Re: [PATCH for-4.6 v2] tools/hotplug: Add an initscript to start "xl devd" in a driver domain

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>]

On Fri, 2015-07-17 at 10:05 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 05:58:27PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > The removal of the udev rules highlighted that although it has been
> > replaced by "xl devd" there isn't an initscript to replace it.
> > 
> > To enable this add a --pidfile option to xl devd.
> > 
> > Tested on Linux by running the script in dom0 and checking the daemon
> > was started/stopped, but not in an actual driver domain environment
> > since I don't have one conveniently available. I also checked that
> > running without the --pidfile option still works.
> > 
> > Scripts mainly cribbed from the xencommons for each platform.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
> > Cc: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
> > Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@darnok.org>
> > Cc: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
> > ---
> > For 4.6: I think having removed the udev rules we ought to include
> > this, it's basically zero risk to normal operation.
> > 
> > Nothing seems to start xl devd for domain 0 in *BSD, nor is xenbackend
> > started. Is that correct?
> > 
> 
> With my RM hat on:
> 
> Release-acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>

Applied, thanks,



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