Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:34:21 -0500 From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_linker.c Message-ID: <20070226073421.A37968@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <200702231947.l1NJl04a073788@repoman.freebsd.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:46:59PM %2B0000 References: <200702231947.l1NJl04a073788@repoman.freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin [jhb@FreeBSD.org] wrote: > jhb 2007-02-23 19:46:59 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/kern kern_linker.c > Log: > Drop the global kernel linker lock while executing the sysinit's for a > freshly-loaded kernel module. To avoid various unload races, hide linker The best part is that restores the ability safe for a driver to use firmware_get() from its attach() routine without deadlocking. Thank you! Drew
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