On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:03:31PM -0700, Rao, Nikhil wrote: > Hi List, > > The pfind(..) (in kern_proc.c) function below returns the proc structure > for the PID passed in > > Say the thread that calls pfind() gets blocked at PROC_LOCK(p) (line 255 > below), in the meantime what prevents the process from exiting and > deallocating the proc structure ? Maybe I am missing something simple or > the answer requires knowledge of the mutex implementation.
thats what the allproc_lock is there for _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
