Apply by doing: cd /usr/src patch -p0 < 002_semget.patch And then rebuild your kenel and reboot, e.g. cd sys/arch/`machine`/conf config GENERIC cd ../compile/GENERIC make depend bsd mv /bsd /bsd.old cp bsd / reboot Index: sys/kern/sysv_sem.c diff -u sys/kern/sysv_sem.c:1.16 sys/kern/sysv_sem.c:1.16.2.1 --- sys/kern/sysv_sem.c:1.16 Mon Jan 6 17:34:41 2003 +++ sys/kern/sysv_sem.c Wed Aug 20 14:16:41 2003 @@ -431,10 +431,20 @@ /* * Preallocate space for the new semaphore. If we are going - * to sleep, we want to sleep now to elliminate any race + * to sleep, we want to sleep now to eliminate any race * condition in allocating a semaphore with a specific key. */ if (key == IPC_PRIVATE || (semflg & IPC_CREAT)) { + if (nsems <= 0 || nsems > seminfo.semmsl) { + DPRINTF(("nsems out of range (0<%d<=%d)\n", nsems, + seminfo.semmsl)); + return (EINVAL); + } + if (nsems > seminfo.semmns - semtot) { + DPRINTF(("not enough semaphores left (need %d, got %d)\n", + nsems, seminfo.semmns - semtot)); + return (ENOSPC); + } semaptr_new = pool_get(&sema_pool, PR_WAITOK); semaptr_new->sem_base = malloc(nsems * sizeof(struct sem), M_SEM, M_WAITOK); @@ -468,18 +478,6 @@ DPRINTF(("need to allocate the semid_ds\n")); if (key == IPC_PRIVATE || (semflg & IPC_CREAT)) { - if (nsems <= 0 || nsems > seminfo.semmsl) { - DPRINTF(("nsems out of range (0<%d<=%d)\n", nsems, - seminfo.semmsl)); - error = EINVAL; - goto error; - } - if (nsems > seminfo.semmns - semtot) { - DPRINTF(("not enough semaphores left (need %d, got %d)\n", - nsems, seminfo.semmns - semtot)); - error = ENOSPC; - goto error; - } for (semid = 0; semid < seminfo.semmni; semid++) { if ((semaptr = sema[semid]) == NULL) break;