- Avoid atomics in more places.
- Remove the per-descriptor mutex, and just use filedesc_t::fd_lock.
It was only being used to synchronize close, and in any case we needed
to take fd_lock to free the descriptor slot.
- Optimize certain paths for the <NDFDFILE case.
- Sprinkle more comments and assertions.
- Cache more stuff in filedesc_t.
- Fix numerous minor bugs spotted along the way.
- Restructure how the open files array is maintained, for clarity and so
that we can eliminate the membar_consumer() call in fd_getfile(). This is
mostly syntactic sugar; the main functional change is that fd_nfiles now
lives alongside the open file array.
Some measurements with libmicro:
- simple file syscalls are like close() are between 1 to 10% faster.
- some nice improvements, e.g. poll(1000) which is ~50% faster.
signals (i.e. SA_KILL), just if SIGKILL (or SIGCONT). Improve comments.
Make some functions static, remove unused sigrealloc() prototype.
Fixes PR/39814. Similar patch reviewed by <ad>.
There are also sigtimedwait(2) et al. to catch signals without invoking
a signal handler. Fixes PR kern/41076 by Matteo Beccati (the first
test case, where the signal is sent before sigwaitinfo(2) gets called).
into modules. By and large this commit:
- shuffles header files and ifdefs
- splits code out where necessary to be modular
- adds module glue for each of the components
- adds/replaces hooks for things that can be installed at runtime
- make sure that sigput always initializes ksi
- initialize si_code with SI_NOINFO instead of lying (SI_USER)
- if a process is being ktraced, make siginfo available
- always pass the available siginfo to ktrace, even if it has SI_NOINFO
we no longer need to guard against access from hardware interrupt handlers.
Additionally, if cloning a process with CLONE_SIGHAND, arrange to have the
child process share the parent's lock so that signal state may be kept in
sync. Partially addresses PR kern/37437.
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.
For regular (non PIE) executables randomization is enabled for:
1. The data segment
2. The stack
For PIE executables(*) randomization is enabled for:
1. The program itself
2. All shared libraries
3. The data segment
4. The stack
(*) To generate a PIE executable:
- compile everything with -fPIC
- link with -shared-libgcc -Wl,-pie
This feature is experimental, and might change. To use selectively add
options PAX_ASLR=0
in your kernel.
Currently we are using 12 bits for the stack, program, and data segment and
16 or 24 bits for mmap, depending on __LP64__.
from doc/BRANCHES:
idle lwp, and some changes depending on it.
1. separate context switching and thread scheduling.
(cf. gmcgarry_ctxsw)
2. implement idle lwp.
3. clean up related MD/MI interfaces.
4. make scheduler(s) modular.
