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authorBrooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>2018-07-05 13:13:48 +0000
committerBrooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>2018-07-05 13:13:48 +0000
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Make struct xinpcb and friends word-size independent.
Replace size_t members with ksize_t (uint64_t) and pointer members (never used as pointers in userspace, but instead as unique idenitifiers) with kvaddr_t (uint64_t). This makes the structs identical between 32-bit and 64-bit ABIs. On 64-bit bit systems, the ABI is maintained. On 32-bit systems, this is an ABI breaking change. The ABI of most of these structs was previously broken in r315662. This also imposes a small API change on userspace consumers who must handle kernel pointers becoming virtual addresses. PR: 228301 (exp-run by antoine) Reviewed by: jtl, kib, rwatson (various versions) Sponsored by: DARPA, AFRL Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15386
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Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=335979
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@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
+20180705:
+ The ABI of syscalls used by management tools like sockstat and
+ netstat has been broken to allow 32-bit binaries to work on
+ 64-bit kernels without modification. These programs will need
+ to match the kernel in order to function. External programs may
+ require minor modifications to accommodate a change of type in
+ structures from pointers to 64-bit virtual addresses.
+
20180702:
On i386 and amd64 atomics are now inlined. Out of tree modules using
atomics will need to be rebuilt.