out of cdregister() and daregister(), which are run from interrupt context.
The sysctl code does blocking mallocs (M_WAITOK), which causes problems
if malloc(9) actually needs to sleep.
The eventual fix for this issue will involve moving the CAM probe process
inside a kernel thread. For now, though, I have fixed the issue by moving
dynamic sysctl variable creation for these two drivers to a task queue
running in a kernel thread.
The existing task queues (taskqueue_swi and taskqueue_swi_giant) run in
software interrupt handlers, which wouldn't fix the problem at hand. So I
have created a new task queue, taskqueue_thread, that runs inside a kernel
thread. (It also runs outside of Giant -- clients must explicitly acquire
and release Giant in their taskqueue functions.)
scsi_cd.c: Remove sysctl variable creation code from cdregister(), and
move it to a new function, cdsysctlinit(). Queue
cdsysctlinit() to the taskqueue_thread taskqueue once we
have fully registered the cd(4) driver instance.
scsi_da.c: Remove sysctl variable creation code from daregister(), and
move it to move it to a new function, dasysctlinit().
Queue dasysctlinit() to the taskqueue_thread taskqueue once
we have fully registered the da(4) instance.
taskqueue.h: Declare the new taskqueue_thread taskqueue, update some
comments.
subr_taskqueue.c:
Create the new kernel thread taskqueue. This taskqueue
runs outside of Giant, so any functions queued to it would
need to explicitly acquire/release Giant if they need it.
cd.4: Update the cd(4) man page to talk about the minimum command
size sysctl/loader tunable. Also note that the changer
variables are available as loader tunables as well.
da.4: Update the da(4) man page to cover the retry_count,
default_timeout and minimum_cmd_size sysctl variables/loader
tunables. Remove references to /dev/r???, they aren't used
any longer.
cd.9: Update the cd(9) man page to describe the CD_Q_10_BYTE_ONLY
quirk.
taskqueue.9: Update the taskqueue(9) man page to describe the new thread
task queue, and the taskqueue_swi_giant queue.
MFC after: 3 days
are supported by the driver.
- Use a list to specify which cards are supported.
- Add the 3c592/3c597 EISA cards to the list of supported cards.
PR: docs/56086 (based on)
Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>
Change the manual page title to use the device family name (Rhine),
since the list of supported device id's won't fit on one line anymore.
Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> (based on) [1]
PR: docs/55639 (based on) [1]
Confirmed by: driver source code [1]
MFC after: 3 days
specific interfaces. This is required by aodvd, and may in future help us
in getting rid of the requirement for BPF from our import of isc-dhcp.
Suggested by: fenestro
Obtained from: BSD/OS
Reviewed by: mini, sam
Approved by: jake (mentor)
new ATMIOCOPENVCC/CLOSEVCC. This allows us to not only use UBR channels
for IP over ATM, but also CBR, VBR and ABR. Change the format of the
link layer address to specify the channel characteristics. The old
format is still supported and opens UBR channels.
- Move isa/ppc* to sys/dev/ppc (repo-copy)
- Add an attachment method to ppc for puc
- In puc we need to walk the chain of parents.
Still to do, is to make ppc(4) & puc(4) work on other platforms. Testers
wanted.
PR: 38372 (in spirit done differently)
Verified by: Make universe (if I messed up a platform please fix)
it attaches to all existing NATM network interfaces in the system
and creates a HARP physical interface for each of them. This allows
us to use the same set of ATM drivers for all ATM stuff. It is
possible to use the same interface for HARP, NATM and netgraph at the
same time.