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Date:      Wed, 1 Jul 2015 13:58:20 -0700
From:      Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
To:        Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How should a driver shutdown a taskqueue on detach?
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But if you've disabled interrupts why would an "interrupt-handling task"
even run??

Jack


On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out how a driver is supposed to shut down its
> interrupt-handling taskqueue when it detaches.  taskqueue(9) recommends
> disabling interrupts, draining each task and then freeing the taskqueue.
> The problem that I have is the interrupt-handling tasks will sometimes
> re-enable interrupts on the device.  Is there a better way than using some
> kind of flag internally in the driver to note that a detach is in progress
> that the interrupt handlers will have to check before enabling interrupts?
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