FYI, a lot of this is going to change today once we cut BETA7. I'm going to update this and re-send it when everything is into the tree. Scott Scott Long wrote: > This is an automated weekly mailing of the FreeBSD 5.3 open issues list. > The live version of this list is available at: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.3R/todo.html > > Automated mailing of this list will continue through the release of > FreeBSD 5.3 > > > FreeBSD 5.3 Open Issues > > Open Issues > > This is a list of open issues that need to be resolved for FreeBSD 5.3. If > you have any updates for this list, please e-mail re_at_FreeBSD.org. > > Show stopper defects for 5.3-RELEASE > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Issue | Status | Responsible | Description | > |---------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------------| > | | | | PREEMPTION appears | > | | | | to increase the | > | | | | chances of | > | | | | triggering a race | > | | | | condition in the | > | | | | thread context | > | PREEMPTION-related | | Scott Long, | management and | > | hangs involving | In progress | Julian | scheduling code. | > | threads | | Elischer | Patches to | > | | | | mitigate the | > | | | | problem have been | > | | | | developed, with | > | | | | on-going work to | > | | | | come up with the | > | | | | correct solution | > | | | | prior to 5.3. | > |---------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------------| > | | | | Jun Kuriyama has | > | | | | reported problems | > | | | | with NFS over IPv6 | > | | | | not functioning | > | | | | correctly as of | > | | | | the improved NFS | > | | | | support for | > | | | | disconnection | > | | | | changes. Doug | > | | | | White has tracked | > | NFS over IPv6 | | | down the source of | > | problems | In progress | Doug White | the problem | > | | | | (EMSGSIZE being | > | | | | returned by IPv6 | > | | | | UDP send routine | > | | | | due to | > | | | | fragmentation), | > | | | | and is currently | > | | | | exploring possible | > | | | | fixes. A patch has | > | | | | been generated and | > | | | | sent to the KAME | > | | | | team for review. | > |---------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------------| > | | | | ether_input() | > | | | | calls | > | | | | random_harvest() | > | | | | on the mbuf after | > | | | | it has been handed | > | | | | off to | > | | | | ether_demux(), at | > | ether_input() may | | Mark Murray, | which point it may | > | harvest entropy | In progress | Robert Watson | have been free()'d | > | from free()'d mbuf | | | back to the mbuf | > | | | | allocator. It also | > | | | | passes in a | > | | | | pointer to the | > | | | | mbuf itself, | > | | | | rather than | > | | | | ethernet frame | > | | | | header. | > |---------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------------| > | | | | There have been | > | | | | several reports of | > | | | | if_em cards | > | if_em wedging under | | | "wedging" under | > | high pps | Not done | - | high | > | | | | packets-per-second | > | | | | load. This needs | > | | | | to be debugged and | > | | | | fixed. | > |---------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------------| > | | | | There are reports | > | | | | that racoon is | > | | | | unable to complete | > | | | | IKE negotiation | > | | | | due to a send to | > | KAME IPSEC | | | the pfkey socket | > | "ENOBUFS" problem | | | returning ENOBUFS. | > | with racoon and | In progress | Robert Watson | This appears to be | > | mbuma | | | a result of an | > | | | | incorrect | > | | | | assumption about | > | | | | mbuf data size due | > | | | | to a change | > | | | | resulting from | > | | | | mbuma. | > |---------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------------| > | | | | A recent | > | | | | regression in the | > | | | | USB code is | > | | | | causing panics | > | | | | when a USB device | > | | | Warner Losh, | detaches, | > | Panic on USB detach | Unknown | Scott Long | especially USB | > | | | | hubs. Since | > | | | | detaching a USB | > | | | | device is a common | > | | | | event, this must | > | | | | be fixed for the | > | | | | release. | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Required features for 5.3-RELEASE > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Issue | Status | Responsible | Description | > |-----------------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------| > | BIND9 import | | | BIND9 must be | > | into 5-CURRENT | In progress | Doug Barton | imported for | > | | | | 5.3-RELEASE. | > |-----------------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------| > | | | | Kernel bits | > | KSE support for | | | implemented, userland | > | sparc64 | -- | -- | not implemented. | > | | | | Required for | > | | | | 5.3-RELEASE. | > |-----------------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------| > | | | | With improved support | > | | | | for threading | > | | | | primitives, support | > | | | | is now required to | > | GDB thread | | David Xu, | ease debugging of | > | support | In progress | Marcel | threaded | > | | | Moolenaar | applications. | > | | | | Ideally, this support | > | | | | will work for both | > | | | | libthr and libkse | > | | | | threading models. | > |-----------------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------| > | | | | There have been | > | | | | several reports that | > | | | | growfs(8) works | > | | | | improperly with large | > | Reports of UFS2 | | | disk sizes, and other | > | "large disk" | In progress | Scott Long | size-related nits in | > | problems | | | the current disk and | > | | | | label management tool | > | | | | set. These must be | > | | | | resolved for | > | | | | 5.3-RELEASE. | > |-----------------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------| > | | | | Synaptics updates to | > | | | | the psm(4) driver | > | Synaptics | | | have resulted in poor | > | touchpad | In progress | Philip Paeps | interactivity for | > | problems | | | taps and button press | > | | | | events for some | > | | | | users. | > |-----------------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------| > | | | | Entropy harvesting in | > | | | | the interrupt and | > | | | | incoming packet paths | > | | | | currently involves a | > | | | | large number of mutex | > | | | | operations. In order | > | | | | to improve | > | | | | performance, it is | > | Entropy | | | desirable to reduce | > | harvesting | In progress | Robert Watson, | the number of mutex | > | optimizations | | Mark Murray | operations | > | | | | substantially. Work | > | | | | is in progress to | > | | | | improve the | > | | | | harvesting code along | > | | | | these lines, but has | > | | | | not yet been properly | > | | | | measured, and | > | | | | therefore not yet | > | | | | merged to CVS. | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Desired features for 5.3-RELEASE > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Issue | Status | Responsible | Description | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | Almost all process | > | | | | debugging tools have | > | | | | been updated to use | > | | | | non-procfs kernel | > | | | | primitives, with the | > | | | | exception of | > | | | | truss(1). As procfs | > | | | | is considered | > | | | | deprecated due to | > | | | | its inherent | > | | | | security risks, it | > | truss support | | | is highly desirable | > | for ptrace | -- | -- | to update truss to | > | | | | operate in a | > | | | | post-procfs world. | > | | | | Dag-Erling Smorgrav | > | | | | had prototype | > | | | | patches; | > | | | | Robert Drehmel is | > | | | | developing and | > | | | | testing patches now. | > | | | | Support for system | > | | | | call tracing has | > | | | | been added to | > | | | | ptrace(). | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | FAST_IPSEC currently | > | | | | cannot be used | > | | | | directly with the | > | | | | KAME IPv6 | > | | | | implementation, | > | | | | requiring an | > | | | | additional level of | > | | | | IP tunnel | > | | | | indirection to | > | | | | protect IPv6 packets | > | FAST_IPSEC and | | | when using hardware | > | KAME | Not done | -- | crypto acceleration. | > | compatibility | | | This issue must be | > | | | | resolved so that the | > | | | | two services may | > | | | | more easily be used | > | | | | together. Among | > | | | | other things, this | > | | | | will require a | > | | | | careful review of | > | | | | the handling of mbuf | > | | | | header copying and | > | | | | m_tag support in the | > | | | | KAME IPv6 code. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | A process cannot be | > | | | | interrupted while | > | | | | waiting on a lock. | > | rpc.lockd(8) | | | Fixing this requires | > | stability | -- | -- | that the RPC code be | > | | | | taught how to deal | > | | | | with lock | > | | | | cancellation and | > | | | | interruption events. