hi, > Module Name: src > Committed By: pooka > Date: Mon Mar 11 21:37:54 UTC 2013 > > Modified Files: > src/sys/kern: subr_pool.c > > Log Message: > In pool_cache_put_slow(), pool_get() can block (it does mutex_enter()), > so we need to retry if curlwp took a context switch during the call. > Otherwise, CPU-local invariants can get screwed up: > > panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "cur->pcg_avail == cur->pcg_size" > failed > > This is (was) very easy to reproduce by just running: > > while : ; do RUMP_NCPU=32 ./a.out ; done > > where a.out only calls rump_init(). But, any situation there's contention > and a pool doesn't have emptygroups would do.
depending on mutex_init's arguments (type and ipl), a mutex can be spin or adaptive. rump mutex implementation should honor the behaviour, i guess. YAMAMOTO Takashi > > > To generate a diff of this commit: > cvs rdiff -u -r1.199 -r1.200 src/sys/kern/subr_pool.c > > Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the > copyright notices on the relevant files.