cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fxp if_fxp.c if_fxpvar.h

Peter Jeremy peterjeremy at optushome.com.au
Mon May 5 13:28:50 PDT 2003


On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 06:24:08PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote:
>I have run various versions of the patch for about 3 weeks and the final
>version with no changes for about a week, all without Giant.  The reason
>why I did not see ifnet problems even though I processed ~400M packets was
>because all ifnet processing happened to be with the fxp lock held and my
>laptop only had one network interface.  This is not an intentional part of
>the patch; it is not an attempt to protect ifnet with a local fxp lock!  

What about the loopback interface (and maybe other virtual interfaces)?
Do you have lo0 disabled or does something else protect it?

Peter


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