cvs commit: src/sys/dev/an if_an.c if_anreg.h src/sys/dev/bfe if_bfe.c src/sys/dev/my if_my.c src/sys/dev/owi if_owi.c if_wivar.h src/sys/dev/re if_re.c src/sys/dev/wl if_wl.c src/sys/pci if_dc.c if_dcreg.h if_pcn.c if_pcnreg.h if_rl.c ...

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <20031114132714.A88606 at xorpc.icir.org>
            Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at icir.org> writes:
: On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:00:33AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote:
: > sam         2003/11/14 11:00:33 PST
: ...
: >   Log:
: >   Drop the driver lock around calls to if_input to avoid a LOR when
: >   the packets are immediately returned for sending (e.g.  when bridging
: >   or packet forwarding).  There are more efficient ways to do this
: >   but for now use the least intrusive approach.
: 
: the number of places that this commit had to touch makes me
: wonder whether it wouldn't be better to include somehow
: these calls into the if_input routine somehow...

That would be hard w/o passing the lock into the if_input routine, or
putting the lock in ifnet.

Warner