Andrew wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > Sure it can, if the idprio process has locked a vnode trying to update
> 
> But if system calls aren't preempted under what circumstances can a
> process hold a vnode lock and then be usurped for processor?


I didn't say that.

But yes, locking in FreeBSD is a mess right now.  Live with it:
priority inversion won't be fixed until priority lending is
supported.

-- Terry

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