re: kern/58531 (NetBSD 10.0 deadlock in nd_timer)

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The following reply was made to PR kern/58531; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna23.net@localhost>
To: Rin Okuyama <rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, rin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
    manu%netbsd.org@localhost, ozaki-r%NetBSD.org@localhost,
    Taylor R Campbell <riastradh%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Subject: re: kern/58531 (NetBSD 10.0 deadlock in nd_timer)
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:42:17 +1000

 > If we wish to avoid deadlocks, we need to drop IFEF_MPSAFE for
 > non-NET_MPSAFE kernels?
 
 it seems to me that !NET_MPSAFE kernels should probably ignore
 IFEF_MPSAFE most of the time.
 
 can we get the "unprotected" protocols at least "protected" so
 we can turn it on all the time?  (after fixing these sorts of
 bugs too :-)
 
 
 .mrg.