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Date:      Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:13:52 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, mjacob@feral.com
Subject:   Re: Panic in FFS/4.0 as of yesterday - update
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902230012080.82049-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199902221425.JAA17234@lor.watermarkgroup.com>

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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Luoqi Chen wrote:

> > Its certainly better than panicing but I'm still not happy about the
> > recursion check (which is really just a reentrancy check since no
> > recursion is actually happening).
> > 
> > --
> > Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
> > Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037
> > 
> I agree. A per-process recursion count is the way to go.

My only worry is that its not clear from the comment exactly what kind of
deadlock is being fixed here.  If it is a deadlock which could happen for
simple reentrancy, then the code should stay as it is.  If not, then a
different check should be used.

--
Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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