Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:05:50 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: "Tim J. Robbins" <tjr@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_descrip.c Message-ID: <20021213220550.2BB132A8A5@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <200212130959.gBD9xeX6099849@repoman.freebsd.org>
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"Tim J. Robbins" wrote: > tjr 2002/12/13 01:59:40 PST > > Modified files: > sys/kern kern_descrip.c > Log: > Drop filedesc lock and acquire Giant around calls to malloc() and free(). > These call uma_large_malloc() and uma_large_free() which require Giant. > Fixes panic when descriptor table is larger than KMEM_ZMAX bytes > noticed by kkenn. What about things like geom which explicitly call malloc without Giant? Or is it just a problem for large allocations? Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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