On Dec 18, 11:54pm, t...@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) wrote: -- Subject: Re: cloning device close race?
| > >I am guessing the problem also exists with other cloning | > >pseudodevices, not just the new /dev/random implementation. | > | > Does adding: | > | > vn_close(nd.ni_vp, flags, l->l_cred); | > | > just after fd_dupopen in vfs_syscalls.c help? This should be right since | > the open is not associated with that vnode anymore, right? | | How is this not always leaking? Why does the DIAGNOSTIC check not catch | it more often? Good question. I think that we just don't open and close cloners frequently enough. christos
