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5 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
lstewart
04d0c6d8fa Cleanup and simplification in khelp_{register|deregister}_helper(). No
functional changes.

MFC after:	1 week
2013-06-15 06:45:17 +00:00
lstewart
d367548193 Add a private KPI between hhook and khelp that allows khelp modules to insert
hook functions into hhook points which register after the modules were loaded -
potentially useful during boot or if hhook points are dynamically registered.

MFC after:	1 week
2013-06-15 05:57:29 +00:00
lstewart
1cc3945aab Internalise handling of virtualised hook points inside
hhook_{add|remove}_hook_lookup() so that khelp (and other potential API
consumers) do not have to care when they attempt to (un)hook a particular hook
point identified by id and type.

Reviewed by:	scottl
MFC after:	1 week
2013-06-15 04:03:40 +00:00
lstewart
545f7c0ca7 Use the full and proper company name for Swinburne University of Technology
throughout the source tree.

Requested by:	Grenville Armitage, Director of CAIA at Swinburne University of
			Technology
MFC after:	3 days
2011-04-12 08:13:18 +00:00
lstewart
dedc1118c9 - Introduce the Hhook (Helper Hook) KPI. The KPI is closely modelled on pfil(9),
and in many respects can be thought of as a more generic superset of pfil.
  Hhook provides a way for kernel subsystems to export hook points that Khelp
  modules can hook to provide enhanced or new functionality to the kernel. The
  KPI has been designed to ensure hook points pose no noticeable overhead when
  no hook functions are registered.

- Introduce the Khelp (Kernel Helpers) KPI. Khelp provides a framework for
  managing Khelp modules, which indirectly use the Hhook KPI to register their
  hook functions with hook points of interest within the kernel. Khelp modules
  aim to provide a structured way to dynamically extend the kernel at runtime in
  an ABI preserving manner. Depending on the subsystem providing hook points, a
  Khelp module may be able to associate per-object data for maintaining relevant
  state between hook calls.

- pjd's Object Specific Data (OSD) KPI is used to manage the per-object data
  allocated to Khelp modules. Create a new "OSD_KHELP" OSD type for use by the
  Khelp framework.

- Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900028 to mark the introduction of the new KPIs.

In collaboration with:	David Hayes <dahayes at swin edu au> and
			Grenville Armitage <garmitage at swin edu au>
Sponsored by:	FreeBSD Foundation
Reviewed by:	bz, others along the way
MFC after:	3 months
2010-12-21 13:45:29 +00:00