From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Race condition in /sys/src/9/pc/trap.c?
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:40:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3aa6d689be5c81fc7ac72211cfee8b13@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8ab5e568a932c69389783454382c2401@terzarima.net>
> it ensures mmuflushes in all other processes (sharing that segment) as well.
> in fact, the crash you describe just emphasises that point:
> the page reference no longer exists, hence the fault.
>
> the problem (which frankly doesn't bother me) is that fault386
> is being overly cautious in assuming that a page fault that occurs
> in system mode but can't map a page successfully is necessarily a kernel bug:
> that's not true. it could just note the process instead.
> (it doesn't bother me because since unix days i've seen less than a handful
> of programs that SHRINK their existing data segments, and i think that's the
> only case that can cause the panic you're seeing.)
if this case is really not important, would it make sense
to disallow shrinking segments? it might be worth it just
to be able to define Eshrinkage.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-31 19:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-30 4:03 Matthew J Jones
2009-07-30 11:27 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-30 14:25 ` Elizabeth Jones
2009-07-30 14:37 ` Sape Mullender
2009-07-30 15:01 ` cinap_lenrek
2009-07-30 15:24 ` cinap_lenrek
2009-07-30 15:17 ` cinap_lenrek
2009-07-30 15:54 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-07-31 13:07 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-07-31 13:28 ` Richard Miller
2009-07-31 17:13 ` cinap_lenrek
2009-07-31 18:00 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-31 18:08 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-07-31 18:18 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-31 18:35 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-07-31 21:52 ` cinap_lenrek
2009-07-31 19:31 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-07-31 19:40 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-07-31 20:41 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-07-30 15:20 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-30 14:39 ` erik quanstrom
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