magic libc symbol. This also allows to bid farewell to subr_prf2.c
and merge the contents back to subr_prf.c. The host kernel bridging
is now done via rumpuser_putchar().
- It doesn't work and a dead system that can't be reset from the console is
worse than a system that has painced and rebooted. If you can make it work
reliably please do so.
- If the system is paniced there is every reason to suspect VM structures
and the contents of the buffer cache.
DragonflyBSD uses the crit names for something quite different.
- Add a kpreempt_disabled function for diagnostic assertions.
- Add inline versions of kpreempt_enable/kpreempt_disable for primitives.
- Make some more changes for preemption safety to the x86 pmap.
proclist_mutex and proclist_lock into a single adaptive mutex (proc_lock).
Implications:
- Inspecting process state requires thread context, so signals can no longer
be sent from a hardware interrupt handler. Signal activity must be
deferred to a soft interrupt or kthread.
- As the proc state locking is simplified, it's now safe to take exit()
and wait() out from under kernel_lock.
- The system spends less time at IPL_SCHED, and there is less lock activity.
kernel message buffer/log. Its off by default and can be switched on in the
kernel configuration on build time, be set as a variable in ddb and be set
using sysctl.
This adds the sysctl value
ddb.tee_msgbuf = 0
by default.
The functionality is especially added and aimed for developers who are not
blessed with a serial console and wish to keep all their ddb output in the
log. Specifying /l as a modifier to some selected commands will also put
the output in the log but not all commands provide one nor has the same
meaning for all commands.
This feature could in the future also be implemented as an ddb command but
that could lead to more bloat allthough maybe easier for non developpers to
use when mailing their backtraces from kernel crashes.
kernel config option) that controls whether the kernel dumps to the
dump device on panic. Dumps can still be forced via the ``sync''
command from ddb. Defaults to ``on''.
the number of times it is called. This allows subsystems to report
the number of errors that occurred during a quiet/silent subsystem
startup. aprint_get_error_count() reports this count and resets it
to 0.
Also add printf_nolog(), which is like printf(), but prevents the
output from hitting the system log.
autoconfiguration messages:
aprint_normal: Send to console unless AB_QUIET. Always goes to the log.
aprint_naive: Send to console only if AB_QUIET. Never goes to the log.
aprint_verbose: Send to console only if AB_VERBOSE. Always goes to the log.
aprint_debug: Send to console and log only if AB_DEBUG.
API inspired by the same routines in BSD/OS.
Will be used to address kern/5155.
<sys/kprintf.h> header file. This allows subsystems that need
printf semantics other than what are provided by the standard
kernel printf routines to implement exactly what they want.
pooka