The vectx API, computes the hash for verifying a file as it is read.
This avoids the overhead of reading files twice - once to verify, then
again to load.
For doing an install via loader, avoiding the need to rewind
large files is critical.
This API is only used for modules, kernel and mdimage as these are the
biggest files read by the loader.
The reduction in boot time depends on how expensive the I/O is
on any given platform. On a fast VM we see 6% improvement.
For install via loader the first file to be verified is likely to be the
kernel, so some of the prep work (finding manifest etc) done by
verify_file() needs to be factored so it can be reused for
vectx_open().
For missing or unrecognized fingerprint entries, we fail
in vectx_open() unless verifying is disabled.
Otherwise fingerprint check happens in vectx_close() and
since this API is only used for files which must be verified
(VE_MUST) we panic if we get an incorrect hash.
Reviewed by: imp,tsoome
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Juniper Networks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org//D23827
Summary:
There's no need to use the fallback fls() and flsl() libkern functions
when the PowerISA includes instructions that already do the bulk of the
work. Take advantage of this through the GCC builtins __builtin_clz()
and __builtin_clzl().
Reviewed by: luporl
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22340
It was pointed out that manually loading a .dtb to be used rather than
relying on platform-specific method for loading .dtb will result in overlays
not being applied. This was true because overlay loading was hacked into
fdt_platform_load_dtb, rather than done in a way more independent from how
the .dtb is loaded.
Instead, push overlay loading (for now) out into an
fdt_platform_load_overlays. This method easily allows ubldr to pull in any
fdt_overlays specified in the ub env, and omits overlay-checking on
platforms where they're not tested and/or not desired (e.g. powerpc). If we
eventually stop caring about fdt_overlays from ubenv (if we ever cared),
this method should get chopped out in favor of just calling
fdt_load_dtb_overlays() directly.
Reported by: Manuel Stühn (freebsdnewbie freenet de)
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a
great soul has simply nothing to do. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Summary:
All metadata.c files are very similar, with only trivial changes. Unify them
into a single common file, with minor special-casing where needed.
Reviewed By: imp
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13978
preference to LIBFICL{,32}. LIBFICL{,32} are now always defined, but
LDR_INTERP{,32} is defined empty when building w/o forth (aka the
simple interpreter) and defined to LIBFICL{,32} when we are building
forth.
MK_CTF, MK_SSP, MK_PROFILE, NO_PIC, and INTERNALLIB are always the
same, so set them in defs.mk. MAN= is common, so set it here too.
This removes a lot of boring repetition from the Makefiles that added
almost no value.
On POWER8 with current petitpoot, the loader.kboot might be
run as little-endian application. The FreeBSD kernel is
always big-endian, so the load_elf_* routines must be aware
of proper endianness of all fields.
Submitted by: Wojciech Macek <wma@semihalf.com>
Obtained from: Semihalf
Sponsored by: IBM, QCM Technologies
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12422
removing this argument, and expanding when rc is NULL. This
effectively completes the back out of custom scripts for tftp booted
loaders from r269153 that was started in r292344 with the new path
tricks that obsoleted it.
Submitted by: Netflix
HELP_FILES is a loader only thing, so move it to loader.mk. Only
generate the help file if HELP_FILES is defined. Adjust Makefiles to
new convention. Fix a few cases where ${.CURDIR}/ was missing
resulting in missing bits from the help files.
Sponsored by: Netflix
Don't print when we can't find a file. Copy it instead to the error
buffer. Higher level routines determine if it's appropriate to print
the error message.
Also, remove dead code (labeled bogusly lost functionality) since we
never used that functionality. Remove unused arg from interact() too.
Sponsored by: Netflix
The host_open interface was a legitimate mismatch to the userboot
function, while the other pointers didn't need to be non-const.
This makes the powerpc warning free again.
Sponsored by: Netflix
magic number to the kernel in r7 rather than the (currently unused and
irrelevant) width of the metadata pointer, which I believe was intended
for a never-used approach to the 64-bit port. This enables the kernel,
in a future commit, to switch on the cookie to distinguish a real
metadata pointer from loader(8) from garbage left in r6 by some other
boot loader.
MFC after: 3 weeks
simd / no float stuff is centeralized here. Also centralise
-ffreestanding since it is specified everywhere.
This, along with a change to share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to include -mno-avx2
in CFLAGS_NO_SIMD should fix building for newer machines (eg with
CPUTYPE=haswell) where clang was generating avx2 instructions.
Sponsored by: Netflix
