Experiencing hangs on SMP box with no console messages given
for clues. Details inside.
Tillman Hodgson
tillman at seekingfire.com
Sun Mar 18 19:29:47 UTC 2007
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 03:50:01PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote:
> If using uid/gid firewall rules, make sure to read the pertinent man pages
> regarding setting debug.mpsafenet=0 in loader.conf to avoid deadlocks.
I am using firewall rules, with pf rather than ipfw, but I'm not using
anything tied to user information.
> This is only a workaround for the issue, and when debug.mpsafenet is
> removed, this workaround will no longer be available. The
> authors/maintainers of the various firewall packages need to correct these
> problems or the lock order reversals (and associated deadlocks) will
> persist.
Interesting :-)
-T
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