While the PV SCSI SG list can handle 512k of SG entries, it can only do
so for I/O that's aligned to 4k or better. newfs_msdos does unaligned
I/O, so triggers too long for host errors in cam when a 512k I/O is
attempted. Prefer power of 2 256k to the absolute maximum 508k, though
that can be revisited should the latter show to give significant
performance improvement.
MFC After: 3 days
Tested by: darius on discord (508k version of patch)
Sponsored by: Netflix
r357614 added CTLFLAG_NEEDGIANT to make it easier to find nodes that are
still not MPSAFE (or already are but aren’t properly marked).
Use it in preparation for a general review of all nodes.
This is non-functional change that adds annotations to SYSCTL_NODE and
SYSCTL_PROC nodes using one of the soon-to-be-required flags.
Mark all obvious cases as MPSAFE. All entries that haven't been marked
as MPSAFE before are by default marked as NEEDGIANT
Approved by: kib (mentor, blanket)
Commented by: kib, gallatin, melifaro
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23718
This driver allows to usage of the paravirt SCSI controller
in VMware products like ESXi. The pvscsi driver provides a
substantial performance improvement in block devices versus
the emulated mpt and mps SCSI/SAS controllers.
Error handling in this driver has not been extensively tested
yet.
Submitted by: vbhakta@vmware.com
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: VMware, Panzura
Differential Revision: D18613