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | Kernel modules are | > | | | | currently built | > | | | | independently from a | > | | | | kernel | > | | | | configuration, and | > | | | | independently from | > | | | | one another, | > | | | | resulting in | > | | | | substantially | > | | | | redundant | > | | | | compilation of | > | | | | objects, as well as | > | | | | the inability to | > | | | | easily manage | > | | | | compile-time options | > | Revised kld | | | for kernel objects | > | build | Not done | Peter Wemm | (such as MAC, PAE, | > | infrastructure | | | etc) that may | > | | | | require conditional | > | | | | compilation in the | > | | | | kernel modules. In | > | | | | order to improve | > | | | | build performance | > | | | | and better support | > | | | | options of this | > | | | | sort, the KLD build | > | | | | infrastructure needs | > | | | | to be revamped. | > | | | | Peter Wemm has done | > | | | | some initial | > | | | | prototyping, and | > | | | | should be contacted | > | | | | before starting on | > | | | | this work. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | Apple's Darwin | > | | | | operating system has | > | | | | fairly extensive | > | Merge of Darwin | | | improvements to | > | msdosfs, other | Not done | -- | msdosfs and other | > | fixes | | | kernel services; | > | | | | these fixes must be | > | | | | reviewed and merged | > | | | | to the FreeBSD tree. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | Truss appears to | > | | | | contain a race | > | | | | condition during the | > | | | | start-up of | > | | | | debugging, which can | > | | | | result in truss | > | | | | failing to attach to | > | | | | the process before | > | | | | it exits. The | > | | | | symptom is that | > | | | | truss reports that | > | | | | it cannot open the | > | | | | procfs node | > | | | | supporting the | > | | | | process being | > | | | | debugged. A bug also | > | Race conditions | Errata | Robert Drehmel | appears to exist | > | in truss | candidate | | where in truss will | > | | | | hang if execve() | > | | | | returns ENOENT. A | > | | | | further race appears | > | | | | to exist in which | > | | | | truss will return | > | | | | "PIOCWAIT: | > | | | | Input/output error" | > | | | | occasionally on | > | | | | startup. The fix for | > | | | | this sufficiently | > | | | | changes process | > | | | | execution handling | > | | | | that we will defer | > | | | | the fix to post-5.0 | > | | | | and consider this | > | | | | errata. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | Truss appears to | > | | | | have another | > | | | | problem. It is | > | | | | repeatable by | > | | | | running "truss -f | > | More truss | Not done | -- | fsck -p /", | > | problems | | | suspending it with | > | | | | ^Z, and then killing | > | | | | truss. It will leave | > | | | | behind the fsck | > | | | | processes which will | > | | | | be unkillable. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | Many systems | > | | | | supporting POSIX.1e | > | | | | ACLs permit a minor | > | | | | violation to that | > | | | | specification, in | > | | | | which the ACL_MASK | > | ACL_MASK | | | entry overrides the | > | override of | Not done | Robert Watson | umask, rather than | > | umask support in | | | being intersected | > | UFS | | | with it. The | > | | | | resulting semantics | > | | | | can be useful in | > | | | | group-oriented | > | | | | environments, and as | > | | | | such would be very | > | | | | helpful on FreeBSD. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | The LOR reported in | > | | | | PR kern/55175 needs | > | filedesc LOR | Not done | -- | to be fixed. | > | | | | Filedesc locking | > | | | | needs to be heavily | > | | | | reviewed in general. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | Currently, MAC | > | | | | protections are | > | | | | enforced only on | > | | | | locally originated | > | | | | file system | > | | | | operations (VOPs), | > | | | | and not on RPCs | > | | | | generated via the | > | | | | NFS server. | > | MAC support for | | | Improvements in NFS | > | NFS Server | Not done | Robert Watson | server credential | > | | | | handling are | > | | | | required to correct | > | | | | this problem, as | > | | | | well as the | > | | | | introduction of new | > | | | | entry points to | > | | | | properly label NFS | > | | | | credentials and | > | | | | perform enforcement | > | | | | properly. