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Date:      Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:12:01 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 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
Message-ID:  <20070726191201.GR12473@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <200707261418.59436.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200707261658.l6QGwAs8038591@repoman.freebsd.org> <200707261418.59436.jhb@freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 02:18:58PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday 26 July 2007 12:58:10 pm Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> > pjd         2007-07-26 16:58:09 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     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:
> >   When we do open, we should lock the vnode exclusively. This fixes few 
> races:
> >   - fifo race, where two threads assign v_fifoinfo,
> >   - v_writecount modifications,
> >   - v_object modifications,
> >   - and probably more...
> 
> Is it possible this could fix some 'vrele: negative ref cnt' and 'vput: 
> negative ref cnt' panics I am seeing on 6.x?

I see similar panic on NFS root vnode, but this change won't fix it.
v_usecount is protected by vnode's internal lock, not vnode lock.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd@FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!

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