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Date:      Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:43:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        nate@root.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fxp if_fxp.c if_fxpvar.h
Message-ID:  <20030430093931.V31027@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de>
In-Reply-To: <20030429.122808.116092806.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <20030429054515.D74EF37B490@hub.freebsd.org> <20030429.122808.116092806.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:

MWL>In message: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0304291101001.75697-100000@root.org>

MWL>: >           4) Return immediately if gone is true in fxp_ioctl
MWL>: >           5) Return immediately if gone is true in fxp_intr
MWL>:
MWL>: Not sure this approach is necessary.
MWL>
MWL>I am.  Otherwise ioctl panics with recursive locks when the card is
MWL>detached.  A simple kld_unload if_fxp would provoke these races,
MWL>including the recursive lock panic.

You can replace the pointers to ioctl and start with pointers to dummy
functions. In fact, an if_dead(ifp) function which does just this would
be nice to have.

harti
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