d42a4eb507
While we have had a fix in place (options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128) to fix scrambled console output, the message buffer and syslog were still getting log messages one character at a time. While all of the characters still made it into the log (courtesy of atomic operations), they were often interleaved when there were multiple threads writing to the buffer at the same time. This fixes message buffer accesses to use buffering logic as well, so that strings that are less than PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE will be put into the message buffer atomically. So now dmesg output should look the same as console output. subr_msgbuf.c: Convert most message buffer calls to use a new spin lock instead of atomic variables in some places. Add a new routine, msgbuf_addstr(), that adds a NUL-terminated string to a message buffer. This takes a priority argument, which allows us to eliminate some races (at least in the the string at a time case) that are present in the implementation of msglogchar(). (dangling and lastpri are static variables, and are subject to races when multiple callers are present.) msgbuf_addstr() also allows the caller to request that carriage returns be stripped out of the string. This matches the behavior of msglogchar(), but in testing so far it doesn't appear that any newlines are being stripped out. So the carriage return removal functionality may be a candidate for removal later on if further analysis shows that it isn't necessary. subr_prf.c: Add a new msglogstr() routine that calls msgbuf_logstr(). Rename putcons() to putbuf(). This now handles buffered output to the message log as well as the console. Also, remove the logic in putcons() (now putbuf()) that added a carriage return before a newline. The console path was the only path that needed it, and cnputc() (called by cnputs()) already adds a carriage return. So this duplication resulted in kernel-generated console output lines ending in '\r''\r''\n'. Refactor putchar() to handle the new buffering scheme. Add buffering to log(). Change log_console() to use msglogstr() instead of msglogchar(). Don't add extra newlines by default in log_console(). Hide that behavior behind a tunable/sysctl (kern.log_console_add_linefeed) for those who would like the old behavior. The old behavior led to the insertion of extra newlines for log output for programs that print out a string, and then a trailing newline on a separate write. (This is visible with dmesg -a.) msgbuf.h: Add a prototype for msgbuf_addstr(). Add three new fields to struct msgbuf, msg_needsnl, msg_lastpri and msg_lock. The first two are needed for log message functionality previously handled by msglogchar(). (Which is still active if buffering isn't enabled.) Include sys/lock.h and sys/mutex.h for the new mutex. Reviewed by: gibbs
This is the top level of the FreeBSD source directory. This file was last revised on: $FreeBSD$ For copyright information, please see the file COPYRIGHT in this directory (additional copyright information also exists for some sources in this tree - please see the specific source directories for more information). The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree, the most commonly used one being ``world'', which rebuilds and installs everything in the FreeBSD system from the source tree except the kernel, the kernel-modules and the contents of /etc. The ``world'' target should only be used in cases where the source tree has not changed from the currently running version. See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html for more information, including setting make(1) variables. The ``buildkernel'' and ``installkernel'' targets build and install the kernel and the modules (see below). Please see the top of the Makefile in this directory for more information on the standard build targets and compile-time flags. Building a kernel is a somewhat more involved process, documentation for which can be found at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html And in the config(8) man page. Note: If you want to build and install the kernel with the ``buildkernel'' and ``installkernel'' targets, you might need to build world before. More information is available in the handbook. The sample kernel configuration files reside in the sys/<arch>/conf sub-directory (assuming that you've installed the kernel sources), the file named GENERIC being the one used to build your initial installation kernel. The file NOTES contains entries and documentation for all possible devices, not just those commonly used. It is the successor of the ancient LINT file, but in contrast to LINT, it is not buildable as a kernel but a pure reference and documentation file. Source Roadmap: --------------- bin System/user commands. cddl Various commands and libraries under the Common Development and Distribution License. contrib Packages contributed by 3rd parties. crypto Cryptography stuff (see crypto/README). etc Template files for /etc. games Amusements. gnu Various commands and libraries under the GNU Public License. Please see gnu/COPYING* for more information. include System include files. kerberos5 Kerberos5 (Heimdal) package. lib System libraries. libexec System daemons. release Release building Makefile & associated tools. rescue Build system for statically linked /rescue utilities. sbin System commands. secure Cryptographic libraries and commands. share Shared resources. sys Kernel sources. tools Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks. usr.bin User commands. usr.sbin System administration commands. For information on synchronizing your source tree with one or more of the FreeBSD Project's development branches, please see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html