/* setup back pointer */
        be->blkif->be = be;
 
-       err = xenbus_watch_pathfmt(dev, &be->backend_watch, backend_changed,
+       err = xenbus_watch_pathfmt(dev, &be->backend_watch, NULL,
+                                  backend_changed,
                                   "%s/%s", dev->nodename, "physical-device");
        if (err)
                goto fail;
 
        xenvif_carrier_on(be->vif);
 
        unregister_hotplug_status_watch(be);
-       err = xenbus_watch_pathfmt(dev, &be->hotplug_status_watch,
+       err = xenbus_watch_pathfmt(dev, &be->hotplug_status_watch, NULL,
                                   hotplug_status_changed,
                                   "%s/%s", dev->nodename, "hotplug-status");
        if (!err)
 
 
        /* watch the backend node for backend configuration information */
        err = xenbus_watch_path(dev, dev->nodename, &pdev->be_watch,
-                               xen_pcibk_be_watch);
+                               NULL, xen_pcibk_be_watch);
        if (err)
                goto out;
 
 
  */
 int xenbus_watch_path(struct xenbus_device *dev, const char *path,
                      struct xenbus_watch *watch,
+                     bool (*will_handle)(struct xenbus_watch *,
+                                         const char *, const char *),
                      void (*callback)(struct xenbus_watch *,
                                       const char *, const char *))
 {
        int err;
 
        watch->node = path;
-       watch->will_handle = NULL;
+       watch->will_handle = will_handle;
        watch->callback = callback;
 
        err = register_xenbus_watch(watch);
 
        if (err) {
                watch->node = NULL;
+               watch->will_handle = NULL;
                watch->callback = NULL;
                xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "adding watch on %s", path);
        }
  */
 int xenbus_watch_pathfmt(struct xenbus_device *dev,
                         struct xenbus_watch *watch,
+                        bool (*will_handle)(struct xenbus_watch *,
+                                       const char *, const char *),
                         void (*callback)(struct xenbus_watch *,
                                          const char *, const char *),
                         const char *pathfmt, ...)
                xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENOMEM, "allocating path for watch");
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
-       err = xenbus_watch_path(dev, path, watch, callback);
+       err = xenbus_watch_path(dev, path, watch, will_handle, callback);
 
        if (err)
                kfree(path);
 
                container_of(dev->dev.bus, struct xen_bus_type, bus);
 
        return xenbus_watch_pathfmt(dev, &dev->otherend_watch,
-                                   bus->otherend_changed,
+                                   NULL, bus->otherend_changed,
                                    "%s/%s", dev->otherend, "state");
 }
 
 
 
 int xenbus_watch_path(struct xenbus_device *dev, const char *path,
                      struct xenbus_watch *watch,
+                     bool (*will_handle)(struct xenbus_watch *,
+                                         const char *, const char *),
                      void (*callback)(struct xenbus_watch *,
                                       const char *, const char *));
-__printf(4, 5)
+__printf(5, 6)
 int xenbus_watch_pathfmt(struct xenbus_device *dev, struct xenbus_watch *watch,
+                        bool (*will_handle)(struct xenbus_watch *,
+                                            const char *, const char *),
                         void (*callback)(struct xenbus_watch *,
                                          const char *, const char *),
                         const char *pathfmt, ...);