Bug 146284 - Kernel deadlock triggered by sandbox
Bug#: 146284 Product:  Gentoo/Alt Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: FreeBSD Status: RESOLVED Severity: major Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: bsd@gentoo.org Reported By: unledev+b.g.o@gmail.com
Component: FreeBSD
URL:  http://unleashed.amule.org/soc/2006/09/04/deadlock-dies/
Summary: Kernel deadlock triggered by sandbox
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2006-09-04 09:36 0000
Description:   Opened: 2006-09-04 09:36 0000
Gentoo's sandbox triggers at random points a deadlock in FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE
and 6-STABLE in devfs code resulting in the system being unable to touch the
filesystem. There is a patch as a result of my bug report to upstream fixing
this deadlock which will be applied to both -CURRENT and 6-STABLE.

If we want people to enable sandbox under FreeBSD we should be patching
freebsd-sources with this patch until 6.2 gets released. Note that the author
of the patch, Konstantin Belousov, says "this trades the deadlock for a race at
unmount time", which is however much better than the current state of things.

Dirty details:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=102335
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=115592944408531&w=2
http://unleashed.amule.org/soc/2006/07/15/deadlock-driving-me-mad/
http://unleashed.amule.org/soc/2006/09/04/deadlock-dies/

Patch against 6.1-RELEASE to follow as attachment. In the FreeBSD link you can
find a patch against -CURRENT.

------- Comment #1 From Alex Unleashed 2006-09-04 09:37:09 0000 -------
Created an attachment (id=95973) [details]
Patch against 6.1-RELEASE fixing the deadlock (but racing at unmount time)

------- Comment #2 From Diego E. 'Flameeyes' Pettenò 2006-09-04 11:48:54 0000 -------
Added in 6.1-r4.