Re: kern/35351 (Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern)

[Elad Efrat <e%murder.org@localhost>]

YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> [ add gnats cc: ]
> 
>> YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>>>> the reason fileassoc lacked locking primitives is that I waited for
>>>> ad@ to commit and stablize newlock2. I *discussed* this pr with ad@
>>>> and yamt@, and, as a matter of fact, *prior* to newlock2, in a biglock
>>>> kernel, it is impossible to trigger the NULL deref.
>>> i've explained you that the PR is not (necessarily) about MP.
>>> did you understand it?
>>>
>>> (i'm not talking about this particular instance of NULL dereference.
>>> i'm not interested in analyzing how the known to be broken code can behave.
>>> i merely want to make sure that you know about the problem.  if you already
>>> know, it's fine.)
>> I know.
>>
>> -e.
> 
> ok, then you mean not to fix it for netbsd-4?
> 
> YAMAMOTO Takashi

no, sorry. it's not a problem for netbsd-4.

-e.