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Date:      Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:33:30 +0000
From:      Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 14d0baf2e892 - main - kqueue: avoid a possible fork-deadlock
Message-ID:  <69cd9d3a.448b1.4720b683@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by kevans:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=14d0baf2e89202cec3f9cb03a573372ccbc568b2

commit 14d0baf2e89202cec3f9cb03a573372ccbc568b2
Author:     Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-04-01 22:30:48 +0000
Commit:     Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-04-01 22:30:48 +0000

    kqueue: avoid a possible fork-deadlock
    
    kqueue_fork_copy() is likely to have transitioned at least one knote
    through a flux state, so we should check whether we need to wake
    anything up on the way out to avoid a possible deadlock.
    
    This was a part of D56210, but we'll close the review with the next
    commit.
    
    Fixes:  b11289f87123f ("kqueuex(2): add KQUEUE_CPONFORK")
    Reviewed by:    kib, markj
---
 sys/kern/kern_event.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_event.c b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
index 2cdc37b710e6..6af53cf6cd91 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_event.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ kqueue_fork_copy(struct filedesc *fdp, struct file *fp, struct file *fp1,
 	}
 	kqueue_release(kq, 1);
 	kq1->kq_forksrc = NULL;
-	KQ_UNLOCK(kq);
+	KQ_UNLOCK_FLUX(kq);
 
 	knote_free(marker);
 	return (error);


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