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Date:      Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:13:19 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD current users <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: vnode locking question.
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20030206111319.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302051257440.97117-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>

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On 05-Feb-2003 Julian Elischer wrote:
> 
> Is there ever a case when a vnode is locked for longer than the duration
> of the syscall that locked it?

Shouldn't be.  That would be a bug I believe.  Userland threads should
never hold any kernel locks.

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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