51:05PM +0000, SeongJae Park wrote:
> 
> Introduction of 'feature_persistent' made two bugs.  First one is wrong
> overwrite of 'vbd->feature_gnt_persistent' in 'blkback' due to wrong
> parameter value caching position, and the second one is unintended
> behavioral change that could break previous dynamic frontend/backend
> persistent feature support changes.  This patchset fixes the issues.
> 
> Changes from v3
> (https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20220715175521.126649-1-sj@xxxxxxxxxx/)
> - Split 'blkback' patch for each of the two issues
> - Add 'Reported-by: Andrii Chepurnyi <andrii.chepurnyi82@xxxxxxxxx>'
> 
> Changes from v2
> (https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20220714224410.51147-1-sj@xxxxxxxxxx/)
> - Keep the behavioral change of v1
> - Update blkfront's counterpart to follow the changed behavior
> - Update documents for the changed behavior
> 
> Changes from v1
> (https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20220106091013.126076-1-mheyne@xxxxxxxxx/)
> - Avoid the behavioral change
>   (https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20220121102309.27802-1-sj@xxxxxxxxxx/)
> - Rebase on latest xen/tip/linux-next
> - Re-work by SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> - Cc stable@
> 
> Maximilian Heyne (1):
>   xen-blkback: Apply 'feature_persistent' parameter when connect
> 
> SeongJae Park (2):
>   xen-blkback: fix persistent grants negotiation
>   xen-blkfront: Apply 'feature_persistent' parameter when connect
> 
>  .../ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback      |  2 +-
>  .../ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront     |  2 +-
>  drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c            | 20 ++++++++-----------
>  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c                  |  4 +---
>  4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.25.1
> 

Changes look good to me. Thank you for reworking my patch and also fixing the
blkfront driver.

Reviewed-by: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@xxxxxxxxx>



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