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authorKyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>2019-05-08 02:32:11 +0000
committerKyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>2019-05-08 02:32:11 +0000
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tun/tap: merge and rename to `tuntap`
tun(4) and tap(4) share the same general management interface and have a lot in common. Bugs exist in tap(4) that have been fixed in tun(4), and vice-versa. Let's reduce the maintenance requirements by merging them together and using flags to differentiate between the three interface types (tun, tap, vmnet). This fixes a couple of tap(4)/vmnet(4) issues right out of the gate: - tap devices may no longer be destroyed while they're open [0] - VIMAGE issues already addressed in tun by kp [0] emaste had removed an easy-panic-button in r240938 due to devdrn blocking. A naive glance over this leads me to believe that this isn't quite complete -- destroy_devl will only block while executing d_* functions, but doesn't block the device from being destroyed while a process has it open. The latter is the intent of the condvar in tun, so this is "fixed" (for certain definitions of the word -- it wasn't really broken in tap, it just wasn't quite ideal). ifconfig(8) also grew the ability to map an interface name to a kld, so that `ifconfig {tun,tap}0` can continue to autoload the correct module, and `ifconfig vmnet0 create` will now autoload the correct module. This is a low overhead addition. (MFC commentary) This may get MFC'd if many bugs in tun(4)/tap(4) are discovered after this, and how critical they are. Changes after this are likely easily MFC'd without taking this merge, but the merge will be easier. I have no plans to do this MFC as of now. Reviewed by: bcr (manpages), tuexen (testing, syzkaller/packetdrill) Input also from: melifaro Relnotes: yes Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20044
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@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
+20190507:
+ The tap(4) driver has been folded into tun(4), and the module has been
+ renamed to tuntap. You should update any kld_load="if_tap" or
+ kld_load="if_tun" entries in /etc/rc.conf, if_tap_load="YES" or
+ if_tun_load="YES" entries in /boot/loader.conf to load the if_tuntap
+ module instead, and "device tap" or "device tun" entries in kernel
+ config files to select the tuntap device instead.
+
20190418:
The following knobs have been added related to tradeoffs between
safe use of the random device and availability in the absence of