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Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:17:28 +0400
From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, net@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Transitioning if_addr_lock to an rwlock
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On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:30:01AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
J> You can find the patch for 8.x at 
J> http://www.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/if_addr_rwlock.patch

Just my two pennies: for head/ patching if ip_carp.c should
be straightforward:

1) Using W in carp_alloc_if() and carp_free_if().
2) Using R everywhere else.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.