Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:02:29 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror comes up DEGRADED Message-ID: <20061220160229.GE88356@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20061220155736.GD88356@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <200612161537.21348.max@love2party.net> <20061216170910.GC10541@garage.freebsd.pl> <200612190241.13265.max@love2party.net> <20061220155736.GD88356@garage.freebsd.pl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 04:57:36PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 02:41:05AM +0100, Max Laier wrote: > > Would it make sense to have a "graceful orphanization" for this kind of > > things? i.e. an operation with a semantic like "somebody asked me to go > > away, so next time you get the chance - could you do so as well (for I > > depend on you being okay with this)?" It seems overly complicated to ask > > classes that don't require a state save to implement a dedicated hook to > > go away on system shutdown. For a "graceful orphanization", however, all > > you need to do is keep a flag in the softc, pass down the request and > > wait for the open count to drop to zero. > > Most classes don't have to open provider below immediately - they open > them on first open of their providers. For example BSD class doesn't hold > MBR provider open if not needed. When you open ad0s1a, BSD class opens > ad0s1, then MBR class opens ad0. Some classes have to keep providers > open all the time or it's just easier that way, because of complex error > handling. MIRROR class for example may want to synchronize components > even if its provider is not open. Let me add the conclusion. For those simple GEOM classes that don't have to use shutdown hooks. -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFiV6VForvXbEpPzQRAsulAJ9Yn2siS1dWXObbg3Q3rWcSyZUfQQCdFeQ5 ASYQCKpBwRQ73qw6JLzBXYk= =XtaY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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