Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:42:52 +0100 (CET) From: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: disk_*(9) API change mega-patch Message-ID: <20040205114149.I618@korben.in.tern> In-Reply-To: <39982.1075975367@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <39982.1075975367@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > This is a mostly mechanical and largely untested patch, so please test > carefully if you have the necessary hardware. > > Kernel patch: > http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/disk.patch > [...] > This patch changes the disk_*(9) API so that ownership of the "struct > disk" is moved from the device drivers to GEOM. This removes a lot > of trouble from the disk_destroy(9) handling, which should be robust > with this patch. Will this be a solution for the deadlock we were discussing lately on geom@? regards, le -- Lukas Ertl eMail: l.ertl@univie.ac.at UNIX Systemadministrator Tel.: (+43 1) 4277-14073 Vienna University Computer Center Fax.: (+43 1) 4277-9140 University of Vienna http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~le/
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