From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 22:45:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9C0A106564A; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (repoman.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF158FC16; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m3AMjRIa048162; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:27 GMT (envelope-from rwatson@repoman.freebsd.org) Received: (from rwatson@localhost) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m3AMjRZM048161; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:27 GMT (envelope-from rwatson) Message-Id: <200804102245.m3AMjRZM048161@repoman.freebsd.org> From: Robert Watson Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:27 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-FreeBSD-CVS-Branch: RELENG_7 Cc: Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_proc.c src/sys/sys sysctl.h user.h X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:27 -0000 rwatson 2008-04-10 22:45:27 UTC FreeBSD src repository Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_7) sys/kern kern_proc.c sys/sys sysctl.h user.h Log: Merge kern_proc.c:1.257, sysctl.h:1.154, and user.h:1.72 from HEAD to RELENG_7: Add another new sysctl in support of the forthcoming procstat(1) to support its -k argument: kern.proc.kstack - dump the kernel stack of a process, if debugging is permitted. This sysctl is present if either "options DDB" or "options STACK" is compiled into the kernel. Having support for tracing the kernel stacks of processes from user space makes it much easier to debug (or understand) specific wmesg's while avoiding the need to enter DDB in order to determine the path by which a process came to be blocked on a particular wait channel or lock. Revision Changes Path 1.252.2.5 +106 -0 src/sys/kern/kern_proc.c 1.148.2.2 +1 -0 src/sys/sys/sysctl.h 1.70.2.2 +19 -0 src/sys/sys/user.h