causing a crash.
Suppose that we have two objects, obj and backing_obj, where
backing_obj is obj's backing object. Further, suppose that
backing_obj has a reference count of two. One being the reference
held by obj and the other by a map entry. Now, suppose that the map
entry is deallocated and its reference removed by
vm_object_deallocate(). vm_object_deallocate() recognizes that the
only remaining reference is from a shadow object, obj, and calls
vm_object_collapse() on obj. vm_object_collapse() executes
if (backing_object->ref_count == 1) {
/*
* If there is exactly one reference to the backing
* object, we can collapse it into the parent.
*/
vm_object_backing_scan(object, OBSC_COLLAPSE_WAIT);
vm_object_backing_scan(OBSC_COLLAPSE_WAIT) executes
if (op & OBSC_COLLAPSE_WAIT) {
vm_object_set_flag(backing_object, OBJ_DEAD);
}
Finally, suppose that either vm_object_backing_scan() or
vm_object_collapse() sleeps releasing its locks. At this instant,
another thread executes vm_object_split(). It crashes in
vm_object_reference_locked() on the assertion that the object is not
dead. If, however, assertions are not enabled, it crashes much later,
after the object has been recycled, in vm_object_deallocate() because
the shadow count and shadow list are inconsistent.
Reviewed by: tegge
Reported by: jhb
MFC after: 1 week
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