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | All PCI drivers must | > | | | | use busdma for DMA; | > | | | | no use of vtophys() | > | busdma in all | In progress | -- | will be permitted | > | PCI drivers | | | for any recent | > | | | | device driver. ISA | > | | | | drivers may be | > | | | | exempt. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | Userland bits | > | KSE support for | In progress | Marcel | implemented, kernel | > | alpha | | Moolenaar | bits not | > | | | | implemented. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | For kernel API/ABI | > | | | | compatibility | > | | | | reasons, it would be | > | CAM locking | In progress | Scott Long, | desirable to have | > | | | Justin Gibbs | the CAM locking | > | | | | strategy determined | > | | | | and loosely | > | | | | implemented for 5.3. | > |------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------| > | | | | When running syscons | > | | | | on an Ultra-30 with | > | | | | Creator-3D typing | > | | | | characters on the | > | | | | keyboard produces | > | | | | garbage. Problem | > | | | | reported by Kris | > | syscons not | | | Kennaway. Debugging | > | working on | Not done | -- | difficult due to | > | Sparc64 Ultra-30 | | | lack of this | > | | | | particular | > | | | | configuration among | > | | | | developers and | > | | | | problem isn't | > | | | | present on similar | > | | | | hardware (e.g. no | > | | | | problem on Ultra-60 | > | | | | w/Creator-3D). | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Documentation items that must be resolved for 5.3 > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Issue | Status |Responsible| Description | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > | | |Gavin |The installation documentation doesn't take into account | > |i386 Floppy | |Atkinson, |the new floppy images (with a full kernel split across | > |Installation |Done |Bruce A. |multiple disks). This should be updated. | > |Docs | |Mah |References: | > | | | |docs/70485 (closed) | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > |Finish | |Simon L. |Finish removing mention of individual devices in the | > |hardware notes|In progress|Nielsen, |hardware notes and use auto-generated lists, based on | > |trimming | |Christian |driver manual pages, instead. | > | | |Brueffer | | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > | | | |The snd(4) and pcm(4) drivers have been renamed but their | > | | | |manual pages are still outdated. sound(4) has to be added | > | | | |and pcm(4), csa(4), gusc(4), sbc(4), and uaudio(4) should | > |sound(4) | | |be revised. Other manual pages which refer to pcm(4) (if | > |related manual|In progress|Simon L. |any) should possibly be revised, too. In addition, | > |pages | |Nielsen |supported cards list needs to be updated. | > | | | |References: | > | | | |Manpage for snd_solo on -doc_at_ | > | | | |[PATCH] sound(4) related manpages 5.3 TODO item on -doc_at_ | > | | | |src/share/man/man4/Makefile rev.1.279 | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > | | | |This section is outdated, some rewrites are needed for | > |Sound section | |Marc |5.3-RELEASE. | > |in the |Done |Fonvieille |References: | > |Handbook | | |doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml| > | | | |rev.1.94 | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > |FDP | | |With the snd(4) and pcm(4) drivers changes, documentations| > |documentations|Not done |-- |(FAQ) regarding the use of these drivers need an update. | > |related pcm(4)| | | | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > | | | |Xin LI pointed out that FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE is the first | > | | | |stable release on 5.X and it is (hopefully) not for early | > | | | |adopters. Early Adopter's Guide is still useful, but | > |Early | |Bruce A. |contains a bit old information. Some parts of this guide | > |Adopter's |Done |Mah, Tom |need a rewrite, and this document should be published as | > |Guide | |Rhodes |"4.X to 5.X Migration Guide", which focuses difference | > | | | |between 4.X and 5.X. | > | | | |References: | > | | | |Draft for review | > | | | |discussion on -doc_at_ and -current_at_ | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > | | | |Some parts are outdated. doc/70485 has been committed, but| > | | | |more work is needed to reflect the realities. bmah_at_ | > | | | |pointed out