When I pushed down the page queues lock into pmap_is_modified(), I created
an ordering dependence: A pmap operation that clears PG_WRITEABLE and calls
vm_page_dirty() must perform the call first. Otherwise, pmap_is_modified()
could return FALSE without acquiring the page queues lock because the page
is not (currently) writeable, and the caller to pmap_is_modified() might
believe that the page's dirty field is clear because it has not seen the
effect of the vm_page_dirty() call.
When I pushed down the page queues lock into pmap_is_modified(), I
overlooked one place where this ordering dependence is violated:
pmap_enter(). In a rare situation pmap_enter() can be called to replace a
dirty mapping to one page with a mapping to another page. (I say rare
because replacements generally occur as a result of a copy-on-write fault,
and so the old page is not dirty.) This change delays clearing PG_WRITEABLE
until after vm_page_dirty() has been called.
Fixing the ordering dependency also makes it easy to introduce a small
optimization: When pmap_enter() used to replace a mapping to one page with a
mapping to another page, it freed the pv entry for the first mapping and
later called the pv entry allocator for the new mapping. Now, pmap_enter()
attempts to recycle the old pv entry, saving two calls to the pv entry
allocator.
will be called automatically by 'timer1clock()'.
Do profiling as often as possible by running it as the same frequency as
'timer1hz'. The statistics clock is run as close to 128Hz as possible.
Pointed out by: mav@
pmap_is_referenced(). Eliminate the corresponding page queues lock
acquisitions from vm_map_pmap_enter() and mincore(), respectively. In
mincore(), this allows some additional cases to complete without ever
acquiring the page queues lock.
Assert that the page is managed in pmap_is_referenced().
On powerpc/aim, push down the page queues lock acquisition from
moea*_is_modified() and moea*_is_referenced() into moea*_query_bit().
Again, this will allow some additional cases to complete without ever
acquiring the page queues lock.
Reorder a few statements in vm_page_dontneed() so that a race can't lead
to an old reference persisting. This scenario is described in detail by a
comment.
Correct a spelling error in vm_page_dontneed().
Assert that the object is locked in vm_page_clear_dirty(), and restrict the
page queues lock assertion to just those cases in which the page is
currently writeable.
Add object locking to vnode_pager_generic_putpages(). This was the one
and only place where vm_page_clear_dirty() was being called without the
object being locked.
Eliminate an unnecessary vm_page_lock() around vnode_pager_setsize()'s call
to vm_page_clear_dirty().
Change vnode_pager_generic_putpages() to the modern-style of function
definition. Also, change the name of one of the parameters to follow
virtual memory system naming conventions.
Reviewed by: kib
independent code. Move this code into mincore(), and eliminate the
page queues lock from pmap_mincore().
Push down the page queues lock into pmap_clear_modify(),
pmap_clear_reference(), and pmap_is_modified(). Assert that these
functions are never passed an unmanaged page.
Eliminate an inaccurate comment from powerpc/powerpc/mmu_if.m:
Contrary to what the comment says, pmap_mincore() is not simply an
optimization. Without a complete pmap_mincore() implementation,
mincore() cannot return either MINCORE_MODIFIED or MINCORE_REFERENCED
because only the pmap can provide this information.
Eliminate the page queues lock from vfs_setdirty_locked_object(),
vm_pageout_clean(), vm_object_page_collect_flush(), and
vm_object_page_clean(). Generally speaking, these are all accesses
to the page's dirty field, which are synchronized by the containing
vm object's lock.
Reduce the scope of the page queues lock in vm_object_madvise() and
vm_page_dontneed().
Reviewed by: kib (an earlier version)
Extend struct sysvec with three new elements:
sv_fetch_syscall_args - the method to fetch syscall arguments from
usermode into struct syscall_args. The structure is machine-depended
(this might be reconsidered after all architectures are converted).
sv_set_syscall_retval - the method to set a return value for usermode
from the syscall. It is a generalization of
cpu_set_syscall_retval(9) to allow ABIs to override the way to set a
return value.
sv_syscallnames - the table of syscall names.
Use sv_set_syscall_retval in kern_sigsuspend() instead of hardcoding
the call to cpu_set_syscall_retval().
The new functions syscallenter(9) and syscallret(9) are provided that
use sv_*syscall* pointers and contain the common repeated code from
the syscall() implementations for the architecture-specific syscall
trap handlers.
Syscallenter() fetches arguments, calls syscall implementation from
ABI sysent table, and set up return frame. The end of syscall
bookkeeping is done by syscallret().
Take advantage of single place for MI syscall handling code and
implement ptrace_lwpinfo pl_flags PL_FLAG_SCE, PL_FLAG_SCX and
PL_FLAG_EXEC. The SCE and SCX flags notify the debugger that the
thread is stopped at syscall entry or return point respectively. The
EXEC flag augments SCX and notifies debugger that the process address
space was changed by one of exec(2)-family syscalls.
