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fd: make serialization in fdescfree_fds conditional on hold count
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Authored by mjg on Dec 9 2020, 2:44 PM.
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p_fd nullification in fdescfree serializes against new threads transitioning the count 1 -> 2, meaning that fdescfree_fds observing the count of 1 can safely assume there is nobody else using the table. Losing the race and observing > 1 is harmless.

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mjg requested review of this revision.Dec 9 2020, 2:44 PM
mjg created this revision.
markj added inline comments.
sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
2470 ↗(On Diff #80477)

It would be worth adding a sentence explaining why we know that fd_holdcnt can't increase at this point.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Dec 10 2020, 2:57 PM