Thanks Andriy,
Took a look at the change to src/sys/sys/sysent.h
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static struct syscall_module_data name##
}; \
\
static moduledata_t name##_mod = { \
- #name, \
+ "sys/" #name, \
syscall_module_handler, \
&name##_syscall_mod \
}; \
applied the MFC prefix to pmap port:
--- /usr/ports/sysutils/pmap/work/pmap/pmap/pmap.c.orig 2010-10-26
00:55:32.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/ports/sysutils/pmap/work/pmap/pmap/pmap.c 2010-10-26
00:56:10.000000000 -0700
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
struct kinfo_proc *kp;
int pmap_helper_syscall;
- if ((modid = modfind("pmap_helper")) == -1) {
+ if ((modid = modfind("sys/pmap_helper")) == -1) {
/* module not found, try to load */
modid = kldload("pmap_helper.ko");
if (modid == -1)
err(1, "unable to load pmap_helper module");
- modid = modfind("pmap_helper");
+ modid = modfind("sys/pmap_helper");
if (modid == -1)
err(1, "pmap_helper module loaded but not found");
}
which restored functionality on freebsd 8.1.
-Estella Mystagic (Selphie)
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Andriy Gapon <a...@icyb.net.ua> wrote:
> on 26/10/2010 01:01 Selphie Keller said the following:
>> hi fbsd-hackers,
>>
>> Noticed a issue in 8.1-release, 8.1p1-release and 8.1-stable
>> amd64/i386, to where modfind() will no longer find pmap_helper for the
>> /usr/ports/sysutils/pmap port, or other syscall modules using
>> SYSCALL_MODULE() macro.
>> The issue is that modfind() function no longer finds any modules using
>> SYSCALL_MODULE() macro to register the kernel module. Making it
>> difficult for userland apps to call the syscall provided. modfind()
>> always returns -1 which prevents modstat() from getting the required
>> information to perform the syscall.
>>
>> Also tested, the demo syscall module:
>
> After commit r205320 and, apparently, its MFC you need to prefix the module
> with
> "sys/". For example:
> modstat(modfind("sys/syscall"), &stat);
>
> P.S.
> Perhaps a KPI breakage in a stable branch?
> --
> Andriy Gapon
>
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