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

From: Robert Watson <rwatson_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 11:14:39 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 4 May 2003, Philippe Charnier wrote:

> 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

Ok, I've committed the fix following John's review.  Please let us know if
anything else like this turns up.

Thanks!

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert_at_fledge.watson.org      Network Associates Laboratories
Received on Mon May 05 2003 - 06:14:31 UTC

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