Gone are the old kern_sysctl(), cpu_sysctl(), hw_sysctl(),
vfs_sysctl(), etc, routines, along with sysctl_int() et al. Now all
nodes are registered with the tree, and nodes can be added (or
removed) easily, and I/O to and from the tree is handled generically.
Since the nodes are registered with the tree, the mapping from name to
number (and back again) can now be discovered, instead of having to be
hard coded. Adding new nodes to the tree is likewise much simpler --
the new infrastructure handles almost all the work for simple types,
and just about anything else can be done with a small helper function.
All existing nodes are where they were before (numerically speaking),
so all existing consumers of sysctl information should notice no
difference.
PS - I'm sorry, but there's a distinct lack of documentation at the
moment. I'm working on sysctl(3/8/9) right now, and I promise to
watch out for buses.
- use hash for SPI-based SAD entry lookup (should be faster, i hope)
- cleanup keydb.c and key.c. key.c is responsible for refcounting secasvar,
keydb.c is responsible for alloc/free.
be inserted into ktrace records. The general change has been to replace
"struct proc *" with "struct lwp *" in various function prototypes, pass
the lwp through and use l_proc to get the process pointer when needed.
Bump the kernel rev up to 1.6V
malloc types into a structure, a pointer to which is passed around,
instead of an int constant. Allow the limit to be adjusted when the
malloc type is defined, or with a function call, as suggested by
Jonathan Stone.
particular problem on hosts with only wireless interfaces that are
definitely not safe to use as entropy sources.
Add arc4randbytes() which hands out bytes from the same source used
by arc4random(). This is intended to be a _temporary_ interface
until we can design and implement a better general PRNG interface
that is decoupled from the entropy-pool implementation.
Modify key_randomfill() (used only for initialization vectors on
SA creation and via key_sa_stir_iv(), which does not "stir",
despite its name) to use arc4randbytes() instead of pulling bits
directly from the entropy pool. It is my hope that this change
will pose minimal integration problems for the KAME folks as the
random-pool interface is *already* different between each BSD
variant; this just simplifies the NetBSD case and solves a
fairly serious problem.
Note that it is generally considered acceptable cryptographic
practice to use a fast stream cipher to generate IVs for encryption
with stronger block ciphers. For example, the use of "non-Approved"
PRNGs to generate IVs for "Approved" block ciphers is explicitly
sanctioned by FIPS 140-2.
itojun