links. The reference counting is needed to be able to determine if a
specific devfs path exists. For true device file paths we can traverse
the cdevp_list but a separate directory list is needed for user created
symbolic links.
Add a new directory entry flag DE_USER to mark entries which should
unreference their parent directory on deletion.
A new function to traverse cdevp_list and the directory list will be
introduced in a separate commit.
Idea from: kib
Reviewed by: kib
code:
- Accept devfs_mount and devfs_dirent as the arguments instead of a
vnode. This generalizes the function so that it can be used from
contexts where vnode references are not available.
- Accept NULL cnp argument. No '/' will be appended, if a NULL cnp is
provided.
- Make the function global and add its prototype to devfs.h.
Reviewed by: kib
devfs_delete() now recursively removes empty parent directories unless
the DEVFS_DEL_NORECURSE flag is specified. devfs_delete() can't be
called anymore with a parent directory vnode lock held because the
possible parent directory deletion needs to lock the vnode. Thus we
unlock the parent directory vnode in devfs_remove() before calling
devfs_delete().
Call devfs_populate_vp() from devfs_symlink() and devfs_vptocnp() as now
directories can get removed.
Add a check for DE_DOOMED flag to devfs_populate_vp() because
devfs_delete() drops dm_lock before the VI_DOOMED vnode flag gets set.
This ensures that devfs_populate_vp() returns an error for directories
which are in progress of deletion.
Reviewed by: kib
Discussed on: freebsd-current (mostly silence)
devfs_populate(). This is a prerequisite for the automatic removal of
empty directories which will be committed in the future.
Reviewed by: kib (previous version)
LK_CANRECURSE after a lock is created. Use them to implement macros that
otherwise manipulated the flags directly. Assert that the associated
lockmgr lock is exclusively locked by the current thread when manipulating
these flags to ensure the flag updates are safe. This last change required
some minor shuffling in a few filesystems to exclusively lock a brand new
vnode slightly earlier.
Reviewed by: kib
MFC after: 3 days
if the device file appears during or after the link creation.
User created symbolic links are now inserted at the head of the
directory entry list after the "." and ".." entries. A new directory
entry flag DE_COVERED indicates that an entry is covered by a symbolic
link.
PR: kern/114057
Reviewed by: kib
Idea from: kib
Discussed on: freebsd-current (mostly silence)
cdev will never be destroyed. Propagate the flag to devfs vnodes as
VV_ETERNVALDEV. Use the flags to avoid acquiring devmtx and taking a
thread reference on such nodes.
In collaboration with: pho
MFC after: 1 month
directory entry. Use the new function in devfs_fqpn(), devfs_lookupx()
and devfs_vptocnp() instead of manually resolving the parent entry.
Reviewed by: kib
in a no-sleep context. If resource allocation cannot be done without
sleep, make_dev_credf() fails and returns NULL.
Reviewed by: jh
MFC after: 2 weeks
instead of causing erratic behavior. Currently make_dev(9) can't fail, so
there is no way to report an error to make_dev(9) callers.
- Disallow using "." and ".." in device path names. It didn't work previously
but now it is reported rather than panicing.
- Treat multiple sequential slashes as single in device path names.
Discussed with: pjd
While there, perform some clean-up fixes. Update some stale comments on
struct cdev * instead of dev_t and devfs_random(). Also add some missing
whitespace.
MFC after: 1 week
Basically this commit changes two things, which improves access to TTYs
in exceptional conditions. Basically the problem was that when you ran
jexec(8) to attach to a jail, you couldn't use /dev/tty (well, also the
node of the actual TTY, e.g. /dev/pts/X). This is very inconvenient if
you want to attach to screens quickly, use ssh(1), etc.
The fixes:
- Cache the cdev_priv of the controlling TTY in struct session. Change
devfs_access() to compare against the cdev_priv instead of the vnode.
This allows you to bypass UNIX permissions, even across different
mounts of devfs.
- Extend devfs_prison_check() to unconditionally expose the device node
of the controlling TTY, even if normal prison nesting rules normally
don't allow this. This actually allows you to interact with this
device node.
To be honest, I'm not really happy with this solution. We now have to
store three pointers to a controlling TTY (s_ttyp, s_ttyvp, s_ttydp).
