Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix xenconsole after aborted save

[Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 15:38:41 +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On 04/20/09 15:23, Jiri Denemark wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> When a domain is resumed after aborted save (e.g., because of insufficient
>> space on a device where the domain is being saved), xm console cannot
>> send/read any data. The reason is that the event channel used by xenconsole
>> stays unbound.
>>
>> This patch modifies xenconsoled to check current status of open event 
>> channels
>> and rebind them if necessary.
>
> close() + open() is the sledge hammer approach (will work though).  Just  
> unbind(local_port) should be enough.

It doesn't close() and open(), it just calls xc_evtchn_bind_interdomain() in
case the event channel is unbound. The close() + open() combination was there
before... I haven't touched that code except for skipping it when only rebind
is required.


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