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Date:      Thu, 29 May 2003 00:35:32 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Libthr stable enough for testing
Message-ID:  <20030529053532.GD91945@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030529040251.ZKLF3199.pop016.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net>
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In the last episode (May 29), Mike Makonnen said:
> On Wed, 28 May 2003 21:57:35 -0500 Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net> wrote:
> > It seems to be working fine on a UP machine but it locks up my SMP
> > machine just trying to load a gnome session.  It leaves an image on
> > the screen but the keyboard and mouse stop responding and I can not
> > ssh into the box.
> 
> Please try the attached patch and let me know how it works.
> 
> Index: lib/libthr/thread/thr_create.c

The real problem is in the kernel, though.  A userland non-root process
should not be able to hard lock the system.  One of the threads people
will probably have to get an SMP machine to be able to debug it.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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