> From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@netbsd.org>
> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:11:38 +0000 (UTC)
>
>
> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	bouyer
> Date:		Fri Jun 10 11:11:38 UTC 2005
>
> Modified Files:
> 	src/sys/net: if_ethersubr.c
>
> Log Message:
> As ether_input() is always called at IPL_NET, there is no need to
> protect the IF_* operations with splnet()/splx().
>
>
> To generate a diff of this commit:
> cvs rdiff -r1.125 -r1.126 src/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c
>
> Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
> copyright notices on the relevant files.
>

There are over 100 different ether_input() call sites.

Are you sure that none of them are ever made at splsoftnet()?
(Perhaps from a callout?) I too wondered if the splnet()
was redundant; perhaps the idea was to require only splsoftnet().

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