Currently we use a single bit to indicate whether the virtual page is
part of a superpage. To support a forthcoming implementation of
non-transparent 1GB superpages, it is useful to provide more detailed
information about large page sizes.
The change converts MINCORE_SUPER into a mask for MINCORE_PSIND(psind)
values, indicating a mapping of size psind, where psind is an index into
the pagesizes array returned by getpagesizes(3), which in turn comes
from the hw.pagesizes sysctl. MINCORE_PSIND(1) is equal to the old
value of MINCORE_SUPER.
For now, two bits are used to record the page size, permitting values
of MAXPAGESIZES up to 4.
Reviewed by: alc, kib
Sponsored by: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26238
from the local mapping.
Enable the setting by default.
The article behind the change: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.01161
Reviewed by: markj
Discussed with: emaste
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18764
Super pages are supported on non-x86 architectures, so just remove the
incorrect note. While here, change terminology to be consistent with
mmap.2.
MFC after: 1 week
Renumber cluase 4 to 3, per what everybody else did when BSD granted
them permission to remove clause 3. My insistance on keeping the same
numbering for legal reasons is too pedantic, so give up on that point.
Submitted by: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@stevens.edu>
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/96
Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
mlock, mmap, mprotect, msync, munlock, and munmap are defined by
POSIX as taking void *. The const modifier has been added to
mlock, munlock, and mprotect as the standard dictates.
minherit comes from OpenBSD and has been updated to conform with
their recent change to void *.
madvise and mincore are not defined by POSIX, but their arguments
have been modified to be consistent with the POSIX-defined functions.
mincore takes a const pointer, but madvise does not due to the
MADV_FREE case.
Discussed with: bde
This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
in a bunch of man pages.
Use the correct .Bx (BSD UNIX) or .At (AT&T UNIX) macros
instead of explicitly specifying the version in the text
in a bunch of man pages.
