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Date:      Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:35:40 +0800
From:      Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@MyBSD.org.my>
To:        pyunyh@gmail.com, minimarmot@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: panic upon kldunload snd_ich (lor # 159)
Message-ID:  <20050915143540.72b66996.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my>
In-Reply-To: <20050915043448.GB18332@rndsoft.co.kr>
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:34:48 +0900
Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:46:53AM +0800, Ariff Abdullah wrote:
>  > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:45:09 +0900
>  > Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > That would be supposed to fix the LOR message. But I'd like to
>  > > keep lock ordering between snd_mutex and sndstat_lock. Since
>  > > sndstat_read() could be called at any time there is an implicit
>  > > lock order. I think switching to sx lock from mutex in sndstat
>  > > code was to allow uiomove with lock held. IMO, it would be even
>  > > better to rewrite sndstat_read() without using uiomove such that
>  > > it can also use standard mutex rather than sx lock.
>  > > 
>  > I tend to agree with you. Since that sndstat_busy() isn't enough,
>  > how about we acquire the entire sndstat so nobody can monkey with
>  > it (as the proposed / attached diff) and at the same time avoiding
>  > this LOR message. It seems much better rather than locking sndstat
>  > after sndstat_busy() and much of pcm_unregister() procedures, only
>  > to find out that somebody acquire it within that moment.
>  > 
> 
> I didn't try the patch but it looks good to me. :-)
> If you have more time would you please fix race in sndstat_open()?
> 
> Minor note : I think it is better to use sx_xunlock ranther than
> sx_unlock as sx_xunlock clearly indicates which type of locks held.
> 
o my, that was a mass typo. Will fix it.


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