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Probe xnf(4) and xbf(4) on Xen 4.17
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 10:18 PM Jonathan Gray <jsg@jsg.id.au> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 05:14:00PM -0700, Joel Knight wrote:
> > Hi. As reported here[1], something changed between Xen 4.13 and 4.17
> > which causes xnf and xbf to no longer probe on boot. The culprit
> > appears to be XenStore advertising a "9pfs" device, which OpenBSD
> > doesn't support, so xen_probe_devices() aborts early. The 9pfs device
> > is first in the list of devices returned by XS.
> >
>
> Why is a device not attaching fatal?
>
> Could the below diff work instead? I can't find a list of xen devices,
> but that would avoid the same problem the next time another is added.
>
> Index: sys/dev/pv/xen.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/pv/xen.c,v
> diff -u -p -U8 -r1.98 xen.c
> --- sys/dev/pv/xen.c 24 May 2024 10:05:55 -0000 1.98
> +++ sys/dev/pv/xen.c 20 Nov 2024 05:10:47 -0000
> @@ -1421,17 +1421,17 @@ xen_probe_devices(struct xen_softc *sc)
> for (j = 0; j < iov2_cnt; j++) {
> error = xen_attach_device(sc, xdl,
> (const char *)iovp1[i].iov_base,
> (const char *)iovp2[j].iov_base);
> if (error) {
> printf("%s: failed to attach \"%s/%s\"\n",
> sc->sc_dev.dv_xname, path,
> (const char *)iovp2[j].iov_base);
> - goto out;
> + continue;
> }
> }
> /* Setup a watch for every device subtree */
> if (xs_watch(sc, "device", (char *)iovp1[i].iov_base,
> &xdl->dl_task, xen_hotplug, xdl))
> printf("%s: failed to setup hotplug watch for \"%s\"\n",
> sc->sc_dev.dv_xname, (char *)iovp1[i].iov_base);
> SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&sc->sc_devlists, xdl, dl_entry);
>
>
Fair. This works as well. Might as well remove the special case for
the 'suspend' device while we're at it.
On this version of Xen, there are just the 3 devices:
% hostctl device
9pfs
vbd
vif
dmesg with attached diff:
bios0: vendor Xen version "4.17" date 10/02/2024
bios0: Xen HVM domU
pvbus0 at mainbus0: Xen 4.17
xen0 at pvbus0: features 0x112705, 64 grant table frames, event channel 3
xen0: failed to attach "device/9pfs/"
xbf0 at xen0 backend 0 channel 8: cdrom
xbf1 at xen0 backend 0 channel 8: disk
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <Xen, phy xvda 768, 0000>
xbf2 at xen0 backend 0 channel 9: disk
sd1 at scsibus2 targ 0 lun 0: <Xen, phy xvdb 832, 0000>
xnf0 at xen0 backend 0 channel 10: address 4e:4b:b7:f4:f4:94
xspd0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "XenSource Platform Device" rev 0x02
xen0: failed to attach "device/9pfs/"
Index: sys/dev/pv/xen.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/pv/xen.c,v
diff -p -u -r1.98 xen.c
--- sys/dev/pv/xen.c 24 May 2024 10:05:55 -0000 1.98
+++ sys/dev/pv/xen.c 20 Nov 2024 14:05:52 -0000
@@ -1403,8 +1403,6 @@ xen_probe_devices(struct xen_softc *sc)
return (error);
for (i = 0; i < iov1_cnt; i++) {
- if (strcmp("suspend", (char *)iovp1[i].iov_base) == 0)
- continue;
snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "device/%s",
(char *)iovp1[i].iov_base);
if ((error = xs_cmd(&xst, XS_LIST, path, &iovp2,
@@ -1426,7 +1424,7 @@ xen_probe_devices(struct xen_softc *sc)
printf("%s: failed to attach \"%s/%s\"\n",
sc->sc_dev.dv_xname, path,
(const char *)iovp2[j].iov_base);
- goto out;
+ continue;
}
}
/* Setup a watch for every device subtree */
Probe xnf(4) and xbf(4) on Xen 4.17