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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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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=
=20
> > things?  i.e. an operation with a semantic like "somebody asked me to g=
o=20
> > away, so next time you get the chance - could you do so as well (for I=
=20
> > depend on you being okay with this)?"  It seems overly complicated to a=
sk=20
> > classes that don't require a state save to implement a dedicated hook t=
o=20
> > go away on system shutdown.  For a "graceful orphanization", however, a=
ll=20
> > you need to do is keep a flag in the softc, pass down the request and=
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> > wait for the open count to drop to zero.
>=20
> 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.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd@FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!

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