Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 21:21:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r191769 - stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata Message-ID: <200905032121.n43LLHif024824@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hrs Date: Sun May 3 21:21:17 2009 New Revision: 191769 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191769 Log: Add an entry for a lock order reversal that can cause a deadlock. Reviewed by: kib Approved by: re (implicit) Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Sun May 3 18:29:04 2009 (r191768) +++ stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Sun May 3 21:21:17 2009 (r191769) @@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ workaround, you can boot using the bootonly or livefs CDROM and then swap in disc1 once sysinstall starts.</para> + <para>[20090504] A lock handling error has been found in + interaction between &man.malloc.3; implementation and threading + library. When a multi-threaded process calls the &man.fork.2; + system call in a thread and the &man.malloc.3; function in + another thread, it can cause a deadlock in the child process. + An Errata Notice to fix this problem is planned for this problem + after the release.</para> + <sect1 id="late-news"> <title>Late-Breaking News and Corrections</title>
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