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Date:      Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:30:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_fault.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040821222342.95496C-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040822015800.GE784@green.homeunix.org>

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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote:

> > > #1. Lock order reversal.  Giant is acquired after the map read lock.
> > 
> > No, that is the order it has been in for months.  The other functions
> > that acquire a map lock and Giant do the same.
> 
> Giant can never be acquired after another lock has been acquired :-(

Actually, that's not quite accurate.  Take a look at the relationship
between lockmgr/sx locks and Giant, for example.

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org      Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research




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