clusters greater than one page in length by calling contigmalloc1().
This uses a helper process `mclalloc' to do the allocation if
the system runs out at interrupt time to avoid calling contigmalloc
at high spl. It is not yet clear to me whether this works.
when allocating memory for network buffers at interrupt time. This is due
to inadequate checking for the new mcl_map. Fixed by merging mb_map and
mcl_map into a single mb_map.
Reviewed by: wollman
This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
the past, since it returns to the old system of allocating mbufs out of
a private area rather than using the kernel malloc(). While this may seem
like a backwards step to some, the new allocator is some 20% faster than
the old one and has much better caching properties.
Written by: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>
Submitted by: terry (terry lambert)
This is a composite of 3 patch sets submitted by terry.
they are:
New low-level init code that supports loadbal modules better
some cleanups in the namei code to help terry in 16-bit character support
some changes to the mount-root code to make it a little more
modular..
NOTE: mounting root off cdrom or NFS MIGHT be broken as I haven't been able
to test those cases..
certainly mounting root of disk still works just fine..
mfs should work but is untested. (tomorrows task)
The low level init stuff includes a total rewrite of init_main.c
to make it possible for new modules to have an init phase by simply
adding an entry to a TEXT_SET (or is it DATA_SET) list. thus a new module can
be added to the kernel without editing any other files other than the
'files' file.
now returns NULL and sets a global 'mb_map_full' when the map is full.
m_clalloc() has further been taught to expect this and do the right thing.
This should fix the "mb_map full" panics that several people have reported.
