geom access method and g_topology_lock

[Andriy Gapon]

on 25/10/2012 11:41 Poul-Henning Kamp said the following:
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> In message <5088FA15.30205 at FreeBSD.org>, Andriy Gapon writes:
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>> Both pieces look sane and non-racy (because of g_topology_assert) until we allow
>> g_access (some geom access method, rather) to drop the topology lock.
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> You lost me there.
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> g_access() cannot do its job without holding the topology lock.
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Will it help if I repeat my original questions:

Is that bad if a geom's access method drops and re-acquires g_topology_lock
while doing some internal stuff?
Is that allowed at all?

To clarify, if that's needed, by "geom's access method" I meant the 'access'
member with g_access_t type in struct g_geom.

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Andriy Gapon