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Date:      Thu, 9 Apr 1998 21:40:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: kern/6258: FreeBSD-2.2.6 VM lockup on kernel map due to brelse calling bfreekva(), dump lockup in getnewbuf() due to fragmented buffer_map 
Message-ID:  <199804100440.VAA05600@hub.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/6258; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
To: dillon@best.net
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/6258: FreeBSD-2.2.6 VM lockup on kernel map due to brelse calling bfreekva(), dump lockup in getnewbuf() due to fragmented buffer_map 
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 22:26:18 -0600

 >	Problem #1:  Kernel locks up in kernel map due to brelse() calling
 >	bfreekva() from a SCSI interrupt while kernel map is already locked
 >	(there was another bugtrack on this problem).  The fix for this was
 >	to defer calling bfreekva().
 
 Perhaps this can be addressed by simply delaying the call only until the vm
 SWI can run.  I added a vm SWI for the bus dma stuff, but it could easily
 be expanded to perform this task as well.  I would expect us to hit the 
 SWI rapidly in most cases, thereby preventing fragmentation.
 
 --
 Justin
 
 

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