opnsense-src/sys/pc98
Konstantin Belousov aea810386d Implement mechanism to export some kernel timekeeping data to
usermode, using shared page.  The structures and functions have vdso
prefix, to indicate the intended location of the code in some future.

The versioned per-algorithm data is exported in the format of struct
vdso_timehands, which mostly repeats the content of in-kernel struct
timehands. Usermode reading of the structure can be lockless.
Compatibility export for 32bit processes on 64bit host is also
provided. Kernel also provides usermode with indication about
currently used timecounter, so that libc can fall back to syscall if
configured timecounter is unknown to usermode code.

The shared data updates are initiated both from the tc_windup(), where
a fast task is queued to do the update, and from sysctl handlers which
change timecounter. A manual override switch
kern.timecounter.fast_gettime allows to turn off the mechanism.

Only x86 architectures export the real algorithm data, and there, only
for tsc timecounter. HPET counters page could be exported as well, but
I prefer to not further glue the kernel and libc ABI there until
proper vdso-based solution is developed.

Minimal stubs neccessary for non-x86 architectures to still compile
are provided.

Discussed with:	bde
Reviewed by:	jhb
Tested by:	flo
MFC after:	1 month
2012-06-22 07:06:40 +00:00
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apm Rename from apm_bioscall.s to apm_bioscall.S for removing a special rule 2005-04-20 12:28:20 +00:00
cbus kern cons: introduce infrastructure for console grabbing by kernel 2011-12-17 15:08:43 +00:00
compile Don't need the .keep_me files. Obrien and I committed past each other. 2001-07-01 23:35:44 +00:00
conf MFprojects/zfsd: 2012-05-24 11:20:51 +00:00
include Implement mechanism to export some kernel timekeeping data to 2012-06-22 07:06:40 +00:00
linux Add reach-over include files to read i386/foo.h. In time, the pc98 2005-04-01 23:19:43 +00:00
pc98 Add SMP/i386 suspend/resume support. 2012-05-18 18:55:58 +00:00