From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 26 11:23:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15EB16A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:23:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from helium.webpack.hosteurope.de (helium.webpack.hosteurope.de [217.115.142.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 394F543D58 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:23:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from me@hexren.net) Received: by helium.webpack.hosteurope.de running Exim 4.34 using asmtp helo=hexren.steenbuck.net) id 1D502G-0006Ut-I0; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:23:00 +0100 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:22:59 +0100 From: Hexren X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62i) Business X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <72456382.20050226122259@hexren.net> To: Odhiambo Washington In-Reply-To: <20050225164156.GC43437@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <200502211852.01792.max@love2party.net> <200502251734.08309.max@love2party.net> <20050225164156.GC43437@ns2.wananchi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Please test: MPSAFE callouts X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Hexren List-Id: Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter (pf) List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:23:04 -0000 OW> * Max Laier [20050225 19:34]: wrote: >> On Monday 21 February 2005 18:51, Max Laier wrote: >> > All, >> > >> > Pyun reminded me that we are still useing Giant to protect our callouts. We >> > don't have to since we protect our code in there with our own mutex and the >> > netstack is Giant-free as well now (provided that mpsafenet is enabled). >> > >> > If you have testing capabilities, please take the attached diffs for a ride >> > (on SMP hardware) with debug.mpsafenet=1 and MPSAFE NICs. It'd be great if >> > we could enable it for 5.4R, but we need proper testing to do so! >> > >> > NOTE: If you use user/group rules you still need to set debug.mpsafenet=0, >> > but testing of this scenario is welcome as well. >> > >> > Thanks in advance for your feedback! >> >> Has anyone even cared enough to compile this? C'mon it's not that hard and we >> really need some feedback! OW> I don't have an SMP hardware otherwise I could have tried ;) --------------------------------------------- For showing that I actually read what is postet here ;) Me too :(