Re: Kernel malloc problems with M_NOWAIT.

* Logan Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010412 11:50] wrote: > There is a hard to duplicate race condition in freebsd's > kernel malloc. Bassically it is possiables for the kernel > to tsleep way down in vm_page_sleep_busy even when M_NOWAIT > is spefcied. Under some conditions this can block t

Kernel malloc problems with M_NOWAIT.

There is a hard to duplicate race condition in freebsd's kernel malloc. Bassically it is possiables for the kernel to tsleep way down in vm_page_sleep_busy even when M_NOWAIT is spefcied. Under some conditions this can block the kernel completly. Attatched is a kernel module that demonstrat