Hi Brooks, -----Original Message----- From: <owner-src-committ...@freebsd.org> on behalf of Brooks Davis <bro...@freebsd.org> Date: 2018-07-05, Thursday at 06:13 To: <src-committ...@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-...@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: svn commit: r335979 - in head: . lib/libkvm sys/kern sys/netinet sys/sys usr.bin/netstat usr.bin/sockstat
> Author: brooks > Date: Thu Jul 5 13:13:48 2018 > New Revision: 335979 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/335979 > > Log: > 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. ... > Modified: head/UPDATING > ============================================================================== > --- head/UPDATING Thu Jul 5 11:50:59 2018 (r335978) > +++ head/UPDATING Thu Jul 5 13:13:48 2018 (r335979) > @@ -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. Isn't that what the compat32 layer is for? > 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. > + Doesn't this contradict the earlier statement about letting things run unmodified? Thanks, Ravi (rpokala@) _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
