Subject: Re: pool/spl cleanup in netinet, netinet6, net
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Sean Boudreau <seanb@qnx.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 07/20/2006 10:44:00
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:23:34AM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:14:32AM -0400, Sean Boudreau wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:00:37AM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 09:46:51AM -0400, Sean Boudreau wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Are you sure in[6]_pcbpurgeif0(), in[6]_purgeif()
> > > > and in[6]_pcbpurgeif() need splsoftnet()?  This
> > > > seems to be outside the pool issue.
> > > 
> > > Yes, I'm sure: they can call the ICMP purge routine, which
> > > does pool_put.
> > 
> > I don't see it.  What routine exactly does the pool_put?
> 
> Sorry, IGMP.  igmp_purgeif() calls rti_delete, which does pool_put.

So why not just put the splsoftnet around that particular
pool_put?

-seanb