Posts Tagged “uvm”

• 09 Jan 2017 Benchmarked uvm_hotplug(9)

  Aaaand the results are out.

• 30 Dec 2016 The Cat's Out of the Box

  And going live in 3..2..1

• 26 Dec 2016 Assumptions are BAD

  They said NEVER assume things!!!

• 20 Dec 2016 It is OK to FAIL!!!

  Sometimes "expected failure" is success.

• 14 Dec 2016 uvm_hotplug(9) - man page

  Documentation 101, man style.

• 12 Dec 2016 Load Testing via ATF

  To boldy do what no ATF test has done before.

• 23 Nov 2016 Benchmarking uvm_hotplug(9)

  A survey of benchmarking utilities for uvm_hotplug(9)

• 20 Nov 2016 Second Thoughts on Rump

  Second thoughts on why a Rump based integration testing was not done.

• 19 Nov 2016 The Big Merge

  A look into how the hot-plug changes were made to co-exist with the current static array implementation.

• 14 Nov 2016 Bug Hunting

  Hunting down stray bugs armed with ATF.

• 13 Nov 2016 balloon(4) - The First Consumer of Hotplug

  Xen's balloon(4) driver using uvm_hotplug(9) (No, this is not about saving Pooyans)

• 11 Nov 2016 Plug and Unplug

  A look at the new API calls to handle hotplugging.

• 07 Nov 2016 Extent Everything!!!

  A look into the rationale behind choosing extent(9) for backing uvm_hotplug(9)

• 02 Nov 2016 The Init Dance

  A look into how pre-boot and post-boot segment allocation is done.

• 31 Oct 2016 A Tale of Two Handles

  An interesting tale of immutability of handles.

• 30 Oct 2016 uvm_page_physload() - Prototype Change

  How unit testing brought out a prototype change.

• 28 Oct 2016 Debug Functions

  Some debugging tips from Cherry.

• 19 Oct 2016 Implementing the R-B Tree

  Oh, it is getting real alright!!

• 30 Sep 2016 Hello R-B Tree, My Old Friend

  The new backing data structure for implementing hotplug in uvm.

• 25 Aug 2016 Small Delta, Big API

  Making changes to incoroprate hotplug, one change at a time.

• 20 Aug 2016 Testing in Isolation

  How do you test Kernel APIs using ATF in Userspace?

• 09 Aug 2016 A Peek into Kernel Code

  This is my first attempt to do anything in the MD part of NetBSD

• 30 Jun 2016 Rump Executing uvm_page_physload()

  Baby steps to getting uvm into Rump, executing uvm_page_physload()...

• 16 Jun 2016 Rump Namespaces

  Getting uvm to work inside rump (eventually).

• 10 Jun 2016 Rump Testing

  Introduction to Rump and an interesting test scenario.

• 31 May 2016 Sorting Issues

  An interesting issue with sorting that happened.

• 30 Apr 2016 Testing...Testing...1,2,3

  Can anyone hear me? Testing...

• 28 Apr 2016 uvm Hotplug

  Finally I got a file from my friend (cherry@) stating the project.