In an ideal world, we should just get rid of the latter two and only use
s_ttyp, but this makes certian pieces of code very impractical (e.g.
devfs, kern_exit.c).
Reported by: Many people
Now that we start to use credentials on character devices more often
(because of MPSAFE TTY), move the prison-checks that are in place in the
TTY code into devfs.
Instead of strictly comparing the prisons, use the more common
prison_check() function to compare credentials. This means that
pseudo-terminals are only visible in devfs by processes within the same
jail and parent jails.
Even though regular users in parent jails can now interact with
pseudo-terminals from child jails, this seems to be the right approach.
These processes are also capable of interacting with the jailed
processes anyway, through signals for example.
Reviewed by: kib, rwatson (older version)
be NULL or derefenced memory may become free at arbitrary moment.
Lock the vnode in cd9660, devfs and pseudofs implementation of VOP_IOCTL
to prevent reclaim; check whether the vnode was already reclaimed after
the lock is granted.
Reported by: georg at dts su
Reviewed by: des (pseudofs)
MFC after: 2 weeks
and used in a large number of files, but also because an increasing number
of incorrect uses of MAC calls were sneaking in due to copy-and-paste of
MAC-aware code without the associated opt_mac.h include.
Discussed with: pjd
to be set properly on devfs. Otherwise, it isn't possible to set labels
on /dev nodes.
Reported by: Sergio Rodriguez <sergiorr at yahoo.com>
MFC after: 3 days
before the struct file is fully initialized in vn_open(), in particular,
fp->f_vnode is NULL. Other thread calling file operation before f_vnode
is set results in NULL pointer dereference in devvn_refthread().
Initialize f_vnode before calling d_fdopen() cdevsw method, that might
set file ops too.
Reported and tested by: Chris Timmons <cwt networks cwu edu>
(RELENG_7 version)
MFC after: 3 days
the VFS. Now all the VFS_* functions and relating parts don't want the
context as long as it always refers to curthread.
In some points, in particular when dealing with VOPs and functions living
in the same namespace (eg. vflush) which still need to be converted,
pass curthread explicitly in order to retain the old behaviour.
Such loose ends will be fixed ASAP.
While here fix a bug: now, UFS_EXTATTR can be compiled alone without the
UFS_EXTATTR_AUTOSTART option.
VFS KPI is heavilly changed by this commit so thirdy parts modules needs
to be recompiled. Bump __FreeBSD_version in order to signal such
situation.
the removal of NQNFS, but was left in in case it was required for NFSv4.
Since our new NFSv4 client and server can't use it for their
requirements, GC the old mechanism, as well as other unused lease-
related code and interfaces.
Due to its impact on kernel programming and binary interfaces, this
change should not be MFC'd.
Proposed by: jeff
Reviewed by: jeff
Discussed with: rmacklem, zach loafman @ isilon
poll_no_poll().
Return a poll_no_poll() result from devfs_poll_f() when
filedescriptor does not reference the live cdev, instead of ENXIO.
Noted and tested by: hps
MFC after: 1 week
After running a `make buildkernel', I noticed most of the Giant locks in
sysctl are only caused by a very small amount of sysctl's:
- sysctl.name2oid. This one is locked by SYSCTL_LOCK, just like
sysctl.oidfmt.
- kern.ident, kern.osrelease, kern.version, etc. These are just constant
strings.
- kern.arandom, used by the stack protector. It is already protected by
arc4_mtx.
I also saw the following sysctl's show up. Not as often as the ones
above, but still quite often:
- security.jail.jailed. Also mark security.jail.list as MPSAFE. They
don't need locking or already use allprison_lock.
- kern.devname, used by devname(3), ttyname(3), etc.
This seems to reduce Giant locking inside sysctl by ~75% in my primitive
test setup.
to add more V* constants, and the variables changed by this patch were often
being assigned to mode_t variables, which is 16 bit.
Approved by: rwatson (mentor)
filedescriptor into it. Make sure that td_fpop is NULL when calling
d_mmap from dev_pager_getpages().
Change guards against td_fpop field being non-NULL with private state
for another device, and against sudden clearing the td_fpop. This
could occur when either a driver method calls another driver through
the filedescriptor operation, or a page fault happen while driver is
writing to a memory backed by another driver.
