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Date:      Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:40:40 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject:   Re: AltQ + ng_iface
Message-ID:  <20050829064040.GB48425@cell.sick.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200508291449.15427.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <200507290834.10268.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <42EBD738.2010105@elischer.org> <200507312253.29038.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200508291449.15427.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 02:49:14PM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
D> On Sunday 31 July 2005 22:53, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
D> > > The calling code must always have a reference on the node to ensure that
D> > > it is not removed while it is running in it. This is sometimes
D> > > done automatically. This is why there is an ng_callout facility to ensure
D> > > that the locking andreferences are done automatically and correctly.
D> >
D> > OK, I'll look into that.
D> 
D> I see ng_eiface uses ng_send_fn to defer processing until netgraph locking 
D> allows - should I use it?
D> (I'll try it later but a definitive answer would be nice :)

  If you have put smth into ng_iface_start(), then you should do this
stuff via ng_send_fn().

Sorry, that I haven't yet feedbacked on your patches. I'll probably look
at them after 6.0-RELEASE.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE



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