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Move poll/select wedge to "testing" section since we believe it is

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fixed, subject to continued testing.  Mark the ifconf() item as in
testing.
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Robert Watson 2004-09-25 19:37:29 +00:00
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currently exploring possible fixes.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>poll()/select() application wedge reports with debug.mpsafenet=1</td>
<td>&status.wip;</td>
<td>&a.rwatson;</td>
<td>There are reports of applications wedging in poll() and select()
while running the network stack without the Giant lock. A recent
sleepq change appears to have caused some of the observed problems
to go away (others are difficult to test for due to recent SMP
instability). A fix has been committed to CVS HEAD and merged to
RELENG_5 and appears to resolve problems with poll(); we are waiting
for feedback that it has corrected the reported problems with select()
also before moving this to "testing" status.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ether_input() may harvest entropy from free()'d mbuf</td>
<td>&status.wip;</td>
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<td>ifconf() sleep warning</td>
<td>&status.wip;</td>
<td>&status.untested;</td>
<td>&a.brooks;</td>
<td>The ifconf() ioctl for listing network interfaces performs a
copyout() while holding the global ifnet list mutex. This generates a
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and RELENG_5, but requires testing.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>poll()/select() application wedge reports with debug.mpsafenet=1</td>
<td>&status.untested;</td>
<td>&a.rwatson;</td>
<td>There are reports of applications wedging in poll() and select()
while running the network stack without the Giant lock. A recent
sleepq change appears to have caused some of the observed problems
to go away (others are difficult to test for due to recent SMP
instability). A fix has been committed to CVS HEAD and merged to
RELENG_5 and appears to resolve problems with poll(); we are waiting
for feedback that it has corrected the reported problems with select()
also before moving this to "testing" status.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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