PR/60568 CVS commit: src/sys/kern

The following reply was made to PR kern/60568; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Taylor R Campbell" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: 
Subject: PR/60568 CVS commit: src/sys/kern
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:03:41 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	riastradh
 Date:		Fri Aug 14 03:03:41 UTC 2026
 
 Modified Files:
 	src/sys/kern: kern_proc.c
 
 Log Message:
 sysctl kern.proc_args.*.cwd/pathname: Use p_reflock, not p_lock.
 
 - Avoid holding p_lock across copyout; this risks deadlock or panic
   if memory is exhausted and the uvm fault handler during copyout
   tries to deliver SIGKILL, which requires p_lock.
 
 - Avoid holding p_lock across vnode_to_path: this risks deadlock or
   panic if the file system, such as nfs, tries to check for pending
   signals, which requires p_lock.
 
 PR kern/60568: panic locking against myself (p->p_lock) in NFS from
 sysctl_vmproc
 
 
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 cvs rdiff -u -r1.284 -r1.285 src/sys/kern/kern_proc.c
 
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