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Konstantin Belousov
ad8b1d857d Initialize td_sel in the thread_init(). Struct thread is not zeroed
on the initial allocation, but seltdinit() assumes that td_sel is NULL
or a valid pointer.  Note that thread_fini()/seltdfini() also relies
on this, but correctly resets td_sel to NULL.

Submitted by:	luke.tw@gmail.com
PR:	199518
MFC after:	1 week
2015-04-18 17:21:12 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
13dad10871 The umtx_lock mutex is used by top-half of the kernel, but is
currently a spin lock.  Apparently, the only reason for this is that
umtx_thread_exit() is called under the process spinlock, which put the
requirement on the umtx_lock.  Note that the witness static order list
is wrong for the umtx_lock, umtx_lock is explicitely before any thread
lock, so it is also before sleepq locks.

Change umtx_lock to be the sleepable mutex.  For the reason above, the
calls to umtx_thread_exit() are moved from thread_exit() earlier in
each caller, when the process spin lock is not yet taken.

Discussed with:	jhb
Tested by:	pho (previous version)
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	3 weeks
2015-02-28 04:19:02 +00:00
Hans Petter Selasky
a115fb62ed Revert for r277213:
FreeBSD developers need more time to review patches in the surrounding
areas like the TCP stack which are using MPSAFE callouts to restore
distribution of callouts on multiple CPUs.

Bump the __FreeBSD_version instead of reverting it.

Suggested by:		kmacy, adrian, glebius and kib
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1438
2015-01-22 11:12:42 +00:00
Hans Petter Selasky
1a26c3c047 Major callout subsystem cleanup and rewrite:
- Close a migration race where callout_reset() failed to set the
  CALLOUT_ACTIVE flag.
- Callout callback functions are now allowed to be protected by
  spinlocks.
- Switching the callout CPU number cannot always be done on a
  per-callout basis. See the updated timeout(9) manual page for more
  information.
- The timeout(9) manual page has been updated to reflect how all the
  functions inside the callout API are working. The manual page has
  been made function oriented to make it easier to deduce how each of
  the functions making up the callout API are working without having
  to first read the whole manual page. Group all functions into a
  handful of sections which should give a quick top-level overview
  when the different functions should be used.
- The CALLOUT_SHAREDLOCK flag and its functionality has been removed
  to reduce the complexity in the callout code and to avoid problems
  about atomically stopping callouts via callout_stop(). If someone
  needs it, it can be re-added. From my quick grep there are no
  CALLOUT_SHAREDLOCK clients in the kernel.
- A new callout API function named "callout_drain_async()" has been
  added. See the updated timeout(9) manual page for a complete
  description.
- Update the callout clients in the "kern/" folder to use the callout
  API properly, like cv_timedwait(). Previously there was some custom
  sleepqueue code in the callout subsystem, which has been removed,
  because we now allow callouts to be protected by spinlocks. This
  allows us to tear down the callout like done with regular mutexes,
  and a "td_slpmutex" has been added to "struct thread" to atomically
  teardown the "td_slpcallout". Further the "TDF_TIMOFAIL" and
  "SWT_SLEEPQTIMO" states can now be completely removed. Currently
  they are marked as available and will be cleaned up in a follow up
  commit.
- Bump the __FreeBSD_version to indicate kernel modules need
  recompilation.
- There has been several reports that this patch "seems to squash a
  serious bug leading to a callout timeout and panic".

Kernel build testing:	all architectures were built
MFC after:		2 weeks
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1438
Sponsored by:		Mellanox Technologies
Reviewed by:		jhb, adrian, sbruno and emaste
2015-01-15 15:32:30 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
917dd39084 Add missed break.
CID:	1258586
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	4 days
2014-12-16 09:48:23 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
6ddcc23386 Add facility to stop all userspace processes. The supposed use of the
feature is to quisce the system before suspend.

Stop is implemented by reusing the thread_single(9) with the special
mode SINGLE_ALLPROC.  SINGLE_ALLPROC differs from the existing
single-threading modes by allowing (requiring) caller to operate on
other process.  Interruptible sleeps for !TDF_SBDRY threads are
suspended like SIGSTOP does it, instead of aborting the sleep, like
SINGLE_NO_EXIT, to avoid spurious EINTRs on resume.

