Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] xen-blk{front,back}: Fix the broken semantic and flow of feature-persistent

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On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 05:08:17PM +0000, SeongJae Park wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:58:21 +0000 SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Changes from v1
> > (https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20220825161511.94922-1-sj@xxxxxxxxxx/)
> > - Fix the wrong feature_persistent caching position of blkfront
> > - Set blkfront's feature_persistent field setting with simple '&&'
> >   instead of 'if' (Pratyush Yadav)
> > 
> > This patchset fixes misuse of the 'feature-persistent' advertisement
> > semantic (patches 1 and 2), and the wrong timing of the
> > 'feature_persistent' value caching, which made persistent grants feature
> > always disabled.
> 
> Please note that I have some problem in my test setup and therefore was unable
> to fully test this patchset.  I am posting this though, as the impact of the
> bug is not trivial (always disabling persistent grants), and to make testing of
> my proposed fix from others easier.  Hope to get someone's test results or code
> review of this patchset even before I fix my test setup problem.

I can confirm it fixes the issue, thanks!

Tested-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Juergen, I didn't add your 'Reviewed-by:'s to the first two patches of this
> series because I changed some of the description for making it clear which bug
> and commit it is really fixing.  Specifically, I wordsmithed the working and
> changed 'Fixed:' tag.  Code change is almost same, though.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> SJ
> 
> > 
> > SeongJae Park (3):
> >   xen-blkback: Advertise feature-persistent as user requested
> >   xen-blkfront: Advertise feature-persistent as user requested
> >   xen-blkfront: Cache feature_persistent value before advertisement
> > 
> >  drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h |  3 +++
> >  drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c |  6 ++++--
> >  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c       | 20 ++++++++++++--------
> >  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > 
> > -- 
> > 2.25.1
> > 

-- 
Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab

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