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Date:      Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:05:46 -0800
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
To:        Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r357051 - head/sys/dev/bge
Message-ID:  <20200123230546.GG1268@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAFMmRNyP5nKPZ62c9yRktH4t23GAgnpc2u8kHhUevUCu3doAQQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 02:17:33PM -0500, Ryan Stone wrote:
R> What is a driver's responsibility now for entering/leaving the net epoch now?

For drivers that are 'special', entering the net epoch is necessary. Special
usually means running if_input outside network interrupt context.

However, there is plan to generalize entering/exiting epoch for taskqueues
and callouts.

-- 
Gleb Smirnoff



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