Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:47:52 -0700 From: Andrey Zonov <zont@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> Subject: Re: svn commit: r253662 - in head: lib/libc/gen sys/vm tools/tools/sysdoc Message-ID: <51F431F8.1040803@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20130727170845.E872@besplex.bde.org> References: <201307260200.r6Q207cB015223@svn.freebsd.org> <20130726150949.GC14175@stack.nl> <51F2E970.3070303@FreeBSD.org> <CACVs6=_gLGtW01-rmxTmaVgMBJWjpFHMEQ2R36Nvf2er7B4v%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> <20130727170845.E872@besplex.bde.org>
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On 7/27/13 12:47 AM, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jul 2013, Juli Mallett wrote:
>=20
>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Andrey Zonov <zont@freebsd.org> wrote=
:
>>
>>> On 7/26/13 8:09 AM, Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
>>>> As noted in mail from Bruce Evans, please preserve the ABI of
>>>> VM_SWAPPING_ENABLED here.
>>>
>>> I don't think it's a big problem. Internally we don't use it. Good
>>> code uses sysctlbyname() instead of sysctl(). It doesn't seem to me
>>> this is very popular sysctl. It's also CURRENT without MFC.
>>
>> That doesn't seem like a great argument.
>>
>> Why should we break the ABI for bad code that used that sysctl and all=
>> following? It seems pretty trivial to preserve, and no-cost. Also, t=
he
>> fact that it's in current misses the point completely: it breaks ABI w=
ith
>> older binaries, namely older binaries running on -CURRENT. And not ju=
st
>> for that field.
>=20
> Especially since the main reason numbered sysctls exist is to support o=
ld
> binaries (and sources) that use them.
>=20
Does it look OK?
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_param.h b/sys/vm/vm_param.h
index 44306be..0323473 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_param.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_param.h
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@
#define VM_V_CACHE_MIN 7 /* cnt.v_cache_min */
#define VM_V_CACHE_MAX 8 /* cnt.v_cache_max */
#define VM_V_PAGEOUT_FREE_MIN 9 /* cnt.v_pageout_free_min */
-#define VM_SWAPPING_ENABLED 10 /* swapping enabled */
-#define VM_MAXID 11 /* number of valid vm ids=
*/
+/*#define VM_PAGEOUT_ALGORITHM 10 pageout algorithm */
+#define VM_SWAPPING_ENABLED 11 /* swapping enabled */
+#define VM_MAXID 12 /* number of valid vm ids=
*/
#define CTL_VM_NAMES { \
{ 0, 0 }, \
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@
{ "v_cache_min", CTLTYPE_UINT }, \
{ "v_cache_max", CTLTYPE_UINT }, \
{ "v_pageout_free_min", CTLTYPE_UINT}, \
+ { "obsolete_pageout_algorithm", CTLTYPE_INT}, \
{ "swap_enabled", CTLTYPE_INT},\
}
--=20
Andrey Zonov
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