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From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: Joerg Pulz <Joerg.Pulz@frm2.tum.de>
Subject: Locking fixes for xl(4)
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The patch below fixes several locking nits including the LOR involving 
taskqueue_drain()for xl(4).  It does not use taskqueue_stop() (it's #ifdef'd 
out) as it is not needed for correct operation, just as an optimization.  
Please test and let me know how it works.  Thanks.

http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/xl_locking.patch

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