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Date:      Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:08:53 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern sys_process.c syscalls.master
Message-ID:  <20040315190853.GA33607@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200403151848.i2FImSFe047106@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200403151848.i2FImSFe047106@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 10:48:28AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote:
> jhb         2004/03/15 10:48:28 PST
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/kern             sys_process.c syscalls.master 
>   Log:
>   Drop the proc lock around calls to the MD functions ptrace_single_step(),
>   ptrace_set_pc(), and cpu_ptrace() so that those functions are free to
>   acquire Giant, sleep, etc.  We already do a PHOLD/PRELE around them so
>   that it is safe to sleep inside of these routines if necessary.  This
>   allows ptrace() to be marked MP safe again as it no longer triggers lock
>   order reversals on Alpha.

Someone with a SMP alpha box might also want to give this a spin I suppose.

-- 
Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org



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