that we should have "quick-start" installation| > |Installation |Not done |Tom Rhodes |guide for each platform instead of the current ones | > |Notes | | |because they become too long and difficult to be | > | | | |maintained. | > | | | |References: | > | | | |doc/70485 (closed) | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > | | |Ken Tom, |Update the X11 chapter of the Handbook for X.Org's X11 | > |Xorg |Done |Marc |server. | > | | |Fonvieille |References: | > | | | |books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml rev.1.147 | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > | | | |Ch.11.4 and 11.5 of the Handbook must be updated to | > | | | |mention the new rc.d scripts and some ports use | > |rc.d scripts |In progress|Tom Rhodes |/etc/rc.conf for their configuration. | > | | | |References: | > | | | |books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml rev.1.170 | > | | | |books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml rev.1.172 | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > |Handbook's | | |Chapter 8 must be updated to match 5.3-RELEASE. | > |kernel |Done |Ceri Davies|References: | > |configuration | | |docs/70674 (closed) | > |chapter | | |books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml rev.1.135 | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > | | | |Some parts of Section 14.10 are outdated and are not | > |Handbook's | | |correct for 5.X systems. | > |IPsec section |Not done |-- |References: | > | | | |ipsec on -doc_at_ | > | | | |Problem with IPSEC in handbook on -doc_at_ | > |--------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------| > |Handbook's |Not done |-- |Vinum chapter needs to be revised for 5.X systems. | > |Vinum chapter | | | | > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Testing focuses for 5.3-RELEASE > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Issue | Status | Responsible | Description | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | SCHED_ULE provides | > | | | | better | > | | | | interactivity, | > | | | | higher | > | | | | performance, and | > | SCHED_ULE as the | | Jeff | the ability to | > | default scheduler | Needs testing | Roberson | support pinning | > | | | | and affinity. | > | | | | Basic HTT | > | | | | scheduling | > | | | | policies should be | > | | | | in place for 5.3 | > | | | | also. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | KSE has matured to | > | | | | the point of being | > | | | | more stable and | > | | | | POSIX-compliant | > | | | | than the | > | | | | traditional | > | | | | libc_r. All Tier-1 | > | | | | platforms MUST | > | | | | have stable KSE | > | | | David Xu, | support for 5.3 in | > | KSE as the default | Needs testing | Daniel | order to support a | > | threads library | | Eischen | consistent | > | | | | transition. | > | | | | Additionally, all | > | | | | ports that depend | > | | | | on the pthreads | > | | | | API must be | > | | | | modified to | > | | | | properly detect | > | | | | and support the | > | | | | default threading | > | | | | library. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | Binutils needs | > | | | | updating in order | > | Updated binutils | | David | to support new | > | for all platforms | Needs testing | O'Brien | platforms, newer | > | | | | GDB versions, and | > | | | | Thread Local | > | | | | Storage. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | The previous GCC | > | | | | 3.3 snapshot | > | | | | included | > | | | | regressions in | > | | | | alignment of | > | | | | floating point | > | gcc 3.3 floating | | | arguments, | > | point alignment | Needs testing | | resulting in a | > | regression | | | substantial | > | | | | performance | > | | | | degradation. The | > | | | | recent GCC 3.4.2 | > | | | | import should fix | > | | | | this, but more | > | | | | testing is needed. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | Jun Kuriyama has | > | | | | reportged a failed | > | | | | locking assertion | > | | | | with IPv6 TCP | > | in6_pcbnotify() | Needs testing | Robert | notifications. A | > | panic with TCP | | Watson | patch has been | > | | | | committed to the | > | | | | CVS HEAD and | > | | | | RELENG_5 and needs | > | | | | further testing. