In article <local.mail.freebsd-net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >Hi all, > >I was under the impression that the if_start function is NOT called from >an interrupt context, so I should be able to call uma_zalloc_arg(..., >M_WAITOK) there. I get however > >Mar 12 18:12:49 catssrv kernel: malloc() of "en dma maps" with the >following non-sleepablelocks held: >Mar 12 18:12:49 catssrv kernel: exclusive sleep mutex netisr lock r = 0 >(0xc022d9c0) locked @ /usr/src/sys/net/netisr.c:209 > >I'm wrong with my assumption?
if_start() can be called from interrupt context from the bridging, fast-forwarding, (and now) direct dispatch codepaths. That being said, the message can be ignored, I'll rework things to use a gate instead of a mutex, although this seems to be catching some hidden bugs. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
