cvs commit: src/sys/kern link_elf.c link_elf_obj.c

[John Baldwin]

On Sunday 03 August 2008 09:33:45 am Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> kib         2008-08-03 13:33:45 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/kern             link_elf.c link_elf_obj.c
>   Log:
>   SVN rev 181235 on 2008-08-03 13:33:45Z by kib
>
>   Calling linker_load_dependencies() while holding the module'
>   vnode lock may cause a LOR between kld_sx lock and vnode lock.
>   linker_load_dependencies() drops kld_sx, and another thread may attempt
>   to load the same kld.
>
>   Reported and tested by: pjd
>   MFC after:      1 week

If it is safe to drop the vnode lock here, is there any reason we can't just 
drop it earlier and not bother reacquiring it?

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John Baldwin