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To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
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Subject: Re: vgone() calling VOP_CLOSE() -> blocked threads? 
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>To be honest, I'm not completely sure how to solve this issue, though I
>know it should at least do something similar to this:
>
>- The device driver should have a seperate routine (d_revoke) to wake
>  up any blocked threads, to make sure they leave the device driver
>  properly.

It's already there, it's called d_purge().


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