svn commit: r187978 - user/thompsa/usb/sys/dev/usb2/ethernet
M. Warner Losh
imp at bsdimp.com
Mon Feb 9 15:03:47 PST 2009
In message: <20090209223439.GP68801 at elvis.mu.org>
Alfred Perlstein <alfred at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: * M. Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> [090201 21:24] wrote:
: > In message: <20090202051421.GE43513 at michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr>
: > Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh at gmail.com> writes:
: > : On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 09:52:18PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > : > In message: <20090202044416.GC43513 at michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr>
: > : > Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh at gmail.com> writes:
: > : > : On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 08:36:18PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > : > : > In message: <20090201213749.GJ32503 at citylink.fud.org.nz>
: > : > : > Andrew Thompson <thompsa at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > : > : > : On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 02:28:08PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > : > : > : > In message: <200902010650.n116obU1045871 at svn.freebsd.org>
: > : > : > : > Andrew Thompson <thompsa at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > : > : > : > : + locked = mtx_owned(&sc->sc_mtx);
: > : > : > : > : + if (!locked)
: > : > : > : > : + AUE_LOCK(sc);
: > : > : > : >
: > : > : > : > You do know this is racy, right?
: > : > : > :
: > : > : > : Yea... It only get called unlocked during mii probe+attach so its fine.
: > : > : > : I havnt actaully checked if its ok to hold a mutex during
: > : > : > : mii_phy_probe() which would make this go away.
: > : > : >
: > : > : > You hold GIANT when probe+attach, which means I think you can't
: > : > :
: > : > : AFAIK this is not true on USB2 and I think this is reason why
: > : > : it have to lock/unlock dance in probe/attach.
: > : >
: > : > It is a newbus requirement that all probe/attach routines have to be
: > : > called with GIANT held.
: > : >
: > :
: > : If this can be done on USB2 it would greatly simplify MII attach
: > : part as well as locks used in MII access routines in all USB2
: > : ethernet drivers. I vaguely remember I asked for this to HPS, but
: > : he seem to forget about it.
: >
: > I'll take a look into the matter in more detail. It is an absolute
: > requirement of newbus at the moment that any call to
: > device_probe_and_attach(), including bus_generic_attach().
:
: Can some asserts be added?
:
: Maybe under an additonal ifdef considering usb2 for a short time?
Are these not sufficient:
int
device_probe_child(device_t dev, device_t child)
{
devclass_t dc;
driverlink_t best = NULL;
driverlink_t dl;
int result, pri = 0;
int hasclass = (child->devclass != NULL);
GIANT_REQUIRED;
...
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