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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:51:47 -0800
From:      Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Jack F Vogel <jfv@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r200523 - head/sys/dev/e1000
Message-ID:  <2a41acea0912141151p5d596118h6900ea8e2731256f@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200912141431.10603.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200912141843.nBEIhIsA034642@svn.freebsd.org> <200912141431.10603.jhb@freebsd.org>

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Well, its a unique lock in the shared code, and I was already naming the
other
em locks, if there is some big loss in my doing that I don't have any big
emotional
investment in them being that way :)

Jack


On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:31 AM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Monday 14 December 2009 1:43:18 pm Jack F Vogel wrote:
> > Author: jfv
> > Date: Mon Dec 14 18:43:18 2009
> > New Revision: 200523
> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/200523
> >
> > Log:
> >   Remove the MTX_SPIN flag to the shared code MUTEX
> >   as it was causing a panic, also took the opportunity
> >   to rename the lock for clarity.
> >
> > Modified:
> >   head/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_osdep.h
> >
> > Modified: head/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_osdep.h
> >
>
> ==============================================================================
> > --- head/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_osdep.h  Mon Dec 14 18:27:34 2009
>  (r200522)
> > +++ head/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_osdep.h  Mon Dec 14 18:43:18 2009
>  (r200523)
> > @@ -82,8 +82,7 @@
> >  /* Mutex used in the shared code */
> >  #define E1000_MUTEX                     struct mtx
> >  #define E1000_MUTEX_INIT(mutex)         mtx_init((mutex), #mutex, \
> > -                                        MTX_NETWORK_LOCK, \
> > -                                        MTX_DEF | MTX_SPIN)
> > +                                        "E1000 Shared Lock", MTX_DEF)
> >  #define E1000_MUTEX_DESTROY(mutex)      mtx_destroy(mutex)
> >  #define E1000_MUTEX_LOCK(mutex)         mtx_lock(mutex)
> >  #define E1000_MUTEX_TRYLOCK(mutex)      mtx_trylock(mutex)
>
> Hmm, most NIC drivers use MTX_NETWORK_LOCK so that WITNESS will report LORs
> that happen if any two NIC drivers locks "cross" (e.g. if one driver leaked
> a
> lock while passing a packet up the stack that was forwarded to another
> interface).  Not sure if that is relevant to this particular lock though.
>
> --
> John Baldwin
>



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