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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:32:47 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.2-CURRENT yesterday: GIANT-LOCKED, lock order reversal
Message-ID:  <20040412223247.GA59079@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <86ekqtcemd.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org>
References:  <86ekqtcemd.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org>

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On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 01:03:54PM -0400, Chris Shenton wrote:
> Built world and new kernel from yesterday's CVSup and noticed a bunch
> of [GIANT-LOCKED] in the bootup.  Then, after it came up, it spewed
> errors about lock order reversal. I'm not clueful enough to understand
> what it's trying to tell me :-(
> 
> Here's a "uname -a" info, then the dmesg output with GIANT-LOCK and
> lock order reversal. Should I be concerned? Any work-arounds?  Thanks.
> 

GIANT-LOCK is simply an anotation that a device driver is
still under the GAINT lock.   Until a few weeks ago, drivers
were reporting [MPSAFE] to note the driver was now under
a finer grain lock.

The LOR you reported has been reported previous.  

-- 
Steve



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