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authorcsjp <csjp@FreeBSD.org>2004-12-10 02:38:21 +0000
committercsjp <csjp@FreeBSD.org>2004-12-10 02:38:21 +0000
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Update the IPFW man page to reflect reality. mpsafenet=0 is no longer
required when using ucred based rules. Pointed out by: seanc (thanks!) MFC after: 1 month
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diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index d3eb987..ea92c5b 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -973,14 +973,10 @@ Matches all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for a
A
.Ar group
may be specified by name or number.
-This option should be used only if debug.mpsafenet=0 to avoid
-lock ordering issues which could result in system hard locks.
.It Cm jail Ar prisonID
Matches all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for the
jail whos prison ID is
.Ar prisonID .
-This option should be used only if debug.mpsafenet=0 to avoid
-lock ordering issues which could result in system hard locks.
.It Cm icmptypes Ar types
Matches ICMP packets whose ICMP type is in the list
.Ar types .
@@ -1305,8 +1301,6 @@ Match all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for a
A
.Ar user
may be matched by name or identification number.
-This option should be used only if debug.mpsafenet=0 to avoid
-lock ordering issues which could result in system hard locks.
.It Cm verrevpath
For incoming packets,
a routing table lookup is done on the packet's source address.
@@ -2342,10 +2336,6 @@ the sleep terminates thus restoring the previous situation.
.Xr sysctl 8 ,
.Xr syslogd 8
.Sh BUGS
-Lock ordering issues could result in system hard locks if rules which
-contain UID, GID or jail ID constraints and used with debug.mpsafenet
-set to 1.
-.Pp
The syntax has grown over the years and sometimes it might be confusing.
Unfortunately, backward compatibility prevents cleaning up mistakes
made in the definition of the syntax.
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