cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi.c

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sun Dec 5 14:19:49 PST 2004


In message <41B388C6.5090409 at root.org>, Nate Lawson writes:
>M. Warner Losh wrote:
>> In message: <200412050135.iB51ZJJl040909 at repoman.freebsd.org>
>>             Nate Lawson <njl at FreeBSD.org> writes:
>> :   If we are resuming non-MPSAFE drivers, they need Giant held for them.
>> 
>> Generally, when walking the device tree, one must have Giant.  I've
>> been meaning to add asserts for this in the tree...  I think that we
>> have enough things giant is pushed out of that it is time...
>
>I'd like that.  I think the GIANT_REQUIRED asserts should go in the 
>root_bus suspend/resume/shutdown methods, not in acpi.  This will cover 
>everyone unless a driver drops Giant and doesn't reacquire it (unlikely).

In Geom I assert after I call driver methods, just to catch that case
as well.

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