The correct way to identify the end of the metadata is two adjacent
entries set to zero/MODINFO_END. I made a typo and this was checking the
first entry twice.
Reported by: rpokala
Sponsored by: NetApp, Inc.
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
The boot metadata (also referred to as modinfo, or preload metadata)
provides information about the size and location of the kernel,
pre-loaded modules, and other metadata (e.g. the EFI framebuffer) to be
consumed during by the kernel during early boot. It is encoded as a
series of type-length-value entries and is usually constructed by
loader(8) and passed to the kernel. It is also faked on some
architectures when booted by other means.
Although much of the module information is available via kldstat(8),
there is no easy way to debug the metadata in its entirety. Add some
routines to parse this data and allow it to be printed to the console
during early boot or output via a sysctl.
Since the output can be lengthly, printing to the console is gated
behind the debug.dump_modinfo_at_boot kenv variable as well as the
BOOTVERBOSE flag. The sysctl to print the metadata is named
debug.dump_modinfo.
Reviewed by: tsoome
Sponsored by: NetApp, Inc.
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26687
On i386 and amd64, add a vm_phys segment for physical memory used to
store the kernel binary and other preloaded data. This makes it
possible to free such memory back to the system once it is no longer
needed, e.g., when a preloaded kernel module is unloaded. Previously,
it would have remained unused.
Reviewed by: kib, royger
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16330
Mainly focus on files that use BSD 2-Clause license, however the tool I
was using misidentified many licenses so this was mostly a manual - error
prone - task.
The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) group provides a specification
to make it easier for automated tools to detect and summarize well known
opensource licenses. We are gradually adopting the specification, noting
that the tags are considered only advisory and do not, in any way,
superceed or replace the license texts.
Add a check to preload_search_info to make sure mod is set. Most of the
callers of preload_search_info don't check that the mod parameter is
set, which can cause page faults. While at it, remove some now unnecessary
checks before calling preload_search_info.
Sponsored by: Citrix Systems R&D
Reviewed by: kib
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3440
attributes for preloaded modules/images. In particular, MODINFO_ADDR has
the added complexity of not always being relocated properly. Rather than
kluging this in the various components that are affected, we handle it
in a centralized place (preload_fetch_addr()). To that end, expose a new
variable, preload_addr_relocate, that MD initialization code can set and
that turns the address attribute into a valid kernel VA.
Architectures that need the relocation: arm & powerpc (at least).
Components that can utilize this: acpi(4), md(4), fb(4), pci(4), ZFS, geli.
Sponsored by: Juniper Networks
should probably be moved to i386/i386/link_machdep.c (and the same for the
alpha).
Implement "deleting" a preloaded module by destroying it's tags. This is a
hack. We cannot reuse the data, it's been destroyed by relocation,
statically initialized variables have been modified, etc. Note that to
reclaim the load space is going to be more machine-dependent work.
Implement a relocate hook for machdep.c to call so that the physical
addresses get converted to the equivalent KVM addresses.