Provide debugging sysctl debug.stop_all_proc, which causes total stop
and suspends syncer, while waiting for variable reset for resume.  It
is used for debugging; should be removed after the real use of the
interface is added.

In collaboration with:	pho
Discussed with:	avg
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	2 weeks
2014-12-13 16:18:29 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
07a9368a48 Do some refactoring and minor cleanups of the thread_single() code in
preparation for the global stop commit.

Move the code to weed suspended or sleeping threads into the
appropriate state, into the helper weed_inhib().  Current code already
has deep nesting and hard to follow [1].

Add currently useless helper remain_for_mode(), which returns the
count of threads which are allowed to run, according to the
single-threading mode.

In thread_single_end(), do not save curthread into local variable, it
is unused after, except to find curproc.

Remove stray empty line.

Requested by:	avg [1]
Tested by:	pho
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	1 week
2014-12-08 16:27:43 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
8638fe7bea Thread waiting for the vfork(2)-ed child to exec or exit, must allow
for the suspension.

Currently, the loop performs uninterruptible cv_wait(9) call, which
prevents suspension until child allows further execution of parent.
If child is stopped, suspension or single-threading is delayed
indefinitely.

Create a helper thread_suspend_check_needed() to identify the need for
a call to thread_suspend_check().  It is required since call to the
thread_suspend_check() cannot be safely done while owning the child
(p2) process lock.  Only when suspension is needed, drop p2 lock and
call thread_suspend_check().  Perform wait for cv with timeout, in
case suspend is requested after wait started; I do not see a better
way to interrupt the wait.

Reported and tested by:	pho
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	1 week
2014-12-08 16:18:05 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
5c7bebf961 The process spin lock currently has the following distinct uses:
- Threads lifetime cycle, in particular, counting of the threads in
  the process, and interlocking with process mutex and thread lock.
  The main reason of this is that turnstile locks are after thread
  locks, so you e.g. cannot unlock blockable mutex (think process
  mutex) while owning thread lock.

- Virtual and profiling itimers, since the timers activation is done
  from the clock interrupt context.  Replace the p_slock by p_itimmtx
  and PROC_ITIMLOCK().

- Profiling code (profil(2)), for similar reason.  Replace the p_slock
  by p_profmtx and PROC_PROFLOCK().

- Resource usage accounting.  Need for the spinlock there is subtle,
  my understanding is that spinlock blocks context switching for the
  current thread, which prevents td_runtime and similar fields from
  changing (updates are done at the mi_switch()).  Replace the p_slock
  by p_statmtx and PROC_STATLOCK().

The split is done mostly for code clarity, and should not affect
scalability.

Tested by:	pho
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	1 week
2014-11-26 14:10:00 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
624bf9e134 Style.
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	1 week
2014-09-03 08:40:16 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
8626a0ddc6 Retire thread_unthread(), it has only one caller. Update comment in
the block of code before the previous call to thread_unthread().

Discussed with:	alc
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	1 week
2014-09-03 08:35:42 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
fd229b5b75 Right now, thread_single(SINGLE_EXIT) returns after the p_numthreads
reaches 1. The p_numthreads counter is decremented in thread_exit() by
a call to thread_unlink(). This means that the exiting threads may
still execute on other CPUs when thread_single(SINGLE_EXIT) returns.
As result, vmspace could be destroyed while paging structures are
still used on other CPUs by exiting threads.

Delay the return from thread_single(SINGLE_EXIT) until all threads are
really destroyed by thread_stash() after the last switch out. The
p_exitthreads counter already provides the required mechanism, move
the wait from the thread_wait() (which is called from wait(2) code)
into thread_single().

Reported by:	many (as "panic: pmap active <addr>")
Reviewed by:	alc, jhb
Tested by:	pho
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	1 week
2014-09-03 08:18:07 +00:00
Daniel Eischen
66d8df9dfc Insert new threads at the end of the thread list in the process
instead of at the beginning.  This allows an intra process signal
to be sent to the oldest thread with the signal unmasked - which,
if it still exists, is the main thread.  This mimics behavior
found in Linux and Solaris.
2014-07-25 20:21:02 +00:00
Marcel Moolenaar
e7d939bda2 Remove ia64.
This includes:
o   All directories named *ia64*
o   All files named *ia64*
o   All ia64-specific code guarded by __ia64__
o   All ia64-specific makefile logic
o   Mention of ia64 in comments and documentation

This excludes:
o   Everything under contrib/
o   Everything under crypto/
o   sys/xen/interface
o   sys/sys/elf_common.h

Discussed at: BSDcan
2014-07-07 00:27:09 +00:00
Andriy Gapon
d9fae5ab88 dtrace sdt: remove the ugly sname parameter of SDT_PROBE_DEFINE
In its stead use the Solaris / illumos approach of emulating '-' (dash)
in probe names with '__' (two consecutive underscores).

