From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 21:27:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 185601065751; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:27:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from csjp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (repoman.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CC858FC13; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:27:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from csjp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7CLRwuY092039; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:27:58 GMT (envelope-from csjp@repoman.freebsd.org) Received: (from svn2cvs@localhost) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m7CLRwGN092038; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:27:58 GMT (envelope-from csjp@repoman.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <200808122127.m7CLRwGN092038@repoman.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repoman.freebsd.org: svn2cvs set sender to csjp@repoman.freebsd.org using -f From: "Christian S.J. Peron" Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:27:48 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-FreeBSD-CVS-Branch: HEAD Cc: Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_exec.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:27:59 -0000 csjp 2008-08-12 21:27:48 UTC FreeBSD src repository Modified files: sys/kern kern_exec.c Log: SVN rev 181647 on 2008-08-12 21:27:48Z by csjp Reduce the scope of the vnode lock such that it does not cover the various copyouts associated with initializing the process's argv/env data in userspace. It is possible that these copyout operations can fault under memory pressure, possibly resulting in dead locks. This is believed to be safe since none of the copyout_strings() operations need to interact with the vnode here. Submitted by: Zhouyi Zhou PR: kern/111260 Discussed with: kib MFC after: 3 weeks Revision Changes Path 1.321 +5 -1 src/sys/kern/kern_exec.c