r357614 added CTLFLAG_NEEDGIANT to make it easier to find nodes that are
still not MPSAFE (or already are but aren’t properly marked).
Use it in preparation for a general review of all nodes.
This is non-functional change that adds annotations to SYSCTL_NODE and
SYSCTL_PROC nodes using one of the soon-to-be-required flags.
Mark all obvious cases as MPSAFE. All entries that haven't been marked
as MPSAFE before are by default marked as NEEDGIANT
Approved by: kib (mentor, blanket)
Commented by: kib, gallatin, melifaro
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23718
There are risks associated with waiting on a preemptible epoch section.
Change the name to make them not be the default and document the issue
under CAVEATS.
Reported by: markj
adds:
- epoch_enter_critical() - can be called inside a different epoch,
starts a section that will acquire any MTX_DEF mutexes or do
anything that might sleep.
- epoch_exit_critical() - corresponding exit call
- epoch_wait_critical() - wait variant that is guaranteed that any
threads in a section are running.
- epoch_global_critical - an epoch_wait_critical safe epoch instance
Requested by: markj
Approved by: sbruno
Read locking is over used in the kernel to guarantee liveness. This API makes
it easy to provide livenes guarantees without atomics.
Includes epoch_test kernel module to stress test the API.
Documentation will follow initial use case.
Test case and improvements to preemption handling in response to discussion
with mjg@
Reviewed by: imp@, shurd@
Approved by: sbruno@