Noted by: rwatson
Tested by: rnoland
MFC after: 3 days
In the MPSAFE TTY branch I noticed the vfs timestamps inside devfs were
allocated with 0, where the getattr() routine bumps the timestamps to
boottime if the value is below 3600. The reason why it has been designed
like this, is because timestamps during boot are likely to be invalid.
This means that device nodes that are created on demand (posix_openpt())
have timestamps with a value of boottime, which is not what we want.
Solve this by calling vfs_timestamp() inside devfs_alloc().
Discussed with: kib
initialize the vattr structure in VOP_GETATTR() with VATTR_NULL(),
vattr_null() or by zeroing it. Remove these to allow preinitialization
of fields work in vn_stat(). This is needed to get birthtime initialized
correctly.
Submitted by: Jaakko Heinonen <jh saunalahti fi>
Discussed on: freebsd-fs
MFC after: 1 month
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
performed. Otherwise if ruleset is used by given mountpoint and is empty
it's freed by devfs_ruleset_reap and pointer becomes bogus.
Submitted by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
PR: kern/124853
needed to promote cdev to cdev_priv, the si_priv pointer was followed.
Use member2struct() to calculate address of the wrapping cdev_priv.
Rename si_priv to __si_reserved.
Tested by: pho
Reviewed by: ed
MFC after: 2 weeks
the dm_lock is held while the newly allocated vnode is locked. Since no
other threads may try to lock the new vnode yet, the LOR there cannot
result in the deadlock.
Shut down the witness warning to note this fact.
Tested by: pho
Prodded by: attilio
As discussed with Robert Watson and John Baldwin, it would be better if
PTY's are created with proper permissions, turning grantpt() into a
no-op.
Bypassing security frameworks like MAC by passing NOCRED to
VOP_SETATTR() will only make things more complex.
Approved by: philip (mentor)
In the mpsafetty branch, PTY's are allocated through the posix_openpt()
system call. The controller side of a PTY now uses its own file
descriptor type (just like sockets, vnodes, pipes, etc).
To remain compatible with existing FreeBSD and Linux C libraries, we can
still create PTY's by opening /dev/ptmx or /dev/ptyXX. These nodes
implement d_fdopen(). Devfs has been slightly changed here, to allow
finit() to be called from d_fdopen().
The routine grantpt() has also been moved into the kernel. This routine
is a little odd, because it needs to bypass standard UNIX permissions.
It needs to change the owner/group/mode of the slave device node, which
may often not be possible. The old implementation solved this by
spawning a setuid utility.
When VOP_SETATTR() is called with NOCRED, devfs_setattr() dereferences
ap->a_cred, causing a kernel panic. Change the de_{uid,gid,mode} code to
allow changes when a->a_cred is set to NOCRED.
Approved by: philip (mentor)
sense to loop trying to vget() the vnode again.
PR: 122977
Submitted by: Arthur Hartwig <arthur.hartwig nokia com>
Tested by: pho
Reviewed by: jhb
MFC after: 1 week
The patch does not change the cdevsw KBI. Management of the data is
provided by the functions
int devfs_set_cdevpriv(void *priv, cdevpriv_dtr_t dtr);
int devfs_get_cdevpriv(void **datap);
void devfs_clear_cdevpriv(void);
All of the functions are supposed to be called from the cdevsw method
contexts.
- devfs_set_cdevpriv assigns the priv as private data for the file
descriptor which is used to initiate currently performed driver
operation. dtr is the function that will be called when either the
last refernce to the file goes away, the device is destroyed or
devfs_clear_cdevpriv is called.
- devfs_get_cdevpriv is the obvious accessor.
- devfs_clear_cdevpriv allows to clear the private data for the still
open file.
Implementation keeps the driver-supplied pointers in the struct
cdev_privdata, that is referenced both from the struct file and struct
cdev, and cannot outlive any of the referee.
Man pages will be provided after the KPI stabilizes.
Reviewed by: jhb
Useful suggestions from: jeff, antoine
Debugging help and tested by: pho
MFC after: 1 month
obtain the reference. In particular, this fixes the panic reported in
the PR. Remove the comments stating that this needs to be done.
PR: kern/119422
MFC after: 1 week
always curthread.
As KPI gets broken by this patch, manpages and __FreeBSD_version will be
updated by further commits.
