kern/35351 (Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern)

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

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> YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> >> the reason fileassoc lacked locking primitives is that I waited for
> >> ad@ to commit and stablize newlock2. I *discussed* this pr with ad@
> >> and yamt@, and, as a matter of fact, *prior* to newlock2, in a biglock
> >> kernel, it is impossible to trigger the NULL deref.
> > 
> > i've explained you that the PR is not (necessarily) about MP.
> > did you understand it?
> > 
> > (i'm not talking about this particular instance of NULL dereference.
> > i'm not interested in analyzing how the known to be broken code can behave.
> > i merely want to make sure that you know about the problem.  if you already
> > know, it's fine.)
> 
> I know.
> 
> -e.

ok, then you mean not to fix it for netbsd-4?

YAMAMOTO Takashi