CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    src
Committed By:   yamt
Date:           Tue Aug  3 12:08:51 UTC 2004

Modified Files:
        src/sys/kern: kern_lock.c

Log Message:
when acquiring an exclusive lock,
ensure that no one else have the same lock.
a patch from Stephan Uphoff, FreeBSD PR/69934.

(http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=69934)
>       Upgrading a lock does not play well together with acquiring
>       an exclusive lock and can lead to two threads being
>       granted exclusive access.
>
>       Problematic sequence:
>       Thread A acquires a previous unlocked lock in shared mode.
>       Thread B tries to acquire the same lock in exclusive mode
>       and blocks.
>       Thread A upgrades its lock - waking up thread B.
>       Thread B wakes up and also acquires the same lock as it only checks
>       if the lock is not shared or if someone wants to upgrade the lock
>       and not if someone already upgraded the lock to an exclusive lock.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -r1.80 -r1.81 src/sys/kern/kern_lock.c

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