Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_conf.c

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Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Date
14 Oct 2006 06:01:20
Subject
Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_conf.c
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4932.1160805676@critter.freebsd.dk


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In message <200610132049.k9DKnObw045731@repoman.freebsd.org>, Tor Egge writes:
>tegge 2006-10-13 20:49:24 UTC
>
> FreeBSD src repository
>
> Modified files:
> sys/kern kern_conf.c
> Log:
> Wait for thread count to reach zero in destroy_devl() even when no purge
> method is defined, to avoid memory being modified after free.

This is quite likely to not happen without intervention. It might
be a good idea to to deliver a signal to the process, if we can find it.

Better of course would be more purge methods.


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