cvs commit: src/sys/fs/devfs devfs_vnops.c src/sys/fs/fifofs fifo_vnops.c src/sys/kern uipc_usrreq.c vfs_vnops.c src/sys/vm vnode_pager.c

[Jeff Roberson]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, John Baldwin wrote:

> jhb         2007-10-03 21:06:05 UTC
>
>  FreeBSD src repository
>
>  Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_6)
>    sys/fs/devfs         devfs_vnops.c
>    sys/fs/fifofs        fifo_vnops.c
>    sys/kern             uipc_usrreq.c vfs_vnops.c
>    sys/vm               vnode_pager.c
>  Log:
>  MFC: Always use an exclusive lock on the leaf vnode during an open() when
>  shared lookups are enabled.  This closes a few races including a race where
>  concurrent opens of a fifo could result in different v_fifoinfo structures
>  in different threads.

Long term we should really look for a better solution to this problem. 
There are a number of was to improve snapshots in ffs by fixing shared 
locking.

>
>  Revision    Changes    Path
>  1.114.2.15  +1 -0      src/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c
>  1.113.2.20  +1 -1      src/sys/fs/fifofs/fifo_vnops.c
>  1.155.2.23  +1 -1      src/sys/kern/uipc_usrreq.c
>  1.233.2.7   +2 -2      src/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
>  1.221.2.9   +3 -3      src/sys/vm/vnode_pager.c
>