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Date:      Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:26:18 +0330
From:      mokhi <mokhi64@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   thread-unsafety problems as spl*() ones are NOP
Message-ID:  <CAByVWPW=eWSUWMfUV1nocxGmkCv6N%2Bd2kzYRH735XT0th_Y9_w@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi.
in kbd.c there are many places spltty()/splx() used assuming it locks/unlocks.
though there is bug filed for this, and ive asked in #bsddev, Ive
preferred to ask and ensure it from here again.
As these functions are obsoleted now, this assumption is incorrect and
some places we have thread-unsafely which leads to security problems
(and/or for example double-free, etc)

can i use mutex/spin/lock/unlock under where assumed a lock/unlock by
using spltty()/splx() to patch it?

Thanks, Mokhi.



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