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Date:      Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:02:56 -0500
From:      Alan Cox <alc@cs.rice.edu>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: malloc.9 locking section
Message-ID:  <20030408200256.GJ1112@cs.rice.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030408153140.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20030317152235.M52165@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> <XFMail.20030408153140.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 03:31:40PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Why?  The above statement is true.

Alan



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