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | To complete | > | | | | support for | > | | | | thread-local | > | | | | storage on | > | | | | FreeBSD, | > | Per-platform | | Doug Rabson, | per-architecture | > | Thread-Local | Needs testing | Marcel | changes must be | > | Storage | | Moolenaar | made. Currently | > | | | | pending platforms | > | | | | are amd64, alpha, | > | | | | ia64, i386, | > | | | | sparc64, and | > | | | | powerpc. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | High load on SMP | > | | | | systems appears to | > | | | | result in a hard | > | | | | hang related to VM | > | | | | IPI. Doug White | > | SMP instability | | Doug White, | has prepared a | > | under load | Needs testing | Alan L. Cox | candidate patch | > | | | | that appears to | > | | | | resolve this | > | | | | instability, which | > | | | | is currently in | > | | | | testing for merge | > | | | | to the CVS HEAD. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | Significant parts | > | | | | of the network | > | | | | stack (especially | > | | | | IPv4, UNIX domain | > | | | | IPC, and sockets) | > | | | | now have | > | | | | fine-grained | > | | | | locking of their | > | | | | data structures. | > | | | | It's possible to | > | | | | run many common | > | | | | network subsystems | > | | | | and services | > | | | | without the Giant | > | Fine-grained | | | lock. However, a | > | network stack | | Robert | number of device | > | locking without | Needs testing | Watson | drivers and less | > | Giant | | | mainstream network | > | | | | subsystems are | > | | | | currently not | > | | | | MPSAFE. By | > | | | | 5.3-RELEASE, it is | > | | | | necessary to have | > | | | | the vast majority | > | | | | of network code | > | | | | running without | > | | | | Giant, including | > | | | | sockets, | > | | | | permitting | > | | | | complete | > | | | | local<->remote | > | | | | delivery without | > | | | | grabbing Giant. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | KLDs work when | > | | | | loaded from | > | | | | userland, but not | > | | | David | from the loader. | > | kld support for | Needs testing | O'Brien, Ian | kldxref and loader | > | amd64 | | Dowse | support has been | > | | | | committed to HEAD | > | | | | and RELENG_5 and | > | | | | needs final | > | | | | testing. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | Recent changes to | > | | | | the ATA driver | > | | | | trigger a bug on | > | | | So/ren | sparc64 that | > | ATA panics under | Needs testing | Schmidt, | causes a panic on | > | sparc64 | | Scott Long | boot. This was | > | | | | caused by bugs in | > | | | | busdma that have | > | | | | been hopefully | > | | | | fixed. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | The ifconf() ioctl | > | | | | for listing | > | | | | network interfaces | > | | | | performs a | > | | | | copyout() while | > | | | | holding the global | > | | | | ifnet list mutex. | > | | | | This generates a | > | ifconf() sleep | | | witness warning in | > | warning | Needs testing | Brooks Davis | the event that | > | | | | copyout() | > | | | | generates a page | > | | | | fault, and risks | > | | | | more serious | > | | | | problems. A patch | > | | | | has been committed | > | | | | to HEAD and | > | | | | RELENG_5, but | > | | | | requires testing. | > |--------------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------| > | | | | There are reports | > | | | | of applications | > | | | | wedging in poll() | > | | | | and select() while | > | | | | running the | > | | | | network stack | > | | | | without the Giant | > | | | | lock. A recent | > | | | | sleepq change | > | | | | appears to have | > | | | | caused some of the | > | | | | observed problems | > | | | | to go away (others | > | | | | are difficult to | > | poll()/select() | | | test for due to | > | application wedge | Needs testing | Robert | recent SMP | > | reports with | | Watson | instability). A | > | debug.mpsafenet=1 | | | fix has been | > | | | | committed to CVS | > | | | | HEAD and merged to | > | | | | RELENG_5 and | > | | | | appears to resolve | > | | | | problems with | > | | | | poll(); we are | > | | | | waiting for | > | | | | feedback that it | > | | | | has corrected the | > | | | | reported problems | > | | | | with select() also | > | | | | before moving this | > | | | | to "testing" | > | | | | status. | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > home | contact | legal | (c) 1995-2004 The FreeBSD Project. > All rights reserved. > Last modified: 2004/09/26 19:31:47Received on Fri Oct 01 2004 - 12:25:02 UTC
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