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Date:      Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:06:45 +0300
From:      Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
To:        David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>
Cc:        FBSD-BLEEDING-EDGE <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: update from 4.7 to 5.0
Message-ID:  <20030109120645.GE65353@ns2.wananchi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030109115717.GA1257@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
References:  <20030109110335.GA65353@ns2.wananchi.com> <20030109115717.GA1257@HAL9000.homeunix.com>

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* David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> [20030109 14:56]: wrote:

Hi David,

Thank you for a fast response.

> >  1st 0xc1bfb3f8 process lock (process lock) @ /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c:2100
> >  2nd 0xc1cf3634 filedesc structure (filedesc structure) @ /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c:2107
> 
> This is a known issue; see arch@, subject ``Need help fixing lock
> ordering with filedesc, proc and pipe.''  If you do a sysctl at
> just the wrong time, you could deadlock the system.  The
> probability of this happening is on the order of one in a million,
> so it shouldn't be a concern to you.  The warning is just pointing
> out that possibility so the problem can be fixed.  Note that the
> fact that you got this warning means that you have WITNESS enabled
> in your kernel config, which is likely to kill performance.

I am going to compile a kernel with the WITNESS stuff disabled.

I have rcvd 3 responses and none of them tell me about my USB interfaces.
I hope this does not mean that my mobo has issues with 5.0 ;)



-Wash

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