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Date:      Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:41:54 +0300
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
To:        current@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [TEST] netgraph callout interface
Message-ID:  <20041207124154.GA76825@cell.sick.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20041202151048.GA33485@cell.sick.ru>
References:  <20041202151048.GA33485@cell.sick.ru>

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  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.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE



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