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Date:      Thu, 02 May 2002 10:16:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jeff Roberson <jeff@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_malloc.c src/sys/vm uma_core.c
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20020502101625.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200205020722.g427MJM10914@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 02-May-2002 Jeff Roberson wrote:
> jeff        2002/05/02 00:22:19 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/kern             kern_malloc.c 
>     sys/vm               uma_core.c uma_dbg.c 
>     sys/sys              malloc.h 
>   Log:
>   malloc/free(9) no longer require Giant.  Use the malloc_mtx to protect the
>   mallochash.  Mallochash is going to go away as soon as I introduce the
>   kfree/kmalloc api and partially overhaul the malloc wrapper.  This can't
> happen
>   until all users of the malloc api that expect memory to be aligned on the
> size
>   of the allocation are fixed.

Can malloc() still block and still possibly obtain Giant internally?  If so,
malloc() should still not be called with other locks held.

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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