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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber•org>
To: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix•com>
Cc: <xen-devel@lists•xen.org>, <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	<ian.campbell@citrix•com>, <konrad.wilk@oracle•com>,
	<annie.li@oracle•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] netback: add module unload function
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 13:58:31 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130304135831.4d52eddc@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1360944010-15336-3-git-send-email-wei.liu2@citrix.com>

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:00:03 +0000
Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix•com> wrote:

> Enable users to unload netback module. Users should make sure there is not vif
> runnig.


Isn't it likely that some admin might be trying to cleanup or do shutdown and there
is an ordering problem. What happens if vif's are still running?

Why depend on users? You should allow it anytime and do refcounting and auto-destroy the vif's for them.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-03-04 21:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-15 16:00 [PATCH 0/8] Bugfix and mechanical works for Xen network driver Wei Liu
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 1/8] netback: don't bind kthread to cpu Wei Liu
2013-03-04 20:51   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 13:30     ` Wei Liu
2013-03-05 13:56       ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 14:04         ` Wei Liu
2013-03-05 14:42         ` David Vrabel
2013-03-05 15:52           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 2/8] netback: add module unload function Wei Liu
2013-03-04 20:55   ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-04 20:58     ` Andrew Cooper
2013-03-05 13:30     ` Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:58   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2013-03-05 13:30     ` Wei Liu
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 3/8] netback: get/put module along with vif connect/disconnect Wei Liu
2013-03-04 20:56   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 10:02   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2013-03-05 13:30     ` Wei Liu
2013-03-05 14:07       ` David Vrabel
2013-03-05 14:44         ` Wei Liu
2013-03-05 15:53         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 4/8] xenbus_client: Extend interface to support multi-page ring Wei Liu
2013-02-15 16:17   ` [Xen-devel] " Jan Beulich
2013-02-15 16:33     ` Wei Liu
2013-02-15 16:59       ` Jan Beulich
2013-02-15 17:01         ` Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:12   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 10:25   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 5/8] netback: multi-page ring support Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:00   ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-03-05 10:41   ` David Vrabel
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 6/8] netfront: " Wei Liu
2013-02-26  6:52   ` ANNIE LI
2013-02-26 12:35     ` Wei Liu
2013-02-27  7:39       ` ANNIE LI
2013-02-27 15:49         ` Wei Liu
2013-02-28  5:19           ` ANNIE LI
2013-02-28 11:02             ` Wei Liu
2013-02-28 12:55               ` annie li
2013-03-04 21:16   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 7/8] netback: split event channels support Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:22   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-15 16:00 ` [PATCH 8/8] netfront: " Wei Liu
2013-03-04 21:24   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-02-26  3:07 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Bugfix and mechanical works for Xen network driver ANNIE LI
2013-02-26 11:33   ` Wei Liu

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