The i386, amd64, sparc64, sun4v, powerpc and ia64 syscall()s are
changed to use syscallenter()/syscallret(). MIPS and arm are not
converted and use the mostly unchanged syscall() implementation.
Reviewed by: jhb, marcel, marius, nwhitehorn, stas
Tested by: marcel (ia64), marius (sparc64), nwhitehorn (powerpc),
stas (mips)
MFC after: 1 month
memory on a platform. Tested on the Sibyte with 256MB and 1GB memory
configurations.
- Replace vtophys() with MIPS_KSEG0_TO_PHYS() to convert a page table
page's virtual address to physical. We can safely do this because
page table pages are allocated out of KSEG0.
- Add an assertion to verify that when a page table page is freed it
contains all zeroes. We can now use it after allocation without
zeroing it.
DDB so that all the fields line up.
- Print out the tid of the per-CPU idlethread instead of the pid since
the idle process is now shared across all idle threads.
MFC after: 1 month
- Adds re-partitioning TLB per core for enabled threads.
- Adds hardware thread id to cpuid mapping
- updates rge driver packet distribution and message ring handling
threads to be started based on hardware thread id.
- remove unused early debugging code to set control registers.
- coding style fixes
Approved by: rrs (mentor)
here, make the style of assertion used by pmap_enter() consistent
across all architectures.
On entry to pmap_remove_write(), assert that the page is neither
unmanaged nor fictitious, since we cannot remove write access to
either kind of page.
With the push down of the page queues lock, pmap_remove_write() cannot
condition its behavior on the state of the PG_WRITEABLE flag if the
page is busy. Assert that the object containing the page is locked.
This allows us to know that the page will neither become busy nor will
PG_WRITEABLE be set on it while pmap_remove_write() is running.
Correct a long-standing bug in vm_page_cowsetup(). We cannot possibly
do copy-on-write-based zero-copy transmit on unmanaged or fictitious
pages, so don't even try. Previously, the call to pmap_remove_write()
would have failed silently.
am now able to run 32 cores ok.. but I still will hang
on buildworld with a NFS problem. I suspect I am missing
a patch for the netlogic rge driver.
JC check and see if I am missing anything except your
core-mask changes
Obtained from: JC
vm_page_try_to_free(). Consequently, push down the page queues lock into
pmap_enter_quick(), pmap_page_wired_mapped(), pmap_remove_all(), and
pmap_remove_write().
Push down the page queues lock into Xen's pmap_page_is_mapped(). (I
overlooked the Xen pmap in r207702.)
Switch to a per-processor counter for the total number of pages cached.
queue length. The default value for this parameter is 50, which is
quite low for many of today's uses and the only way to modify this
parameter right now is to edit if_var.h file. Also add read-only
sysctl with the same name, so that it's possible to retrieve the
current value.
MFC after: 1 month
architecture from page queue lock to a hashed array of page locks
(based on a patch by Jeff Roberson), I've implemented page lock
support in the MI code and have only moved vm_page's hold_count
out from under page queue mutex to page lock. This changes
pmap_extract_and_hold on all pmaps.
Supported by: Bitgravity Inc.
Discussed with: alc, jeffr, and kib
pmap_ts_referenced() is not always appropriate for checking whether or
not pages have been referenced because it clears any reference bits
that it encounters. For example, in mincore(), clearing the reference
bits has two negative consequences. First, it throws off the activity
count calculations performed by the page daemon. Specifically, a page
on which mincore() has called pmap_ts_referenced() looks less active
to the page daemon than it should. Consequently, the page could be
deactivated prematurely by the page daemon. Arguably, this problem
could be fixed by having mincore() duplicate the activity count
calculation on the page. However, there is a second problem for which
that is not a solution. In order to clear a reference on a 4KB page,
it may be necessary to demote a 2/4MB page mapping. Thus, a mincore()
by one process can have the side effect of demoting a superpage
mapping within another process!
physical addresses.
o) Set a local maxmem in sb_machdep.c to avoid trying to use pages over 2^64
under 32-bit ABIs. Our pmap needs corrected to use vm_paddr_t consistently,
then we can make vm_paddr_t 64-bit under 32-bit ABIs and add code in pmap
to limit phys_avail by the maximum PFN that a 32-bit PTE can hold.
o) Use <machine/asm.h> macros for register-width, etc., rather than doing it
by hand in a few more assembly files.
o) Reduce diffs between various bits of TLB refill code in exception.S and
between interrupt processing code.
o) Use PTR_* to operate on registers that are pointers (e.g. sp).
o) Add and use a macro, CLEAR_PTE_SWBITS rather than using the
mysteriously-named WIRED_SHIFT to select bits to truncate when loading PTEs.
o) Don't doubly disable interrupts by moving zero to the status register,
especially since that has the nasty side-effect of taking us out of 64-bit
mode.
o) Use CLEAR_STATUS to disable interrupts the first time.
o) Keep SR_PX set as well as SR_[KSU]X when doing exception processing. This
is the bit that determines whether 64-bit operations are allowed.
o) Don't enable interrupts until configure_final(), like most other ports.
