Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern
To: None <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: source-changes
Date: 05/07/2004 07:47:10
> > Log Message:
> > cache_enter: when we found a duplicate entry,
> > simply overwrite it rather than leaving a stale entry.
> 
> I believe that the way you implemented this re-introduces the race,
> since the a cache entry may appear while we get an item from the
> name cache pool.
> 
> -pk

can cache_enter() be called without dvp locked exclusively?

YAMAMOTO Takashi