Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:34:43 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/top machine.c src/lib/libkvm kvm_proc.c src/bin/ps extern.h keyword.c print.c ps.c src/sys/kern init_main.c kern_exit.c kern_idle.c kern_intr.c kern_kthread.c kern_shutdown.c kern_thread.c sched_4bsd.c src/sys/sys kthread.h ... Message-ID: <200710261134.44434.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200710260800.l9Q80fee085818@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200710260800.l9Q80fee085818@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Friday 26 October 2007 04:00:41 am Julian Elischer wrote: > julian 2007-10-26 08:00:41 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > usr.bin/top machine.c > lib/libkvm kvm_proc.c > bin/ps extern.h keyword.c print.c ps.c > sys/kern init_main.c kern_exit.c kern_idle.c > kern_intr.c kern_kthread.c > kern_shutdown.c kern_thread.c > sched_4bsd.c > sys/sys kthread.h proc.h > Log: > Introduce a way to make pure kernal threads. > kthread_add() takes the same parameters as the old kthread_create() > plus a pointer to a process structure, and adds a kernel thread > to that process. > > kproc_kthread_add() takes the parameters for kthread_add, > plus a process name and a pointer to a pointer to a process instead of just > a pointer, and if the proc * is NULL, it creates the process to the > specifications required, before adding the thread to it. > > All other old kthread_xxx() calls return, but act on (struct thread *) > instead of (struct proc *). One reason to change the name is so that > any old kernel modules that are lying around and expect kthread_create() > to make a process will not just accidentally link. > > fix top to show kernel threads by their thread name in -SH mode > add a tdnam formatting option to ps to show thread names. > > make all idle threads actual kthreads and put them into their own idled process. > make all interrupt threads kthreads and put them in an interd process > (mainly for aesthetic and accounting reasons) > rename proc 0 to be 'kernel' and it's swapper thread is now 'swapper' > > man page fixes to follow. Why not just "idle" and "intr" for the kernel processes? We didn't have "swapperd", "syncerd", or "vnlrud" before. -- John Baldwin
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