cvs commit: src/sys/fs/tmpfs tmpfs.h tmpfs_subr.c

Dmitry Morozovsky marck at rinet.ru
Fri Aug 3 00:33:56 PDT 2007


Dear Xin,

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, LI Xin wrote:

LX> >   Log:
LX> >   MFp4 - Refine locking to eliminate some potential race/panics:
LX> >   
LX> >    - Copy before testing a pointer.  This closes a race window.
LX> >    - Use msleep with the node interlock instead of tsleep.
LX> >    - Do proper locking around access to tn_vpstate.
LX> >    - Assert vnode VOP lock for dir_{atta,de}tach to capture
LX> >      inconsistent locking.
LX> >   
LX> >   Suggested by:   kib
LX> >   Submitted by:   delphij
LX> >   Reviewed by:    Howard Su
LX> >   Approved by:    re (tmpfs blanket)
LX> 
LX> Should have mentioned that this is done in response of pho@'s stress
LX> test.  Thanks goes to him for all these hard work!

Should it fix panics I reported to you during last couple of days?

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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