The general trend is to remove it from all kernel interfaces and
this is a start. In case the calling lwp is desired, curlwp should
be used.
quick consensus on tech-kern
need to understand the locking around that field. Instead of setting
B_ERROR, set b_error instead. b_error is 'owned' by whoever completes
the I/O request.
config_handle_wedges() and read_disk_sectors(). On x86, handle_wedges()
is a thin wrapper for config_handle_wedges(). Share opendisk()
across architectures.
Add kernel code in support of specifying a root partition by wedge
name. E.g., root specifications "wedge:wd0a", "wedge:David's Root
Volume" are possible. (Patches for config(1) coming soon.)
In support of moving disks between architectures (esp. i386 <->
evbmips), I've written a routine convertdisklabel() that ensures
that the raw partition is at RAW_DISK by following these steps:
0 If we have read a disklabel that has a RAW_PART with
p_offset == 0 and p_size != 0, then use that raw partition.
1 If we have read a disklabel that has both partitions 'c'
and 'd', and RAW_PART has p_offset != 0 or p_size == 0,
but the other partition is suitable for a raw partition
(p_offset == 0, p_size != 0), then swap the two partitions
and use the new raw partition.
2 If the architecture's raw partition is 'd', and if there
is no partition 'd', but there is a partition 'c' that
is suitable for a raw partition, then copy partition 'c'
to partition 'd'.
3 Determine the drive's last sector, using either the
d_secperunit the drive reported, or by guessing (0x1fffffff).
If we cannot read the drive's last sector, then fail.
4 If we have read a disklabel that has no partition slot
RAW_PART, then create a partition RAW_PART. Make it span
the whole drive.
5 If there are fewer than MAXPARTITIONS partitions,
then "slide" the unsuitable raw partition RAW_PART, and
subsequent partitions, into partition slots RAW_PART+1
and subsequent slots. Create a raw partition at RAW_PART.
Make it span the whole drive.
The convertdisklabel() procedure can probably stand to be simplified,
but it ought to deal with all but an extraordinarily broken disklabel,
now.
i386: compiled and tested, sparc64: compiled, evbmips: compiled.
1 In dkopen(), do not leave dk_rawopens > 0 if the open ultimately
failed for some reason.
2 Add a dkdump() implementation by Martin Husemann for writing
system dumps to wedges. Tiny modifications by me. Lightly tested
on an evbmips box.
- dkwedge_del(): Don't compute a minor number based on partitions, because
wedges don't have partitions. Just provide the unit number to vdevgone().
- dkopen(): Make sure we release all of the locks we've acquired should
opening the parent device fail.
- use vmspace rather than proc or lwp where appropriate.
the latter is more natural to specify an address space.
(and less likely to be abused for random purposes.)
- fix a swdmover race.
- rather than embedding bufq_state in driver softc,
have a pointer to the former.
- move bufq related functions from kern/subr_disk.c to kern/subr_bufq.c.
- rename method to strategy for consistency.
- move some definitions which don't need to be exposed to the rest of kernel
from sys/bufq.h to sys/bufq_impl.h.
(is it better to move it to kern/ or somewhere?)
- fix some obvious breakage in dev/qbus/ts.c. (not tested)
so that config_detach() doesn't panic.
(XXX this points to some disagreement between config_attach_pseudo()
and config_detach() over the correct role of pseudo-device cfdata)
unit now. Don't pretend wedges have "partitions".
- Fix a buglet related to opening char and block devices of a wedge
at the same time.
- Add dkwedge_set_bootwedge(), that MD code can call to set booted_device
and booted_wedge appropriately when MD code knows the parent disk and
the start/size of the wedge that was booted from.