Re: PUFFS deadlock

[manu%netbsd.org@localhost (Emmanuel Dreyfus)]

J. Hannken-Illjes <hannken%eis.cs.tu-bs.de@localhost> wrote:

> So this is on 5.x ?

Yes, this is on netbsd-5
 
> For -current the getnewvnode()->getcleanvnode() path has been replaced
> with a cleaner thread so getnewvnode() always gets a new vnode.  This was
> done to break deadlocks like this one (most time with layered fs involved).

Is it feasible/worth doing a pullup? It seems a big change, but I may be
wrong.

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
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