From owner-cvs-sys Mon Aug 11 21:51:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA28666 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 21:51:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA28648; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 21:51:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id OAA05899; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 14:21:16 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708120451.OAA05899@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern init_main.c In-Reply-To: <199708072122.OAA00806@freefall.freebsd.org> from Steve Passe at "Aug 7, 97 02:22:33 pm" To: fsmp@FreeBSD.ORG (Steve Passe) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 14:21:15 +0930 (CST) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve Passe stands accused of saying: > fsmp 1997/08/07 14:22:33 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/kern init_main.c > Log: > Fixes kern/3835: SMP kernel crash on enable "dumps on wd0" > > - SMP: set value of curproc in main(), before the SYSINIT stuff If I read this correctly, this means that nothing hung off a SYSINIT() macro needs to worry about curproc being invalid, ie. one can explicitly expect curproc to be useful for subsystem locking etc. at a very early stage? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[