Changeset 10038

Timestamp:

06/30/08 19:39:05 (5 months ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

We can safely call pfnSetActive without owning the lock I think, that way VBoxNetFlt may call into the kernel and turn of promiscuous mode without causing deadlocks.

Files:

• trunk/include/VBox/intnet.h (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/include/VBox/intnet.h

@@ -444 +444 @@
-     * the interface is idle before pfnDisconnectAndRelease is called.
-     *
+     * A typical operation to performed by this method is to enable/disable promiscuous
+     * mode on the host network interface. (This is the reason we cannot call this when
+     * owning any semaphores.)
+     *
-     * @returns The previous state.
-     *
@@ -449 +453 @@
-     * @param   fActive     True if the new state is 'active', false if the new state is 'suspended'.
-     *
-owning the network semaphore
+*not* owning any semaphores. Will not grab anything
-     */
-    DECLR0CALLBACKMEMBER(bool, pfnSetActive,(PINTNETTRUNKIFPORT pIfPort, bool fActive));