cvs commit: src/usr.bin/top machine.c src/lib/libkvm kvm_proc.c src/bin/ps extern.h keyword.c print.c ps.c src/sys/kern init_main.c kern_exit.c kern_idle.c kern_intr.c kern_kthread.c kern_shutdown.c kern_thread.c sched_4bsd.c src/sys/sys kthread.h ...

[John Baldwin]

On Friday 26 October 2007 04:00:41 am Julian Elischer wrote:
> julian      2007-10-26 08:00:41 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     usr.bin/top          machine.c 
>     lib/libkvm           kvm_proc.c 
>     bin/ps               extern.h keyword.c print.c ps.c 
>     sys/kern             init_main.c kern_exit.c kern_idle.c 
>                          kern_intr.c kern_kthread.c 
>                          kern_shutdown.c kern_thread.c 
>                          sched_4bsd.c 
>     sys/sys              kthread.h proc.h 
>   Log:
>   Introduce a way to make pure kernal threads.
>   kthread_add() takes the same parameters as the old kthread_create()
>   plus a pointer to a process structure, and adds a kernel thread
>   to that process.
>   
>   kproc_kthread_add() takes the parameters for kthread_add,
>   plus a process name and a pointer to a pointer to a process instead of 
just
>   a pointer, and if the proc * is NULL, it creates the process to the
>   specifications required, before adding the thread to it.
>   
>   All other old kthread_xxx() calls return, but act on (struct thread *)
>   instead of (struct proc *). One reason to change the name is so that
>   any old kernel modules that are lying around and expect kthread_create()
>   to make a process will not just accidentally link.
>   
>   fix top to show  kernel threads by their thread name in -SH mode
>   add a tdnam formatting option to ps to show thread names.
>   
>   make all idle threads actual kthreads and put them into their own idled 
process.
>   make all interrupt threads kthreads and put them in an interd process
>   (mainly for aesthetic and accounting reasons)
>   rename proc 0 to be 'kernel' and it's swapper thread is now 'swapper'
>   
>   man page fixes to follow.

Why not just "idle" and "intr" for the kernel processes?  We didn't 
have "swapperd", "syncerd", or "vnlrud" before.

-- 
John Baldwin