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Date:      Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:30:07 -0400
From:      Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if.c
Message-ID:  <20040922153007.GA91347@green.homeunix.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040922150105.GA17806@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
References:  <200409220859.i8M8xgwb022928@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040922130052.GA3407@green.homeunix.org> <20040922150105.GA17806@odin.ac.hmc.edu>

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On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 08:01:05AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 09:00:52AM -0400, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 08:59:42AM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > > brooks      2004-09-22 08:59:42 UTC
> > > 
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/net              if.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Fix a LOR where ifconf() used copyout while holding a mutex.  This LOR
> > >   was seen when configuring addresses on interfaces using ifconfig.  This
> > >   patch has been verified to work with over eight thousand addresses
> > >   assigned to an interface.
> > >   
> > >   LOR id:         031
> > 
> > You really need to be running with INVARIANTS if you plan on committing
> > kernel code, or people are likely to get angry when their systems crash
> > for stupid reasons.
> 
> Sorry about that.  Pass the pointy had please. :-(

No hard feelings, since I'm used to having a new issue or two every kernel
upgrade, but this really should be a lesson to anyone listening that kernel
development without INVARIANTS (and sometimes WITNESS) is a big no-no.

-- 
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  <> green@FreeBSD.org                               \  The Power to Serve! \
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