Index: sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c,v
retrieving revision 1.219
diff -u -r1.219 kern_descrip.c
--- sys/kern/kern_descrip.c	15 Jan 2004 10:15:03 -0000	1.219
+++ sys/kern/kern_descrip.c	15 Jan 2004 18:11:48 -0000
@@ -1430,8 +1430,11 @@
 	FILEDESC_LOCK_ASSERT(fdp, MA_OWNED);
 	newfdp = fdinit(fdp);
 	FILEDESC_LOCK(newfdp);
-	if (fdp->fd_lastfile >= newfdp->fd_nfiles)
+	while (fdp->fd_lastfile >= newfdp->fd_nfiles) {
+		FILEDESC_UNLOCK(fdp);
 		fdgrowtable(newfdp, fdp->fd_lastfile + 1);
+		FILEDESC_LOCK(fdp);
+	}
 	KASSERT(newfdp->fd_nfiles > fdp->fd_lastfile,
 	    ("fdgrowtable() failed to grow table"));
 	/* copy everything except kqueue descriptors */