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Ed Schouten bc093719ca Integrate the new MPSAFE TTY layer to the FreeBSD operating system. 
The last half year I've been working on a replacement TTY layer for the
FreeBSD kernel. The new TTY layer was designed to improve the following:

- Improved driver model:

  The old TTY layer has a driver model that is not abstract enough to
  make it friendly to use. A good example is the output path, where the
  device drivers directly access the output buffers. This means that an
  in-kernel PPP implementation must always convert network buffers into
  TTY buffers.

  If a PPP implementation would be built on top of the new TTY layer
  (still needs a hooks layer, though), it would allow the PPP
  implementation to directly hand the data to the TTY driver.

- Improved hotplugging:

  With the old TTY layer, it isn't entirely safe to destroy TTY's from
  the system. This implementation has a two-step destructing design,
  where the driver first abandons the TTY. After all threads have left
  the TTY, the TTY layer calls a routine in the driver, which can be
  used to free resources (unit numbers, etc).

  The pts(4) driver also implements this feature, which means
  posix_openpt() will now return PTY's that are created on the fly.

- Improved performance:

  One of the major improvements is the per-TTY mutex, which is expected
  to improve scalability when compared to the old Giant locking.
  Another change is the unbuffered copying to userspace, which is both
  used on TTY device nodes and PTY masters.

Upgrading should be quite straightforward. Unlike previous versions,
existing kernel configuration files do not need to be changed, except
when they reference device drivers that are listed in UPDATING.

Obtained from:		//depot/projects/mpsafetty/...
Approved by:		philip (ex-mentor)
Discussed:		on the lists, at BSDCan, at the DevSummit
Sponsored by:		Snow B.V., the Netherlands
dcons(4) fixed by:	kan
2008-08-20 08:31:58 +00:00
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_Exit.c
a64l.3 Revise markup in recently added manpages. 2006-09-30 10:34:13 +00:00
a64l.c Correct decoding a string containing '/'. 2006-05-19 19:06:38 +00:00
abort.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
abort.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
abs.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
abs.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
alloca.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atexit.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atexit.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atexit.h Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atof.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atof.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atoi.3 Remove out of date notes, the atoi code is thread-safe and async-cancel 2007-10-19 06:23:39 +00:00
atoi.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atol.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atol.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
atoll.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
bsearch.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
bsearch.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
div.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
div.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
exit.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
exit.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
getenv.3 Significantly reduce the memory leak as noted in BUGS section for 2007-07-04 00:00:41 +00:00
getenv.c Restructure and use different variables in the tests that involve 2008-08-03 22:47:23 +00:00
getopt_long.3 Sort sections. 2005-01-20 09:17:07 +00:00
getopt_long.c Keep compatible parts in sync with OpenBSD v1.21, add some comments. 2006-09-23 14:48:31 +00:00
getopt.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
getopt.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
getsubopt.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
getsubopt.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
grantpt.c Don't export the unused __use_pts() routine. 2008-06-17 14:05:03 +00:00
hcreate.3 - This code was intially obtained from NetBSD, but it's missing licence 2008-07-06 17:03:37 +00:00
hcreate.c - remove superfluous word 2008-07-06 11:31:20 +00:00
heapsort.c Use size_t to avoid overflow when sorting arrays larger than 2 GB. 2008-01-13 02:11:10 +00:00
imaxabs.3
imaxabs.c
imaxdiv.3
imaxdiv.c
insque.3
insque.c
l64a.c Add a64l(), l64a(), and l64a_r() XSI extentions. These functions convert 2005-12-24 22:37:59 +00:00
labs.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
labs.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
ldiv.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
ldiv.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
llabs.3
llabs.c
lldiv.3
lldiv.c
lsearch.3 Sort sections. 2005-01-20 09:17:07 +00:00
lsearch.c
Makefile.inc Integrate the new MPSAFE TTY layer to the FreeBSD operating system. 2008-08-20 08:31:58 +00:00
malloc.3 Remove support for lazy deallocation. Benchmarks across a wide range of 2008-02-17 17:09:24 +00:00
malloc.c Move CPU_SPINWAIT into the innermost spin loop, in order to allow faster 2008-08-14 17:31:42 +00:00
memory.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
merge.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
posix_memalign.3 Add a HISTORY section. 2007-03-28 04:32:51 +00:00
ptsname.3 Integrate the new MPSAFE TTY layer to the FreeBSD operating system. 2008-08-20 08:31:58 +00:00
ptsname.c Integrate the new MPSAFE TTY layer to the FreeBSD operating system. 2008-08-20 08:31:58 +00:00
qsort_r.c
qsort.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
qsort.c Changing 'r' to a size_t in the previous commit turned quicksort 2008-01-14 09:21:34 +00:00
radixsort.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
radixsort.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
rand.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
rand.c Fix typo in the comment 2007-12-11 20:39:32 +00:00
random.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
random.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
rb.h Clean up cpp logic and comments. 2008-05-14 18:33:13 +00:00
reallocf.c
realpath.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
realpath.c
remque.c
strfmon.3
strfmon.c Stricter check for integer overflow. 2008-04-24 07:49:00 +00:00
strtod.3 Implement and document nan(), nanf(), and nanl(). This commit 2007-12-16 21:19:28 +00:00
strtoimax.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
strtol.3 Swap "underflow"/"overflow" in the table header. 2007-04-10 11:17:00 +00:00
strtol.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
strtoll.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
strtonum.3 Revise markup in recently added manpages. 2006-09-30 10:34:13 +00:00
strtonum.c POSIXed strtoll() (and ours one too) can set errno to EINVAL, so check 2006-03-14 19:53:03 +00:00
strtoq.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
strtoul.3 Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
strtoul.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
strtoull.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
strtoumax.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
strtouq.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
Symbol.map Integrate the new MPSAFE TTY layer to the FreeBSD operating system. 2008-08-20 08:31:58 +00:00
system.3 Mark the section describing return values with an appropriate section flag. 2008-06-26 08:24:59 +00:00
system.c Per Regents of the University of Calfornia letter, remove advertising 2007-01-09 00:28:16 +00:00
tdelete.c
tfind.c
tsearch.3 twalk() expects an `action' function not a comparison function. 2006-06-23 13:36:33 +00:00
tsearch.c
twalk.c