Reviewed by:	markj
MFC after:	3 weeks
2013-11-26 08:46:27 +00:00
Attilio Rao
54366c0bd7 - For kernel compiled only with KDTRACE_HOOKS and not any lock debugging
option, unbreak the lock tracing release semantic by embedding
  calls to LOCKSTAT_PROFILE_RELEASE_LOCK() direclty in the inlined
  version of the releasing functions for mutex, rwlock and sxlock.
  Failing to do so skips the lockstat_probe_func invokation for
  unlocking.
- As part of the LOCKSTAT support is inlined in mutex operation, for
  kernel compiled without lock debugging options, potentially every
  consumer must be compiled including opt_kdtrace.h.
  Fix this by moving KDTRACE_HOOKS into opt_global.h and remove the
  dependency by opt_kdtrace.h for all files, as now only KDTRACE_FRAMES
  is linked there and it is only used as a compile-time stub [0].

[0] immediately shows some new bug as DTRACE-derived support for debug
in sfxge is broken and it was never really tested.  As it was not
including correctly opt_kdtrace.h before it was never enabled so it
was kept broken for a while.  Fix this by using a protection stub,
leaving sfxge driver authors the responsibility for fixing it
appropriately [1].

Sponsored by:	EMC / Isilon storage division
Discussed with:	rstone
[0] Reported by:	rstone
[1] Discussed with:	philip
2013-11-25 07:38:45 +00:00
John Baldwin
d071a6fa33 Another NFS SIGSTOP related fix: Ignore thread suspend requests due to
SIGSTOP if stop signals are currently deferred.  This can occur if a
process is stopped via SIGSTOP while a thread is running or runnable
but before it has set TDF_SBDRY.

Tested by:	pho
Reviewed by:	kib
MFC after:	1 week
2013-03-21 14:06:27 +00:00
John Baldwin
353374b525 Fix a few typos. 2013-02-19 16:35:27 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
94cb35459d Make the updates of the tid ring buffer' head and tail pointers
explicit by moving them into separate statements from the buffer
element accesses.

Requested by:	jhb
MFC after:	3 days
2012-09-26 09:25:11 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
787a64ddd2 Do not skip two elements of the tid_buffer when reusing the buffer
slot. This eventually results in exhaustion of the tid space, causing
new threads get tid -1 as identifier.

The bad effect of having the thread id equal to -1 is that
UMTX_OP_UMUTEX_WAIT returns EFAULT for a lock owned by such thread,
because casuword cannot distinguish between literal value -1 read from
the address and -1 returned as an indication of faulted
access. _thr_umutex_lock() helper from libthr does not check for
errors from _umtx_op_err(2), causing an infinite loop in
mutex_lock_sleep().

We observed the JVM processes hanging and consuming enormous amount of
system time on machines with approximately 100 days uptime.

Reported by:	Mykola Dzham <freebsd levsha org ua>
MFC after:	1 week
2012-09-22 12:17:09 +00:00
Attilio Rao
0a15e5d30d Remove all the checks on curthread != NULL with the exception of some MD
trap checks (eg. printtrap()).

Generally this check is not needed anymore, as there is not a legitimate
case where curthread != NULL, after pcpu 0 area has been properly
initialized.

Reviewed by:	bde, jhb
MFC after:	1 week
2012-09-13 22:26:22 +00:00
John Baldwin
773e3b7dda A few whitespace and comment fixes. 2012-09-07 15:10:46 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
abce621c3a Fix grammar.
Submitted by:	jh
MFC after:	1 week
2012-08-16 13:01:56 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
02c6fc2114 Add a sysctl kern.pid_max, which limits the maximum pid the system is
allowed to allocate, and corresponding tunable with the same
name. Note that existing processes with higher pids are left intact.

