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Date:      Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:04:57 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r277421 - head/sys/powerpc/powerpc
Message-ID:  <81FEE3A9-C522-48A3-9292-893685C640AF@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150121075410.GM42409@kib.kiev.ua>
References:  <201501201621.t0KGLx26096724@svn.freebsd.org> <20150120191438.GL42409@kib.kiev.ua> <54BF240C.2090107@freebsd.org> <20150121075410.GM42409@kib.kiev.ua>

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> On Jan 21, 2015, at 12:54 AM, Konstantin Belousov =
<kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 07:59:08PM -0800, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>>=20
>> On 01/20/15 11:14, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 04:21:59PM +0000, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>>>> Author: nwhitehorn
>>>> Date: Tue Jan 20 16:21:59 2015
>>>> New Revision: 277421
>>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/277421
>>>>=20
>>>> Log:
>>>>   There does not seem to be any reason to acquire GIANT here. =
Follow amd64
>>>>   in removing it.
>>>>=20
>>>>   MFC after:	1 month
>>>>=20
>>>> Modified:
>>>>   head/sys/powerpc/powerpc/mem.c
>>>>=20
>>>> Modified: head/sys/powerpc/powerpc/mem.c
>>>> =
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D
>>>> --- head/sys/powerpc/powerpc/mem.c	Tue Jan 20 15:45:09 2015	=
(r277420)
>>>> +++ head/sys/powerpc/powerpc/mem.c	Tue Jan 20 16:21:59 2015	=
(r277421)
>>>> @@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ memrw(struct cdev *dev, struct uio *uio,
>>>>  	cnt =3D 0;
>>>>  	error =3D 0;
>>>>=20
>>>> -	GIANT_REQUIRED;
>>>> -
>>> This is not an acquisition, to be pedantic.  Really, it is cdevsw =
which
>>> has D_NEEDGIANT flag which acquires Giant.  After architectures get
>>> rid of GIANT_REQUIRED, flag can be removed.
>>>=20
>> Just so I understand, you are not objecting to this commit, right?
> Absolutely not, this is the right thing to do.
>=20
>> Just=20
>> pointing out that (a) my commit message was wrong and that (b) once =
all=20
>> architectures make this change (presumably more involved) we can get =
rid=20
>> of the D_NEEDGIANT in /sys/dev/mem/memdev.c?
> Exactly.

There doesn=E2=80=99t seem to be a reason for i386 either. Was just =
looking at the code today on the plane for unrelated reasons.

Warner




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