the stack to the heap to work around a problem on ia64. Now, roughly
16 months and two compiler updates later, it isn't an issue anymore
in the sense that putting a 1M buffer on the stack just works and we
don't actually need to work around anything anymore.
However, since there's no advantage or need to put the buffer on the
stack (again), this change merely removes the XXX comment describing
that there's an explicit reason for the heap allocation. Hence, this
change is a functional no-op.
PR: ia64/38677
an uninitialized sysctl_ctx, using flag DA_FLAG_SCTX_INIT. This
prevents a panic encoutered with some umass units that probe correctly
but fail to attach. Same problem, and same fix, as scsi_cd.c rev. 1.86.
Reviewed by: njl, ken
pmap_copy_page() et al. to accept a vm_page_t rather than a physical
address. Also, this change will facilitate locking access to the vm page's
valid field.
filesystem that is checked in background. Create the snapshot in this
directory rather than in the root. There are two benefits:
1) For terabyte-sized filesystems, the snapshot may require many
minutes to build. Although the filesystem will not be suspended
during most of the snapshot build, the snapshot file itself is
locked during the entire snapshot build period. Thus, if it is
accessed during the period that it is being built, the process
trying to access it will block holding its containing directory
locked. If the snapshot is in the root, the root will lock and
the system will come to a halt until the snapshot finishes. By
putting the snapshot in a subdirectory, it is out of the likely
path of any process traversing through the root and hence much
less likely to cause a lock race to the root.
2) The dump program is usually run by a non-root user running with
operator group privilege. Such a user is typically not permitted
to create files in the root of a filesystem. By having a directory
in group operator with group write access available, such a user
will be able to create a snapshot there. Having the dump program
create its snapshot in a subdirectory below the root will benefit
from point (1) as well.
Sponsored by: DARPA & NAI Labs.
has been initialized.
(cdsysctlinit): Set flag CD_FLAG_SCTX_INIT after sysctl_ctx has been
initialized.
This resolves a panic encountered when a cd drive is sucessfully probed
but fails to attach.
Reviewed by: ken
o minor optimization of cardbus_cis processing. Remove a bunch of generic
entries that are handled by generic.
o no longer need the card_get_type stuff.
