This change intends to run the whole network stack in softint context
(or normal LWP), not hardware interrupt context. Note that the work is
still incomplete by this change; to that end, we also have to softint-ify
if_link_state_change (and bpf) which can still run in hardware interrupt.
This change softint-ifies at ifp->if_input that is called from
each device driver (and ieee80211_input) to ensure Layer 2 runs
in softint (e.g., ether_input and bridge_input). To this end,
we provide a framework (called percpuq) that utlizes softint(9)
and percpu ifqueues. With this patch, rxintr of most drivers just
queues received packets and schedules a softint, and the softint
dequeues packets and does rest packet processing.
To minimize changes to each driver, percpuq is allocated in struct
ifnet for now and that is initialized by default (in if_attach).
We probably have to move percpuq to softc of each driver, but it's
future work. At this point, only wm(4) has percpuq in its softc
as a reference implementation.
Additional information including performance numbers can be found
in the thread at tech-kern@ and tech-net@:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2016/01/14/msg019997.html
Acknowledgment: riastradh@ greatly helped this work.
Thank you very much!
designated initializers.
I have not built every extant kernel so I have probably broken at
least one build; however I've also found and fixed some wrong
cdevsw/bdevsw entries so even if so I think we come out ahead.
SME_CLASS_BATTERY, register the former only on unit 0 so we don't end up
with two of them on powerbooks that have two battery slots. Now userland has
a fighting chance to find the AC status.
TODO: make the battery sensors look more like acpibat's
Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:56:50 +0000, excepting the kernel version bump.
First step in reverting regressions to ata(4) subsystem during the addition of
port multiplier support.
Prefix the DRIVE_ and DRIVET_ constants from atavar.h with ATA_.
Don't use an enum for drive_type - you don't know how big it will be.
Move driver_type to avoid implicit structure padding (esp on arm).
This change is purely lexical and mechanical.
Update to 6.99.9 - this wasn't done when the SATA PMP changes
were made - I'm sure they warranted a bump.
as described in
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2012/06/23/msg013442.html
PMP support in integrated to the atabus layer.
struct ata_channel's ch_drive[] is not dynamically allocated, and ch_ndrive
(renamed to ch_ndrives) closely reflects the size of the ch_drive[] array.
Add helper functions atabus_alloc_drives() and atabus_free_drives()
to manage ch_drive[]/ch_ndrives.
Add wdc_maxdrives to struct wdc_softc so that bus front-end can specify
how much drive they really support (master/slave or single).
ata_reset_drive() callback gains a uint32_t *sigp argument which,
when not NULL, will contain the signature of the device being reset.
While there, some cosmetic changes:
- added a drive_type enum to ata_drive_datas, and stop encoding the
probed drive type in drive_flags (we were out of drive flags anyway).
- rename DRIVE_ATAPIST to DRIVE_ATAPIDSCW to better reflect what this
really is
- remove ata_channel->ata_drives, it's redundant with the pointer in
ata_drive_datas
- factor out the interpretation of SATA signatures in sata_interpet_sig()
propagate these changes to the ATA HBA drivers, and add support for PMP
to ahcisata(4) and siisata(4).
Thanks to:
- Protocase (http://www.protocase.com/) which provided a system
with lots of controllers, SATA PMP and drive slots
- Conservation Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biology, New Mexico State
University for hosting the above system
- Brook Milligan, who set up remote access and has been very responsive
when SATA cable move was needed
passed to sysctl_createv() actually matches the declared type for
the item itself.
In the places where the caller specifies a function and a structure
address (typically the 'softc') an explicit (void *) cast is now needed.
Fixes bugs in sys/dev/acpi/asus_acpi.c sys/dev/bluetooth/bcsp.c
sys/kern/vfs_bio.c sys/miscfs/syncfs/sync_subr.c and setting
AcpiGbl_EnableAmlDebugObject.
(mostly passing the address of a uint64_t when typed as CTLTYPE_INT).
