From owner-svn-src-stable-7@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 3 21:21:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 870DB1065676; Sun, 3 May 2009 21:21:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 748768FC16; Sun, 3 May 2009 21:21:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n43LLHZZ024825; Sun, 3 May 2009 21:21:17 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from hrs@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n43LLHif024824; Sun, 3 May 2009 21:21:17 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <200905032121.n43LLHif024824@svn.freebsd.org> From: Hiroki Sato Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 21:21:17 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r191769 - stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 7-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 21:21:18 -0000 Author: hrs Date: Sun May 3 21:21:17 2009 New Revision: 191769 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191769 Log: Add an entry for a lock order reversal that can cause a deadlock. Reviewed by: kib Approved by: re (implicit) Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Sun May 3 18:29:04 2009 (r191768) +++ stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Sun May 3 21:21:17 2009 (r191769) @@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ workaround, you can boot using the bootonly or livefs CDROM and then swap in disc1 once sysinstall starts. + [20090504] A lock handling error has been found in + interaction between &man.malloc.3; implementation and threading + library. When a multi-threaded process calls the &man.fork.2; + system call in a thread and the &man.malloc.3; function in + another thread, it can cause a deadlock in the child process. + An Errata Notice to fix this problem is planned for this problem + after the release. + Late-Breaking News and Corrections