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Date:      Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:57:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: -current lockups
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010731145742.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010731104612.A87252-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>

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On 31-Jul-01 Vincent Poy wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, John Baldwin wrote:
>> > root@pele [9:29pm][/usr/temp] >>
>> > Jul 28 21:29:40 pele /boot/kernel/kernel: lock order reversal
>> > Jul 28 21:29:40 pele /boot/kernel/kernel: lock order reversal
>> > Jul 28 21:29:40 pele /boot/kernel/kernel: 1st 0xd92fea9c process lock @
>> > /usr/src/sys/vm/vm_glue.c:469
>> > Jul 28 21:29:40 pele /boot/kernel/kernel: 1st 0xd92fea9c process lock @
>> > /usr/src/sys/vm/vm_glue.c:469
>> > Jul 28 21:29:40 pele /boot/kernel/kernel: 2nd 0xc118dfb0 lockmgr interlock
>> > @ /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_lock.c:239
>> > Jul 28 21:29:40 pele /boot/kernel/kernel: 2nd 0xc118dfb0 lockmgr interlock
>> > @ /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_lock.c:239
>>
>> This is due to the way that lockmgr locks are implemented unfortunately, and
>> will be fixed when vm maps switch to sx locks instead of lockmgr locks.
> 
>       Interesting.  Is there a workaround so it just reboots instead of
> freezing?  Also, I noticed that you committed some changes to the kernel,
> is that supposed to help it any?

There is currently not a workaround.  The changes committed fix other things,
but not this problem.  I haven't actually seen this lock order cause a freeze
before to be honest.

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