panic("boring") was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_proc.c

[Mike Silbersack]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:

> +> > (thread2 sets ref_cnt to 0, but thread1 destroys objects) we free object
> +> > only once. Cool, I like it:)
> +>
> +> the reference count must never be read or written after the [cleanup]
> +> because  it may free the page on which teh counter is kept.
>
> Right... Nice catch. So Bosko probebly have to rethink his model.

Due to the length and unimportance of this thread, I officially dub it:

"Locking the Bikeshed"

Well, at least we're done painting it...

Mike "Silby" Silbersack