Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Revert "xen-netback: remove 'hotplug-status' once it has served its purpose"

On 22/02/2022 00:18, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:

This reverts commit 1f2565780e9b7218cf92c7630130e82dcc0fe9c2.

The 'hotplug-status' node should not be removed as long as the vif
device remains configured. Otherwise the xen-netback would wait for
re-running the network script even if it was already called (in case of
the frontent re-connecting). But also, it _should_ be removed when the
vif device is destroyed (for example when unbinding the driver) -
otherwise hotplug script would not configure the device whenever it
re-appear.

Moving removal of the 'hotplug-status' node was a workaround for nothing
calling network script after xen-netback module is reloaded. But when
vif interface is re-created (on xen-netback unbind/bind for example),
the script should be called, regardless of who does that - currently
this case is not handled by the toolstack, and requires manual
script call. Keeping hotplug-status=connected to skip the call is wrong
and leads to not configured interface.

More discussion at
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/afedd7cb-a291-e773-8b0d-4db9b291fa98@ipxe.org/T/#u (local)

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>