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Date:      Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:47:17 GMT
From:      Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/84935: [PATCH] Panic in kern_exec.c
Message-ID:  <200508142247.j7EMlHkr055715@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200508142320.j7ENKEFO015759@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         84935
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [PATCH] Panic in kern_exec.c
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 14 23:20:14 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Antoine Pelisse
>Release:        7-CURRENT
>Organization:
Xloling
>Environment:
FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT: Sun Aug 14 23:38:35 CEST 2005
>Description:
Fix for panic:        http://people.freebsd.org/~pho/stress/log/cons151.html
>How-To-Repeat:
      
>Fix:
--- kern/kern_exec.c.orig       Sun Aug 14 22:39:41 2005
+++ kern/kern_exec.c    Sun Aug 14 22:43:16 2005
@@ -667,7 +667,14 @@
 
        /* Cache arguments if they fit inside our allowance */
        if (ps_arg_cache_limit >= i + sizeof(struct pargs)) {
+               /*
+                * the lock needs to be released as begin_argv is
+                * stored in pageable memory (allocated with
+                * kmem_alloc_wait)
+                */
+               PROC_UNLOCK(p);
                bcopy(imgp->args->begin_argv, newargs->ar_args, i);
+               PROC_LOCK(p);
                p->p_args = newargs;
                newargs = NULL;
        }

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Regards.
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