Re: panic: mutex process lock not owned at ../../../kern/sys_process.c:97

Salut,

Robert Watson <rwatson_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote:

>> 80              if (kl < 0)
>> 81                      error = EINVAL;
>> 82              else
>> 83                      /* XXXKSE: */
>> 84                      error = proc_read_regs(FIRST_THREAD_IN_PROC(p), &r);
>> 85              if (error == 0)
>> 86                      error = uiomove(kv, kl, uio);
>> 87              PROC_LOCK(p);
>> 88              if (error == 0 && uio->uio_rw == UIO_WRITE) {
>
>Try moving the PROC_UNLOCK() call from line 79 to just after line 84
>(i.e., before the error check and possible uiomove()).  It looks like some
>similar bugs might exist in other bits of procfs.

With your patch applied, the kernel does not panic anymore.
Thanks
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