Re: kern/38497 (Out of memory allocating ksiginfo)

[yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost (YAMAMOTO Takashi)]

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From: yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost (YAMAMOTO Takashi)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
        martin%duskware.de@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/38497 (Out of memory allocating ksiginfo)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:22:56 +0900 (JST)

 >  I have a workaround for the panic: don't take softnet_lock in protocol drain
 >  routines. Should I commit it or are you working on this?
 >  
 >  Thanks,
 >  Andrew
 
 i have not done anything yet.  please feel free to commit any
 workaround or fix.
 
 is the workaround safe?
 eg. what happens if a softnet blocks and another lwp calls
 its drain routine?
 
 YAMAMOTO Takashi