freebsd-dev/sys/pc98/i386
Bosko Milekic 7d03271452 Big mbuf subsystem diff #1: incorporate mutexes and fix things up somewhat
to accomodate the changes.

 Here's a list of things that have changed (I may have left out a few); for a
 relatively complete list, see http://people.freebsd.org/~bmilekic/mtx_journal

   * Remove old (once useful) mcluster code for MCLBYTES > PAGE_SIZE which
     nobody uses anymore. It was great while it lasted, but now we're moving
     onto bigger and better things (Approved by: wollman).

   * Practically re-wrote the allocation macros in sys/sys/mbuf.h to accomodate
     new allocations which grab the necessary lock.

   * Make sure that necessary mbstat variables are manipulated with
     corresponding atomic() routines.

   * Changed the "wait" routines, cleaned it up, made one routine that does
     the job.

   * Generalized MWAKEUP() macro. Got rid of m_retry and m_retryhdr, as they
     are now included in the generalized "wait" routines.

   * Sleep routines now use msleep().

   * Free lists have locks.

   * etc... probably other stuff I'm missing...

  Things to look out for and work on later:

   * find a better way to (dynamically) adjust EXT_COUNTERS

   * move necessity to recurse on a lock from drain routines by providing
     lock-free lower-level version of MFREE() (and possibly m_free()?).

   * checkout include of mutex.h in sys/sys/mbuf.h - probably violating
     general philosophy here.

   The code has been reviewed quite a bit, but problems may arise... please,
   don't panic! Send me Emails: bmilekic@freebsd.org

Reviewed by: jlemon, cp, alfred, others?
2000-09-30 06:30:39 +00:00
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machdep.c Big mbuf subsystem diff #1: incorporate mutexes and fix things up somewhat 2000-09-30 06:30:39 +00:00
userconfig.c Previous commit changing SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS violated KNF. 2000-07-04 11:25:35 +00:00