MFC after:	1 week
2012-08-15 15:56:21 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
8f0e91308a Add a rangelock implementation, intended to be used to range-locking
the i/o regions of the vnode data space. The implementation is quite
simple-minded, it uses the list of the lock requests, ordered by
arrival time. Each request may be for read or for write. The
implementation is fair FIFO.

MFC after:     2 month
2012-05-30 16:06:38 +00:00
Ryan Stone
b3e9e682cf Implement the DTrace sched provider. This implementation aims to be
compatible with the sched provider implemented by Solaris and its open-
source derivatives.  Full documentation of the sched provider can be found
on Oracle's DTrace wiki pages.

Note that for compatibility with scripts originally written for Solaris,
serveral probes are defined that will never fire.  These probes are defined
to fire when Solaris-specific features perform certain actions.  As these
features are not present in FreeBSD, the probes can never fire.

Also, I have added a two probes that are not defined in Solaris, lend-pri
and load-change.  These probes have been added to make it possible to
collect schedgraph data with DTrace.

Finally, a few probes are defined in Solaris to take a cpuinfo_t *
argument.  As it was not immediately clear to me how to translate that to
FreeBSD, currently those probes are passed NULL in place of a cpuinfo_t *.

Sponsored by: Sandvine Incorporated
MFC after:	2 weeks
2012-05-15 01:30:25 +00:00
John Baldwin
7e3a96ea37 Some small fixes to CPU accounting for threads:
- Only initialize the per-cpu switchticks and switchtime in sched_throw()
  for the very first context switch on APs during boot.  This avoids a
  small gap between the middle of thread_exit() and sched_throw() where
  time is not accounted to any thread.
- In thread_exit(), update the timestamp bookkeeping to track the changes
  to mi_switch() introduced by td_rux so that the code once again matches
  the comment claiming it is mimicing mi_switch().  Specifically, only
  update the per-thread stats directly and depend on ruxagg() to update
  p_rux rather than adjusting p_rux directly.  While here, move the
  timestamp bookkeeping as late in the function as possible.

Reviewed by:	bde, kib
MFC after:	1 week
2012-01-03 21:03:28 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
7b5190779b Consistently use process spin lock for protection of the
p->p_boundary_count. Race could cause the execve(2) from the threaded
process to hung since thread boundary counter was incorrect and
single-threading never finished.

Reported by:	pluknet, pho
Tested by:	pho
MFC after:	1 week
2011-11-18 09:12:26 +00:00
John Baldwin
8e6fa660f2 Fix some locking nits with the p_state field of struct proc:
- Hold the proc lock while changing the state from PRS_NEW to PRS_NORMAL
  in fork to honor the locking requirements.  While here, expand the scope
  of the PROC_LOCK() on the new process (p2) to avoid some LORs.  Previously
  the code was locking the new child process (p2) after it had locked the
  parent process (p1).  However, when locking two processes, the safe order
  is to lock the child first, then the parent.
- Fix various places that were checking p_state against PRS_NEW without
  having the process locked to use PROC_LOCK().  Every place was already
  locking the process, just after the PRS_NEW check.
- Remove or reduce the use of PROC_SLOCK() for places that were checking
  p_state against PRS_NEW.  The PROC_LOCK() alone is sufficient for reading
  the current state.
- Reorder fill_kinfo_proc() slightly so it only acquires PROC_SLOCK() once.

MFC after:	1 week
2011-03-24 18:40:11 +00:00
Sergey Kandaurov
c0bc8d1008 Clean up the now unused #include statement.
Approved by:	kib (mentor)
MFC after:	1 week
X-MFC with:	r218972
2011-02-23 18:22:40 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
25a9cfc9e8 Move the max_threads_per_proc and max_threads_hits variables to the
file where they are used. Declare the kern.threads sysctl node at the
same location. Since no external use for the variables exists, make them
static.

Discussed with:	dchagin
MFC after:	1 week
2011-02-23 13:50:24 +00:00
David Xu
ec6ea5e86d MFp4:
The unit number allocator reuses ID too fast, this may hide bugs in
other code, add a ring buffer to delay freeing a thread ID.
2010-12-09 05:16:20 +00:00
David Xu
acbe332a58 MFp4:
It is possible a lower priority thread lending priority to higher priority
thread, in old code, it is ignored, however the lending should always be
recorded, add field td_lend_user_pri to fix the problem, if a thread does
not have borrowed priority, its value is PRI_MAX.

