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Brian Behlendorf 71c9f0b003 Make kstat.ks_update() callback atomic
Move the kstat ks_update() callback under the ks_lock.  This
enables dynamically sized kstats without modification to the
kstat API.

  * Create a kstat with the KSTAT_FLAG_VIRTUAL flag.
  * Register a ->ks_update() callback which does:
    o Frees any existing ks_data buffer.
    o Set ks_data_size to the kstat array size.
    o Set ks_data to an allocated buffer of size ks_data_size
    o Populate the array of buffers with the required data.

The buffer allocated in the ks_update() callback is guaranteed
to remain allocated and valid while the proc sequence handler
iterates over the buffer.  The lock will not be dropped until
kstat_seq_stop() function is run making it safe for concurrent
access.  To allow the ks_update() callback to perform memory
allocations the lock was changed to a mutex.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
2012-10-23 09:36:19 -07:00
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patches Reimplement rwlocks for Linux lock profiling/analysis. 2009-09-18 16:09:47 -07:00
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ChangeLog Prep for spl-0.5.0 tag 2010-08-13 09:33:50 -07:00
configure.ac Support building a spl-modules-dkms sub package 2012-08-08 13:49:40 -07:00
copy-builtin Add script for builtin module building. 2012-07-26 15:13:09 -07:00
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Makefile.am Add copy-builtin to EXTRA_DIST 2012-08-23 09:59:40 -07:00
META SPL 0.6.0-rc11 2012-09-18 11:28:57 -07:00
PKGBUILD-spl-modules.in Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 16:44:10 -08:00
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spl.spec.in Fix rpm dependencies 2012-01-18 11:24:36 -08:00

The Solaris Porting Layer (SPL) is a Linux kernel module which provides many of the Solaris kernel APIs. This shim layer makes it possible to run Solaris kernel code in the Linux kernel with relatively minimal modification. This can be particularly useful when you want to track upstream Solaris development closely and dont want the overhead of maintaining a large patch which converts Solaris primitives to Linux primitives.

To build packages for your distribution:

$ ./configure
$ make pkg

To copy the kernel code inside your kernel source tree for builtin compilation:

$ ./configure --enable-linux-builtin --with-linux=/usr/src/linux-...
$ ./copy-builtin /usr/src/linux-...

Full documentation for building, configuring, and using the SPL can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org