Add a flag to tag individual sysctl leaf nodes as MPSAFE and thus not

needing Giant.

Submitted by:	csjp (an older version)
This commit is contained in:
John Baldwin 2009-01-23 22:40:35 +00:00
parent efc65197a1
commit 1e99191d39
2 changed files with 5 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -1334,11 +1334,11 @@ sysctl_root(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
if (error != 0)
return (error);
#endif
/* XXX: Handlers are not guaranteed to be Giant safe! */
mtx_lock(&Giant);
if (!(oid->oid_kind & CTLFLAG_MPSAFE))
mtx_lock(&Giant);
error = oid->oid_handler(oid, arg1, arg2, req);
mtx_unlock(&Giant);
if (!(oid->oid_kind & CTLFLAG_MPSAFE))
mtx_unlock(&Giant);
return (error);
}

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@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct ctlname {
#define CTLFLAG_SKIP 0x01000000 /* Skip this sysctl when listing */
#define CTLMASK_SECURE 0x00F00000 /* Secure level */
#define CTLFLAG_TUN 0x00080000 /* Tunable variable */
#define CTLFLAG_MPSAFE 0x00040000 /* Handler is MP safe */
#define CTLFLAG_RDTUN (CTLFLAG_RD|CTLFLAG_TUN)
/*