The patch at
http://people.freebsd.org/~glebius/totest/netgraph_callout
has been updated. Now it covers the following nodes:
ng_bridge.c
ng_l2tp.c
ng_lmi.c
ng_pppoe.c
ng_pptpgre.c
One more time I ask for testing. The patch can be applied both to HEAD
and RELENG_5.
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 06:10:48PM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
T> Dear collegues,
T>
T> we are working on making netgraph ISR mpsafe. To do it we need to
T> fix all (ab)users of bare timeout(9) in src/sys/netgraph. These
T> timeout calls are running in synch with netgraph now because timeout(9)
T> is Giant-locked. As soon as we mark ISR mpsafe, they are going to break.
T>
T> This patch semi-mechanically changes all timeout(9) calls to
ng_callout(9),
T> which runs scheduled callouts in netgraph context:
T>
T> http://people.freebsd.org/~glebius/totest/netgraph_callout
T>
T> It can be applied to HEAD or RELENG_5 (not 5.3-RELEASE). It patches
T> the following nodes:
T>
T> ng_bridge.c
T> ng_l2tp.c
T> ng_lmi.c
T> ng_ppp.c
T> ng_pppoe.c
T> ng_tty.c
T>
T> If you are using at least one of them, then I'm asking you to test the
T> patch and respond. Thanks in advance!
T>
T> P.S. Sorry for crossposting. The target users are both RELENG_5 and
CURRENT.
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Totus tuus, Glebius.
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