Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:14:21 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, thompsa@freebsd.org, svn-src-user@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r187978 - user/thompsa/usb/sys/dev/usb2/ethernet Message-ID: <20090202051421.GE43513@michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <20090201.215218.1013608033.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20090201213749.GJ32503@citylink.fud.org.nz> <20090201.203618.1640016624.imp@bsdimp.com> <20090202044416.GC43513@michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr> <20090201.215218.1013608033.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 09:52:18PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20090202044416.GC43513@michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr> > Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> writes: > : On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 08:36:18PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : > In message: <20090201213749.GJ32503@citylink.fud.org.nz> > : > Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> writes: > : > : On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 02:28:08PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : > : > In message: <200902010650.n116obU1045871@svn.freebsd.org> > : > : > Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> writes: > : > : > : + locked = mtx_owned(&sc->sc_mtx); > : > : > : + if (!locked) > : > : > : + AUE_LOCK(sc); > : > : > > : > : > You do know this is racy, right? > : > : > : > : Yea... It only get called unlocked during mii probe+attach so its fine. > : > : I havnt actaully checked if its ok to hold a mutex during > : > : mii_phy_probe() which would make this go away. > : > > : > You hold GIANT when probe+attach, which means I think you can't > : > : AFAIK this is not true on USB2 and I think this is reason why > : it have to lock/unlock dance in probe/attach. > > It is a newbus requirement that all probe/attach routines have to be > called with GIANT held. > If this can be done on USB2 it would greatly simplify MII attach part as well as locks used in MII access routines in all USB2 ethernet drivers. I vaguely remember I asked for this to HPS, but he seem to forget about it.
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