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Subject: Re: revoke(2) redux...
From: "Paul A. Scott" <pscott@skycoast.us>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, <current@freebsd.org>
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> From: "Paul A. Scott" <pscott@skycoast.us>
> I think what's needed is some form of serialization
> around revoke() and open(). I'm not a master of the init code, but it may be
> that the code is inherently non-reentrant, so the original code would then
> be okay. 

Or, it may use spltty()? Or some other lock-out mechanism?

Paul

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