Netgraph has two main types of message items:
- NGQF_DATA items are used for data processing. This is a hot path that
should be called from a NET_EPOCH context.
- NGQF_MESG items are used for node configuration. There are many places
in netgraph(4) where processing the NGQF_MESG item can call sections of code
that are forbidden in the NET_EPOCH context.
All item types can be queued and then processed using ngthread().
But ngthread() is unconditionally enter in the NET_EPOCH section for all types.
This causes panic/deadlocks when processing NGQF_MESG elements.
Reported by: mjg
Reviewed by: glebius, vmaffione (mentor)
Tested by: mjg, afedorov
Approved by: glebius, vmaffione (mentor)
Sponsored by: vstack.com
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36496
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