Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:39:51 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/linux linux_machdep.c linux_sysvec Message-ID: <XFMail.010124113951.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010124104547.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On 24-Jan-01 John Baldwin wrote: > > On 24-Jan-01 Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> * John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> [010124 02:28] wrote: >>> jhb 2001/01/24 02:26:13 PST >>> >>> Modified files: >>> sys/alpha/linux linux_machdep.c linux_sysvec.c >>> Log: >>> Proc locking. >> >> This looks like another natural race condition: >> >> int p_sigparent; /* (c) Signal to parent on >> exit. */ >> >> Can't int assignments be assumed to be atomic? >> >> + PROC_LOCK(p); >> p2->p_sigparent = exit_signal; >> + PROC_UNLOCK(p); > > Well, I b0rked that one (p2 not p). To fix the race, what probably > should happen is what we do with kthreads in kthread_create: create > the process with RFSTOPPED, and don't makea it runnable until we are > done futzing around with it. How about something like http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/linux.patch? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.Baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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