Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:50:04 GMT From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/125181: [ndis] [patch] with wep enters kdb.enter.unknown, panics Message-ID: <200807171650.m6HGo4aK018239@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/125181; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.org> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, onemda@gmail.com Subject: Re: kern/125181: [ndis] [patch] with wep enters kdb.enter.unknown, panics Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:43:42 -0700 On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:09:52PM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > Andrew, > > I got directed to this PR by onemda@gmail.com (Paul D. Mahol), who's > been helping me track down some edge cases in the if_ndis locking > rewrite. I am not 100% familiar with the locking semantics in play here > (IEEE80211 and VAPs), so I wanted to run it by you before I determine > that it seems to be working well for me. I dont think ndis should be reaching into the net80211 lock. Now that ndis uses a regular mutex its a good chance to add mtx_asserts in the right places and get the locking up to speed. I will try to post a patch soon unless someone beats be to it. Andrew
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