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M. Warner Losh writes:

 > 
 > All that mtx_owned does is say 'does the current thread own this
 > lock'.  How does the DOS scenario relate to this?  In that case, the
 > current thread wouldn't own the lock (although another might) and
 > would eventually acquire it to do the tcpdump/ioctl.  I don't object
 > to checking suspend, but I'm curious as why you think that mtx_owned
 > might present a probelm.
 > 

Brain fart on my part.  Sorry.  That seems fine.

Drew