From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 26 16:01:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A57216A469 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:01:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from outS.internet-mail-service.net (outS.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5379713C4B9 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:01:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from mx0.idiom.com (HELO idiom.com) (216.240.32.160) by out.internet-mail-service.net (qpsmtpd/0.40) with ESMTP; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:01:50 -0700 X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (home.elischer.org [216.240.48.38]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74F7712681F; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:01:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47220F8A.4040303@elischer.org> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:02:18 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Baldwin References: <200710260800.l9Q80fee085818@repoman.freebsd.org> <200710261134.44434.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200710261134.44434.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Julian Elischer , 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 ... X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:01:51 -0000 John Baldwin wrote: > 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. no reason.. I spent a whole 2 seconds thinking abut the names. "your wish is my command" :-) >