Tested by: Andrea Barberio <insomniac at slackware dot it>
conjuction with 'thread' argument passing which is always curthread.
Remove the unuseful extra-argument and pass explicitly curthread to lower
layer functions, when necessary.
KPI results broken by this change, which should affect several ports, so
version bumping and manpage update will be further committed.
Tested by: kris, pho, Diego Sardina <siarodx at gmail dot com>
Remove this argument and pass curthread directly to underlying
VOP_LOCK1() VFS method. This modify makes the code cleaner and in
particular remove an annoying dependence helping next lockmgr() cleanup.
KPI results, obviously, changed.
Manpage and FreeBSD_version will be updated through further commits.
As a side note, would be valuable to say that next commits will address
a similar cleanup about VFS methods, in particular vop_lock1 and
vop_unlock.
Tested by: Diego Sardina <siarodx at gmail dot com>,
Andrea Di Pasquale <whyx dot it at gmail dot com>
This makes it possible to support ftruncate() on non-vnode file types in
the future.
- 'struct fileops' grows a 'fo_truncate' method to handle an ftruncate() on
a given file descriptor.
- ftruncate() moves to kern/sys_generic.c and now just fetches a file
object and invokes fo_truncate().
- The vnode-specific portions of ftruncate() move to vn_truncate() in
vfs_vnops.c which implements fo_truncate() for vnode file types.
- Non-vnode file types return EINVAL in their fo_truncate() method.
Submitted by: rwatson
- Introduce a finit() which is used to initailize the fields of struct file
in such a way that the ops vector is only valid after the data, type,
and flags are valid.
- Protect f_flag and f_count with atomic operations.
- Remove the global list of all files and associated accounting.
- Rewrite the unp garbage collection such that it no longer requires
the global list of all files and instead uses a list of all unp sockets.
- Mark sockets in the accept queue so we don't incorrectly gc them.
Tested by: kris, pho
from Mac OS X Leopard--rationalize naming for entry points to
the following general forms:
mac_<object>_<method/action>
mac_<object>_check_<method/action>
The previous naming scheme was inconsistent and mostly
reversed from the new scheme. Also, make object types more
consistent and remove spaces from object types that contain
multiple parts ("posix_sem" -> "posixsem") to make mechanical
parsing easier. Introduce a new "netinet" object type for
certain IPv4/IPv6-related methods. Also simplify, slightly,
some entry point names.
All MAC policy modules will need to be recompiled, and modules
not updates as part of this commit will need to be modified to
conform to the new KPI.
Sponsored by: SPARTA (original patches against Mac OS X)
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project, Apple Computer
destroy_dev() from d_close() cdev method would self-deadlock.
devfs_close() bump device thread reference counter, and destroy_dev()
sleeps, waiting for si_threadcount to reach zero for cdev without
d_purge method.
destroy_dev_sched() could be used instead from d_close(), to
schedule execution of destroy_dev() in another context. The
destroy_dev_sched_drain() function can be used to drain the scheduled
calls to destroy_dev_sched(). Similarly, drain_dev_clone_events() drains
the events clone to make sure no lingering devices are left after
dev_clone event handler deregistered.
make_dev_credf(MAKEDEV_REF) function should be used from dev_clone
event handlers instead of make_dev()/make_dev_cred() to ensure that created
device has reference counter bumped before cdev mutex is dropped inside
make_dev().
Reviewed by: tegge (early versions), njl (programming interface)
Debugging help and testing by: Peter Holm
Approved by: re (kensmith)
some cases, move to priv_check() if it was an operation on a thread and
no other flags were present.
Eliminate caller-side jail exception checking (also now-unused); jail
privilege exception code now goes solely in kern_jail.c.
We can't yet eliminate suser() due to some cases in the KAME code where
a privilege check is performed and then used in many different deferred
paths. Do, however, move those prototypes to priv.h.
Reviewed by: csjp
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
Change the VOP_OPEN(), vn_open() vnode operation and d_fdopen() cdev operation
argument from being file descriptor index into the pointer to struct file.
Proposed and reviewed by: jhb
Reviewed by: daichi (unionfs)
Approved by: re (kensmith)
where similar data structures exist to support devfs and the MAC
Framework, but are named differently.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
Sponsored by: SPARTA, Inc.
be applied to dev entries. This leaves us with file times like "Jan 1 1970."