I've test built quite a few kernels, but there may be some unfixed MD
fallout. Most likely passing &char[] to char *.
Also add CTLFLAG_UNSIGNED for unsiged decimals - not set yet.
1) Move core entropy-pool code and source/sink/sample management code
to sys/kern from sys/dev.
2) Remove use of NRND as test for presence of entropy-pool code throughout
source tree.
3) Remove use of RND_ENABLED in device drivers as microoptimization to
avoid expensive operations on disabled entropy sources; make the
rnd_add calls do this directly so all callers benefit.
4) Fix bug in recent rnd_add_data()/rnd_add_uint32() changes that might
have lead to slight entropy overestimation for some sources.
5) Add new source types for environmental sensors, power sensors, VM
system events, and skew between clocks, with a sample implementation
for each.
ok releng to go in before the branch due to the difficulty of later
pullup (widespread #ifdef removal and moved files). Tested with release
builds on amd64 and evbarm and live testing on amd64.
the original ad-audiomp branch notes:
Add MP locking to the audio drivers.
Making the audio drivers MP safe is necessary before efforts
can be made to make the VM system MP safe.
The are two locks per device instance, an ISR lock and
a character device lock. The ISR lock replaces calls to
splaudio()/splx(), and will be held across calls to device
methods which were called at splaudio() before (e.g.
trigger_output). The character device lock is held across
calls to nearly all of the methods, excluding some only
used for initialization, e.g. get_locks.
Welcome to 5.99.57.
<20111022023242.BA26F14A158@mail.netbsd.org>. This change includes
the following:
An initial cleanup and minor reorganization of the entropy pool
code in sys/dev/rnd.c and sys/dev/rndpool.c. Several bugs are
fixed. Some effort is made to accumulate entropy more quickly at
boot time.
A generic interface, "rndsink", is added, for stream generators to
request that they be re-keyed with good quality entropy from the pool
as soon as it is available.
The arc4random()/arc4randbytes() implementation in libkern is
adjusted to use the rndsink interface for rekeying, which helps
address the problem of low-quality keys at boot time.
An implementation of the FIPS 140-2 statistical tests for random
number generator quality is provided (libkern/rngtest.c). This
is based on Greg Rose's implementation from Qualcomm.
A new random stream generator, nist_ctr_drbg, is provided. It is
based on an implementation of the NIST SP800-90 CTR_DRBG by
Henric Jungheim. This generator users AES in a modified counter
mode to generate a backtracking-resistant random stream.
An abstraction layer, "cprng", is provided for in-kernel consumers
of randomness. The arc4random/arc4randbytes API is deprecated for
in-kernel use. It is replaced by "cprng_strong". The current
cprng_fast implementation wraps the existing arc4random
implementation. The current cprng_strong implementation wraps the
new CTR_DRBG implementation. Both interfaces are rekeyed from
the entropy pool automatically at intervals justifiable from best
current cryptographic practice.
In some quick tests, cprng_fast() is about the same speed as
the old arc4randbytes(), and cprng_strong() is about 20% faster
than rnd_extract_data(). Performance is expected to improve.
The AES code in src/crypto/rijndael is no longer an optional
kernel component, as it is required by cprng_strong, which is
not an optional kernel component.
The entropy pool output is subjected to the rngtest tests at
startup time; if it fails, the system will reboot. There is
approximately a 3/10000 chance of a false positive from these
tests. Entropy pool _input_ from hardware random numbers is
subjected to the rngtest tests at attach time, as well as the
FIPS continuous-output test, to detect bad or stuck hardware
RNGs; if any are detected, they are detached, but the system
continues to run.
A problem with rndctl(8) is fixed -- datastructures with
pointers in arrays are no longer passed to userspace (this
was not a security problem, but rather a major issue for
compat32). A new kernel will require a new rndctl.
The sysctl kern.arandom() and kern.urandom() nodes are hooked
up to the new generators, but the /dev/*random pseudodevices
are not, yet.
Manual pages for the new kernel interfaces are forthcoming.