MFC after: 1 week
2010-12-09 02:42:02 +00:00
David Xu
21ecd1e977 - Insert thread0 into correct thread hash link list.
- In thr_exit() and kthread_exit(), only remove thread from
  hash if it can directly exit, otherwise let exit1() do it.
- In thread_suspend_check(), fix cleanup code when thread needs
  to exit.
This change seems fixed the "Bad link elm " panic found by
Peter Holm.

Stress testing: pho
2010-10-17 11:01:52 +00:00
David Xu
96f231fde9 Add a flag TDF_TIDHASH to prevent a thread from being
added to or removed from thread hash table multiple times.
2010-10-12 00:36:56 +00:00
David Xu
cf7d9a8ca8 Create a global thread hash table to speed up thread lookup, use
rwlock to protect the table. In old code, thread lookup is done with
process lock held, to find a thread, kernel has to iterate through
process and thread list, this is quite inefficient.
With this change, test shows in extreme case performance is
dramatically improved.

Earlier patch was reviewed by: jhb, julian
2010-10-09 02:50:23 +00:00
John Baldwin
f2a664ac97 Retire td_syscalls now that it is no longer needed. 2010-07-15 20:24:37 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
41fd9c6369 Fix the double counting of the last process thread td_incruntime
on exit, that is done once in thread_exit() and the second time in
proc_reap(), by clearing td_incruntime.

Use the opportunity to revert to the pre-RUSAGE_THREAD exporting of ruxagg()
instead of ruxagg_locked() and use it from thread_exit().

Diagnosed and tested by:	neel
MFC after:	3 days
2010-05-24 10:23:49 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
9182554ae9 Fix typo in comment.
MFC after:	3 days
2010-05-04 06:06:01 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
603a4d7f41 Remove a comment that merely repeats code.
Submitted by:	bde
MFC after:	1 week
2010-05-04 06:04:33 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
bed4c52416 Implement RUSAGE_THREAD. Add td_rux to keep extended runtime and ticks
information for thread to allow calcru1() (re)use.

Rename ruxagg()->ruxagg_locked(), ruxagg_tlock()->ruxagg() [1].
The ruxagg_locked() function no longer clears thread ticks nor
td_incruntime.

Requested by:	attilio [1]
Discussed with:	attilio, bde
Reviewed by:	bde
Based on submission by:	Alexander Krizhanovsky <ak natsys-lab com>
MFC after:	1 week
X-MFC-Note:	td_rux shall be moved to the end of struct thread
2010-05-04 05:55:37 +00:00
Joseph Koshy
16d95d4f92 Inform hwpmc(4) of a thread's impending demise prior to invoking sched_throw().
Debugging help:		fabient
Review and testing by:	fabient
2009-10-25 04:34:47 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
8a945d109c Reintroduce the r196640, after fixing the problem with my testing.
Remove the altkstacks, instead instantiate threads with kernel stack
allocated with the right size from the start. For the thread that has
kernel stack cached, verify that requested stack size is equial to the
actual, and reallocate the stack if sizes differ [1].

This fixes the bug introduced by r173361 that was committed several days
after r173004 and consisted of kthread_add(9) ignoring the non-default
kernel stack size.

Also, r173361 removed the caching of the kernel stacks for a non-first
thread in the process. Introduce separate kernel stack cache that keeps
some limited amount of preallocated kernel stacks to lower the latency
of thread allocation. Add vm_lowmem handler to prune the cache on
low memory condition. This way, system with reasonable amount of the
threads get lower latency of thread creation, while still not exhausting
significant portion of KVA for unused kstacks.

Submitted by:	peter [1]
Discussed with:	jhb, julian, peter
Reviewed by:	jhb
Tested by:	pho (and retested according to new test scenarious)
MFC after:	1 week
2009-09-01 11:41:51 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
f25fa6abb2 Reverse r196640 and r196644 for now. 2009-08-29 21:53:08 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
c3cf0b476f Remove the altkstacks, instead instantiate threads with kernel stack
allocated with the right size from the start. For the thread that has
kernel stack cached, verify that requested stack size is equial to the
actual, and reallocate the stack if sizes differ [1].

