Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 15:31:40 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de> Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: malloc.9 locking section Message-ID: <XFMail.20030408153140.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030317152235.M52165@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de>
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On 17-Mar-2003 Harti Brandt wrote:
> Index: malloc.9
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man9/malloc.9,v
> retrieving revision 1.30
> diff -u -r1.30 malloc.9
> --- malloc.9 24 Feb 2003 05:53:27 -0000 1.30
> +++ malloc.9 17 Mar 2003 15:06:14 -0000
>
> [snip]
Looks good to me. While you are at it, please kill the following
from the manpage (if you aren't already doing so):
Any calls to malloc() or free() when holding a vnode(9) interlock, will
cause a LOR (Lock Order Reversal) due to the interwining of VM Objects
and Vnodes.
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