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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:29:23 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        smp@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Reliable KASSERT panic in CURRENT
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010319092923.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200103190551.f2J5psf30575@gratis.grondar.za>

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On 19-Mar-01 Mark Murray wrote:
>> > Im getting a reliable panic (KASSERT actually) in kern_mutex.c line
>> > 215.
>> >
>> > It happens when I ^Z in vi on an intel SMP box running (very)
>> > CURRENT.
>>
>> It's a bogus assertion now (like I said on IRC :-P).
> 
> I kept missing you on IRC :-) :-(
> 
>>                                                       We can actually
>> run for a very little bit while we are in SSTOP just before we go to
>> sleep, so on an SMP system during priority propagation we might hit
>> a running process that's not in SZOMB or SRUN.  You can either add
>> SSTOP to the MPASS() there or just remove the assertion entirely.  I'm
>> leaning towards removing the assertion but don't feel too strongly
>> about it either way.
> 
> Cool! Is this commitworthy (if it works?)

Yes, and it will work. :)

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