This fixes the bug introduced by r173361 that was committed several days
after r173004 and consisted of kthread_add(9) ignoring the non-default
kernel stack size.

Also, r173361 removed the caching of the kernel stacks for a non-first
thread in the process. Introduce separate kernel stack cache that keeps
some limited amount of preallocated kernel stacks to lower the latency
of thread allocation. Add vm_lowmem handler to prune the cache on
low memory condition. This way, system with reasonable amount of the
threads get lower latency of thread creation, while still not exhausting
significant portion of KVA for unused kstacks.

Submitted by:	peter [1]
Discussed with:	jhb, julian, peter
Reviewed by:	jhb
Tested by:	pho
MFC after:	1 week
2009-08-29 13:28:02 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
f33a947b56 Add new msleep(9) flag PBDY that shall be specified together with
PCATCH, to indicate that thread shall not be stopped upon receipt of
SIGSTOP until it reaches the kernel->usermode boundary.

Also change thread_single(SINGLE_NO_EXIT) to only stop threads at
the user boundary unconditionally.

Tested by:	pho
Reviewed by:	jhb
Approved by:	re (kensmith)
2009-07-14 22:52:46 +00:00
Konstantin Belousov
79799053a7 Move the repeated code to calculate the number of the threads in the
process that still need to be suspended or exited from thread_single
into the new function calc_remaining().

Tested by:	pho
Reviewed by:	jhb
Approved by:	re (kensmith)
2009-07-14 22:51:31 +00:00
Jeff Roberson
2e6b8de462 - Implement a new mechanism for resetting lock profiling. We now
guarantee that all cpus have acknowledged the cleared enable int by
   scheduling the resetting thread on each cpu in succession.  Since all
   lock profiling happens within a critical section this guarantees that
   all cpus have left lock profiling before we clear the datastructures.
 - Assert that the per-thread queue of locks lock profiling is aware of
   is clear on thread exit.  There were several cases where this was not
   true that slows lock profiling and leaks information.
 - Remove all objects from all lists before clearing any per-cpu
   information in reset.  Lock profiling objects can migrate between
   per-cpu caches and previously these migrated objects could be zero'd
   before they'd been removed

Discussed with:	attilio
Sponsored by:	Nokia
2009-03-15 06:41:47 +00:00
Pawel Jakub Dawidek
1ba4a712dd Update ZFS from version 6 to 13 and bring some FreeBSD-specific changes.
This bring huge amount of changes, I'll enumerate only user-visible changes:

- Delegated Administration

	Allows regular users to perform ZFS operations, like file system
	creation, snapshot creation, etc.

- L2ARC

	Level 2 cache for ZFS - allows to use additional disks for cache.
	Huge performance improvements mostly for random read of mostly
	static content.

- slog

	Allow to use additional disks for ZFS Intent Log to speed up
	operations like fsync(2).

- vfs.zfs.super_owner

	Allows regular users to perform privileged operations on files stored
	on ZFS file systems owned by him. Very careful with this one.

- chflags(2)

	Not all the flags are supported. This still needs work.

- ZFSBoot

	Support to boot off of ZFS pool. Not finished, AFAIK.

	Submitted by:	dfr

- Snapshot properties

- New failure modes

	Before if write requested failed, system paniced. Now one
	can select from one of three failure modes:
	- panic - panic on write error
	- wait - wait for disk to reappear
	- continue - serve read requests if possible, block write requests

- Refquota, refreservation properties

	Just quota and reservation properties, but don't count space consumed
	by children file systems, clones and snapshots.

- Sparse volumes

	ZVOLs that don't reserve space in the pool.

- External attributes

	Compatible with extattr(2).

- NFSv4-ACLs

	Not sure about the status, might not be complete yet.

	Submitted by:	trasz

- Creation-time properties

- Regression tests for zpool(8) command.

Obtained from:	OpenSolaris
2008-11-17 20:49:29 +00:00
David Xu
7b4a950a7d Revert rev 184216 and 184199, due to the way the thread_lock works,
it may cause a lockup.

Noticed by: peter, jhb
2008-11-05 03:01:23 +00:00