* Dima Dorfman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010525 22:22] wrote:
> Is there a reason vm_pager_allocate acquires vm_mtx itself if
> necessary but vm_pager_deallocate does not? At the moment, detaching
> an md(4) disk will panic the system with a failed mtx_assert in
> vm_pager_deallocate. This can be fixed one of two ways:
> vm_pager_deallocate could be made to deal with vm_mtx itself like
> vm_pager_allocate does, or md(4) and any other drivers which call
> vm_pager_deallocate can be fixed to acquire vm_mtx. So which will it
> be? I'll supply patches for either case.
Usually fixing the caller is better as it will catch people that
expect vm state to remain unchanged across several calls.
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