FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xen/xenbus: Count pending messages for each watch" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree

index e8bdbd0a1e26..12e02eb01f59 100644
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ int xs_watch_msg(struct xs_watch_event *event)
 				 event->path, event->token))) {
 		spin_lock(&watch_events_lock);
 		list_add_tail(&event->list, &watch_events);
+		event->handle->nr_pending++;
 		wake_up(&watch_events_waitq);
 		spin_unlock(&watch_events_lock);
 	} else

@@ -768,6 +769,8 @@ int register_xenbus_watch(struct xenbus_watch *watch)
 
 	sprintf(token, "%lX", (long)watch);
 
+	watch->nr_pending = 0;
+
 	down_read(&xs_watch_rwsem);
 
 	spin_lock(&watches_lock);

@@ -817,11 +820,14 @@ void unregister_xenbus_watch(struct xenbus_watch *watch)
 
 	/* Cancel pending watch events. */
 	spin_lock(&watch_events_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &watch_events, list) {
-		if (event->handle != watch)
-			continue;
-		list_del(&event->list);
-		kfree(event);
+	if (watch->nr_pending) {
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &watch_events, list) {
+			if (event->handle != watch)
+				continue;
+			list_del(&event->list);
+			kfree(event);
+		}
+		watch->nr_pending = 0;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&watch_events_lock);
 

@@ -868,7 +874,6 @@ void xs_suspend_cancel(void)
 
 static int xenwatch_thread(void *unused)
 {
-	struct list_head *ent;
 	struct xs_watch_event *event;
 
 	xenwatch_pid = current->pid;

@@ -883,13 +888,15 @@ static int xenwatch_thread(void *unused)
 		mutex_lock(&xenwatch_mutex);
 
 		spin_lock(&watch_events_lock);
-		ent = watch_events.next;
-		if (ent != &watch_events)
-			list_del(ent);
+		event = list_first_entry_or_null(&watch_events,
+				struct xs_watch_event, list);
+		if (event) {
+			list_del(&event->list);
+			event->handle->nr_pending--;
+		}
 		spin_unlock(&watch_events_lock);
 
-		if (ent != &watch_events) {
-			event = list_entry(ent, struct xs_watch_event, list);
+		if (event) {
 			event->handle->callback(event->handle, event->path,
 						event->token);
 			kfree(event);

index c8574d1b814c..00c7235ae93e 100644
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ struct xenbus_watch
 	/* Path being watched. */
 	const char *node;
 
+	unsigned int nr_pending;
+
 	/*
 	 * Called just before enqueing new event while a spinlock is held.
 	 * The event will be discarded if this callback returns false.