xen-netback: enable user to unload netback module
This patch enables user to unload netback module, which is useful when user wants to upgrade to a newer netback module without rebooting the host. Netfront cannot handle netback removal event. As we cannot fix all possible frontends we add module get / put along with vif get / put to avoid mis-unloading of netback. To unload netback module, user needs to shutdown all VMs or migrate them to another host or unplug all vifs before hand. Signed-off-by:Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com> Acked-by:
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>¬> Signed-off-by:
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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- drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h 1 addition, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
- drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c 18 additions, 1 deletiondrivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
- drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c 20 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
- drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c 5 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
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