Alexander,

I think that g_retaste_event may have a problem along the lines that we 
discussed
on IRC but in a little bit different context.
Namely, if we find a connected non-orphaned consumer belonging to a geom of a
target class, then we mark the consumer as orphaned and call g_wither_geom on 
its
geom.  Then we call taste method of the target class on the provider in 
question.
But since g_wither_geom initiates an asynchronous operation the withered geom 
will
still exist and we may create a new "duplicate" geom beside it.  That could 
result
in resource conflict or in confusion in the upper layers.
E.g. if the class would be geom_dev, then the newly attached geom won't be able 
to
create a devfs entry, because the withering geom still has it.
I hope that miss something in this scenario...

P.S.
Also, the code seems to wither/orphan only the first of qualified 
geoms/consumers.
 I am not sure if it's safe to assume that only one geom of a given class could 
be
attached to a provider.  Hypothetically different instances/geoms of the same
class could be using some provider for different reasons and purposes.

-- 
Andriy Gapon
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