Work around this problem by replacing the tv_sec == 0 check with a
<= 3600 check. It's doubtful anyone will be booting within an hour of the
Epoch, let alone care about a few seconds worth of nonzero timestamps. It's
a hackish work around, but it does work and I have not experienced any
negatives in my testing.
Discussed with: bde
"Ok with me: phk
and flags with an sxlock. This leads to a significant and measurable
performance improvement as a result of access to shared locking for
frequent lookup operations, reduced general overhead, and reduced overhead
in the event of contention. All of these are imported for threaded
applications where simultaneous access to a shared file descriptor array
occurs frequently. Kris has reported 2x-4x transaction rate improvements
on 8-core MySQL benchmarks; smaller improvements can be expected for many
workloads as a result of reduced overhead.
- Generally eliminate the distinction between "fast" and regular
acquisisition of the filedesc lock; the plan is that they will now all
be fast. Change all locking instances to either shared or exclusive
locks.
- Correct a bug (pointed out by kib) in fdfree() where previously msleep()
was called without the mutex held; sx_sleep() is now always called with
the sxlock held exclusively.
- Universally hold the struct file lock over changes to struct file,
rather than the filedesc lock or no lock. Always update the f_ops
field last. A further memory barrier is required here in the future
(discussed with jhb).
- Improve locking and reference management in linux_at(), which fails to
properly acquire vnode references before using vnode pointers. Annotate
improper use of vn_fullpath(), which will be replaced at a future date.
In fcntl(), we conservatively acquire an exclusive lock, even though in
some cases a shared lock may be sufficient, which should be revisited.
The dropping of the filedesc lock in fdgrowtable() is no longer required
as the sxlock can be held over the sleep operation; we should consider
removing that (pointed out by attilio).
Tested by: kris
Discussed with: jhb, kris, attilio, jeff
late stages of unmount). On failure, the vnode is recycled.
Add insmntque1(), to allow for file system specific cleanup when
recycling vnode on failure.
Change getnewvnode() to no longer call insmntque(). Previously,
embryonic vnodes were put onto the list of vnode belonging to a file
system, which is unsafe for a file system marked MPSAFE.
Change vfs_hash_insert() to no longer lock the vnode. The caller now
has that responsibility.
Change most file systems to lock the vnode and call insmntque() or
insmntque1() after a new vnode has been sufficiently setup. Handle
failed insmntque*() calls by propagating errors to callers, possibly
after some file system specific cleanup.
Approved by: re (kensmith)
Reviewed by: kib
In collaboration with: kib
specific privilege names to a broad range of privileges. These may
require some future tweaking.
Sponsored by: nCircle Network Security, Inc.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
Discussed on: arch@
Reviewed (at least in part) by: mlaier, jmg, pjd, bde, ceri,
Alex Lyashkov <umka at sevcity dot net>,
Skip Ford <skip dot ford at verizon dot net>,
Antoine Brodin <antoine dot brodin at laposte dot net>
begun with a repo-copy of mac.h to mac_framework.h. sys/mac.h now
contains the userspace and user<->kernel API and definitions, with all
in-kernel interfaces moved to mac_framework.h, which is now included
across most of the kernel instead.
This change is the first step in a larger cleanup and sweep of MAC
Framework interfaces in the kernel, and will not be MFC'd.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
Sponsored by: SPARTA
vnode' v_rdev and increment the dev threadcount , as well as clear it
(in devfs_reclaim) under the dev_lock().
Reviewed by: tegge
Approved by: pjd (mentor)
Unlock the vnode in devfs_close() while calling into the driver d_close()
routine.
devfs_revoke() changes by: ups
Reviewed and bugfixes by: tegge
Tested by: mbr, Peter Holm
Approved by: pjd (mentor)
MFC after: 1 week
and drop_dm_lock is true, no unlocking shall be attempted. The lock is
already dropped and memory is freed.
Found with: Coverity Prevent(tm)
CID: 1536
Approved by: pjd (mentor)
vnode lock in devfs_allocv. Do this by temporary dropping dm_lock around
vnode locking.
For safe operation, add hold counters for both devfs_mount and devfs_dirent,
and DE_DOOMED flag for devfs_dirent. The facilities allow to continue after
dropping of the dm_lock, by making sure that referenced memory does not
disappear.
