Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:17:57 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: "Christian S.J. Peron" <csjp@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net bpf.c Message-ID: <200805071617.57772.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200706150253.l5F2rpBV089069@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200706150253.l5F2rpBV089069@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Thursday 14 June 2007 10:53:51 pm Christian S.J. Peron wrote: > csjp 2007-06-15 02:53:51 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/net bpf.c > Log: > - Conditionally pickup Giant around the network interface > ioctl routines if we are running with !mpsafenet > - Change un-conditional Giant acquisition around ifpromisc > to occur only if we are running with !mpsafenet > > With these locking bits in place, we can now remove the Giant > requirement from BPF, so drop the D_NEEDGIANT device flag. > This change removes Giant acquisitions around BPF device > handlers (read, write, ioctl etc). > > MFC after: 1 month > Discussed with: rwatson Would it be ok to MFC this to 6.x? (Looks like it was just never MFC'd, was curious if a reason came up why it couldn't be MFC'd?) -- John Baldwin
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