git: b35a7db4829a - stable/15 - kqueue: Allocate marker knotes on the stack

The branch stable/15 has been updated by markj:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=b35a7db4829ab9826bc428fc3ceaa766bbc0f519

commit b35a7db4829ab9826bc428fc3ceaa766bbc0f519
Author:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-07-24 20:06:40 +0000
Commit:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-08-06 13:24:42 +0000

    kqueue: Allocate marker knotes on the stack
    
    The scan marker was originally stack-allocated.  In commit
    1c0f9af5b5224, it became heap-allocated since the marker is visible to
    other threads and a scanning thread's stack may be swapped out.  Now
    that kernel stacks can no longer be swapped out, we can avoid these heap
    allocations.
    
    Reviewed by:    kib
    MFC after:      1 week
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58402
    
    (cherry picked from commit bb933b1d1846b3a984670b8cd65450c3333188f6)
---
 sys/kern/kern_event.c | 29 +++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_event.c b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
index 2a1269ec6e3c..cbed1073fa58 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_event.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ kqueue_scan(struct kqueue *kq, int maxevents, struct kevent_copyops *k_ops,
     const struct timespec *tsp, struct kevent *keva, struct thread *td)
 {
 	struct kevent *kevp;
-	struct knote *kn, *marker;
+	struct knote *kn, marker;
 	struct knlist *knl;
 	sbintime_t asbt, rsbt;
 	int count, error, haskqglobal, influx, nkev, touch;
@@ -2151,8 +2151,8 @@ kqueue_scan(struct kqueue *kq, int maxevents, struct kevent_copyops *k_ops,
 			asbt = -1;
 	} else
 		asbt = 0;
-	marker = knote_alloc(M_WAITOK);
-	marker->kn_status = KN_MARKER;
+	memset(&marker, 0, sizeof(marker));
+	marker.kn_status = KN_MARKER;
 	KQ_LOCK(kq);
 
 retry:
@@ -2175,13 +2175,13 @@ retry:
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&kq->kq_head, marker, kn_tqe);
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&kq->kq_head, &marker, kn_tqe);
 	influx = 0;
 	while (count) {
 		KQ_OWNED(kq);
 		kn = TAILQ_FIRST(&kq->kq_head);
 
-		if ((kn->kn_status == KN_MARKER && kn != marker) ||
+		if ((kn->kn_status == KN_MARKER && kn != &marker) ||
 		    kn_in_flux(kn)) {
 			if (influx) {
 				influx = 0;
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ retry:
 			kq->kq_count--;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (kn == marker) {
+		if (kn == &marker) {
 			KQ_FLUX_WAKEUP(kq);
 			if (count == maxevents)
 				goto retry;
@@ -2297,11 +2297,10 @@ retry:
 				break;
 		}
 	}
-	TAILQ_REMOVE(&kq->kq_head, marker, kn_tqe);
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&kq->kq_head, &marker, kn_tqe);
 done:
 	KQ_OWNED(kq);
 	KQ_UNLOCK_FLUX(kq);
-	knote_free(marker);
 done_nl:
 	KQ_NOTOWNED(kq);
 	if (nkev != 0)
@@ -3178,7 +3177,7 @@ kqueue_fork_copy(struct filedesc *fdp, struct file *fp, struct file *fp1,
     struct proc *p1, struct thread *td)
 {
 	struct kqueue *kq, *kq1;
-	struct knote *marker;
+	struct knote marker;
 	int error, i;
 
 	error = 0;
@@ -3187,26 +3186,24 @@ kqueue_fork_copy(struct filedesc *fdp, struct file *fp, struct file *fp1,
 
 	kq1 = fp1->f_data;
 	kq = kq1->kq_forksrc;
-	marker = knote_alloc(M_WAITOK);
-	marker->kn_status = KN_MARKER;
-	marker->kn_kq = kq;
+	memset(&marker, 0, sizeof(marker));
+	marker.kn_status = KN_MARKER;
+	marker.kn_kq = kq;
 
 	KQ_LOCK(kq);
 	for (i = 0; i < kq->kq_knlistsize; i++) {
-		kqueue_fork_copy_list(&kq->kq_knlist[i], marker, kq, kq1,
+		kqueue_fork_copy_list(&kq->kq_knlist[i], &marker, kq, kq1,
 		    p1, fdp);
 	}
 	if (kq->kq_knhashmask != 0) {
 		for (i = 0; i <= kq->kq_knhashmask; i++) {
-			kqueue_fork_copy_list(&kq->kq_knhash[i], marker, kq,
+			kqueue_fork_copy_list(&kq->kq_knhash[i], &marker, kq,
 			    kq1, p1, fdp);
 		}
 	}
 	kqueue_release(kq, 1);
 	kq1->kq_forksrc = NULL;
 	KQ_UNLOCK_FLUX(kq);
-
-	knote_free(marker);
 	return (error);
 }