Reviewed by: tegge
Tested by: kris
Approved by: kan (mentor)
PR: kern/102335
The PR and patch have the details. The ultimate fix requires architectural
changes and clarifications to the VFS API, but this will prevent the system
from panicking when someone does "ls /dev" while running in a shell under the
linuxulator.
This issue affects HEAD and RELENG_6 only.
PR: 88249
Submitted by: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@ixsystems.com>
MFC after: 3 days
when we mount and get zero cost if no rules are used in a mountpoint.
Add code to deref rules on unmount.
Switch from SLIST to TAILQ.
Drop SYSINIT, use SX_SYSINIT and static initializer of TAILQ instead.
Drop goto, a break will do.
Reduce double pointers to single pointers.
Combine reaping and destroying rulesets.
Avoid memory leaks in a some error cases.
Give DEVFS a proper inode called struct cdev_priv. It is important
to keep in mind that this "inode" is shared between all DEVFS
mountpoints, therefore it is protected by the global device mutex.
Link the cdev_priv's into a list, protected by the global device
mutex. Keep track of each cdev_priv's state with a flag bit and
of references from mountpoints with a dedicated usecount.
Reap the benefits of much improved kernel memory allocator and the
generally better defined device driver APIs to get rid of the tables
of pointers + serial numbers, their overflow tables, the atomics
to muck about in them and all the trouble that resulted in.
This makes RAM the only limit on how many devices we can have.
The cdev_priv is actually a super struct containing the normal cdev
as the "public" part, and therefore allocation and freeing has moved
to devfs_devs.c from kern_conf.c.
The overall responsibility is (to be) split such that kern/kern_conf.c
is the stuff that deals with drivers and struct cdev and fs/devfs
handles filesystems and struct cdev_priv and their private liason
exposed only in devfs_int.h.
Move the inode number from cdev to cdev_priv and allocate inode
numbers properly with unr. Local dirents in the mountpoints
(directories, symlinks) allocate inodes from the same pool to
guarantee against overlaps.
Various other fields are going to migrate from cdev to cdev_priv
in the future in order to hide them. A few fields may migrate
from devfs_dirent to cdev_priv as well.
Protect the DEVFS mountpoint with an sx lock instead of lockmgr,
this lock also protects the directory tree of the mountpoint.
Give each mountpoint a unique integer index, allocated with unr.
Use it into an array of devfs_dirent pointers in each cdev_priv.
Initially the array points to a single element also inside cdev_priv,
but as more devfs instances are mounted, the array is extended with
malloc(9) as necessary when the filesystem populates its directory
tree.
Retire the cdev alias lists, the cdev_priv now know about all the
relevant devfs_dirents (and their vnodes) and devfs_revoke() will
pick them up from there. We still spelunk into other mountpoints
and fondle their data without 100% good locking. It may make better
sense to vector the revoke event into the tty code and there do a
destroy_dev/make_dev on the tty's devices, but that's for further
study.
Lots of shuffling of stuff and churn of bits for no good reason[2].
XXX: There is still nothing preventing the dev_clone EVENTHANDLER
from being invoked at the same time in two devfs mountpoints. It
is not obvious what the best course of action is here.
XXX: comment out an if statement that lost its body, until I can
find out what should go there so it doesn't do damage in the meantime.
XXX: Leave in a few extra malloc types and KASSERTS to help track
down any remaining issues.
Much testing provided by: Kris
Much confusion caused by (races in): md(4)
[1] You are not supposed to understand anything past this point.
[2] This line should simplify life for the peanut gallery.
running" panics.
Previously, recursion through the "include" feature was prevented by
marking each ruleset as "running" when applied. This doesn't work for
the case where two DEVFS instances try to apply the same ruleset at
the same time.
Instead introduce the sysctl vfs.devfs.rule_depth (default == 1) which
limits how many levels of "include" we will traverse.
Be aware that traversal of "include" is recursive and kernel stack
size is limited.
MFC: after 3 days
event handler, dev_clone, which accepts a credential argument.
Implementors of the event can ignore it if they're not interested,
and most do. This avoids having multiple event handler types and
fall-back/precedence logic in devfs.
This changes the kernel API for /dev cloning, and may affect third
party packages containg cloning kernel modules.
Requested by: phk
MFC after: 3 days
