Implement the linux_io_* syscalls (AIO). They are only enabled if the native
AIO code is available (either compiled in to the kernel or as a module) at
the time the functions are used. If the AIO stuff is not available there
will be a ENOSYS.
From the submitter:
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DESIGN NOTES:
1. Linux permits a process to own multiple AIO queues (distinguished by
"context"), but FreeBSD creates only one single AIO queue per process.
My code maintains a request queue (STAILQ of queue(3)) per "context",
and throws all AIO requests of all contexts owned by a process into
the single FreeBSD per-process AIO queue.
When the process calls io_destroy(2), io_getevents(2), io_submit(2) and
io_cancel(2), my code can pick out requests owned by the specified context
from the single FreeBSD per-process AIO queue according to the per-context
request queues maintained by my code.
2. The request queue maintained by my code stores contrast information between
Linux IO control blocks (struct linux_iocb) and FreeBSD IO control blocks
(struct aiocb). FreeBSD IO control block actually exists in userland memory
space, required by FreeBSD native aio_XXXXXX(2).
3. It is quite troubling that the function io_getevents() of libaio-0.3.105
needs to use Linux-specific "struct aio_ring", which is a partial mirror
of context in user space. I would rather take the address of context in
kernel as the context ID, but the io_getevents() of libaio forces me to
take the address of the "ring" in user space as the context ID.
To my surprise, one comment line in the file "io_getevents.c" of
libaio-0.3.105 reads:
Ben will hate me for this
REFERENCE:
1. Linux kernel source code: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
(include/linux/aio_abi.h, fs/aio.c)
2. Linux manual pages: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages/
(io_setup(2), io_destroy(2), io_getevents(2), io_submit(2), io_cancel(2))
3. Linux Scalability Effort: http://lse.sourceforge.net/io/aio.html
The design notes: http://lse.sourceforge.net/io/aionotes.txt
4. The package libaio, both source and binary:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libaio
Simple transparent interface to Linux AIO system calls.
5. Libaio-oracle: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/libaio-oracle/
POSIX AIO implementation based on Linux AIO system calls (depending on
libaio).
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Submitted by: Li, Xiao <intron@intron.ac>
but further on -current (still not successful, but a step into the right
direction).
Sponsored by: Google SoC 2006
Submitted by: rdivacky
Tested by: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
we can do the stuff we need to do with linux processes at fork and
don't panic the kernel at exit of the child.
Submitted by: rdivacky
Tested with: tst-vfork* (glibc regression tests)
Tested by: netchild
handling for amd64 in the common code. The MD parts for amd64 are still
outstanding, but at least this fixes some panics on amd64.
Sponsored by: Google SoC 2006
Submitted by: rdivacky
Tested by: bsam
- Send the systrace_args files for all the compat ABIs to /dev/null for
now. Right now makesyscalls.sh generates a file with a hardcoded
function name, so it wouldn't work for any of the ABIs anyway. Probably
the function name should be configurable via a 'systracename' variable
and the functions should be stored in a function pointer in the sysvec
structure.
- TLS - complete
- pid/tid mangling - complete
- thread area - complete
- futexes - complete with issues
- clone() extension - complete with some possible minor issues
- mq*/timer*/clock* stuff - complete but untested and the mq* stuff is
disabled when not build as part of the kernel with native FreeBSD mq*
support (module support for this will come later)
Tested with:
- linux-firefox - works, tested
- linux-opera - works, tested
- linux-realplay - doesnt work, issue with futexes
- linux-skype - doesnt work, issue with futexes
- linux-rt2-demo - works, tested
- linux-acroread - doesnt work, unknown reason (coredump) and sometimes
issue with futexes
- various unix utilities in linux-base-gentoo3 and linux-base-fc4:
everything tried worked
On amd64 not everything is supported like on i386, the catchup is planned for
later when the remaining bugs in the new functions are fixed.
To test this new stuff, you have to run
sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16
to switch back use
sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.4.2
Don't switch while running a linux program, strange things may or may not
happen.
Sponsored by: Google SoC 2006
Submitted by: rdivacky
Some suggestions/help by: jhb, kib, manu@NetBSD.org, netchild
compat.linux.osrelease is changed to "2.6.16" or similar).
On amd64 not everything is supported like on i386, the catchup is planned for
later when the remaining bugs in the new functions are fixed.
Sponsored by: Google SoC 2006
Submitted by: rdivacky
mark system calls as being MPSAFE:
- Stop conditionally acquiring Giant around system call invocations.
- Remove all of the 'M' prefixes from the master system call files.
- Remove support for the 'M' prefix from the script that generates the
syscall-related files from the master system call files.
- Don't explicitly set SYF_MPSAFE when registering nfssvc.
ibcs2_getdents(), ibcs2_read(), ogetdirentries(), svr4_sys_getdents(),
and svr4_sys_getdents64() similar to that in getdirentries().
- Mark ibcs2_getdents(), ibcs2_read(), linux_getdents(), linux_getdents64(),
linux_readdir(), ogetdirentries(), svr4_sys_getdents(), and
svr4_sys_getdents64() MPSAFE.
to a copied-in copy of the 'union semun' and a uioseg to indicate which
memory space the 'buf' pointer of the union points to. This is then used
in linux_semctl() and svr4_sys_semctl() to eliminate use of the stackgap.
- Mark linux_ipc() and svr4_sys_semsys() MPSAFE.
from going away. mount(2) is now MPSAFE.
- Expand the scope of Giant some in unmount(2) to protect the mp structure
(or rather, to handle concurrent unmount races) from going away.
umount(2) is now MPSAFE, as well as linux_umount() and linux_oldumount().
- nmount(2) and linux_mount() were already MPSAFE.
syscalls. This way there will be a log message printed to the console
(this time for real).
Note: UNIMPL should be used for syscalls we do not implement ever, e.g.
syscalls to load linux kernel modules.
Submitted by: rdivacky
Sponsored by: Goole SoC 2006
P4 IDs: 99600, 99602
Update of syscall.master:
o Adding of several new dummy syscalls (268-310)
o Synchronization of amd64 syscall.master with i386 one
o Auditing added to amd64 syscall.master
o Change auditing type for lstat syscall (bugfix). [1]
P4-Changes: 98672, 98674
Noticed by: rwatson [1]
Sponsored by: Google SoC 2006
Submitted by: rdivacky
