On 06/03/14 10:22, Jiri Denemark wrote:
> [1] reported that we are removing network's backend too early. I didn't
> really get the reproducer but libvirt behaves strangely when a guest
> does not confirm the removal, e.g., it does not support PCI hotplug. In
> such case, detaching a network device leaves its frontend in place but
> removes the backend, which makes the device unusable for the guest.
> Moreover attaching the same device again succeeds and both the guest and
> libvirt will see two network interfaces attached but only one of them is
> actually working.
> 
> I checked with Paolo Bonzini and he confirmed we should only remove a
> backend after seeing DEVICE_DELETED event for a corresponding frontend.
> 
> [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-March/msg01740.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <[email protected]>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     Version 2:
>     - return int and propagate errors
> 
>  src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c | 68 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> 

ACK

Peter


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