MFC @ r259205 in preparation for some SVM updates. (for real this time)

Assert input arguments to buf_send() and buf_recv().

Submitted by: Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@FreeBSD.org>

Fix sending empty nvlist.

Submitted by: Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@FreeBSD.org>

MFp4 @1189139:

Get rid of the msg_peek() function, which has a problem. If there was less
data in the socket buffer than requested by the caller, the function would busy
loop, as select(2) will alw

MFp4 @1189139:

Get rid of the msg_peek() function, which has a problem. If there was less
data in the socket buffer than requested by the caller, the function would busy
loop, as select(2) will always return immediately.

We can just receive nvlhdr now, because some time ago we splitted receive of
data from the receive of descriptors.

MFC after: 1 week

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Merge head up to r258343.

Bring in libnv library for managing name/value pairs. The following types
are currently supported:

- NV_TYPE_NULL - only name, no data;
- NV_TYPE_BOOL - boolean (true or false);
- NV_TYPE_NUMBER - 6

Bring in libnv library for managing name/value pairs. The following types
are currently supported:

- NV_TYPE_NULL - only name, no data;
- NV_TYPE_BOOL - boolean (true or false);
- NV_TYPE_NUMBER - 64bit unsigned integer;
- NV_TYPE_STRING - C string;
- NV_TYPE_NVLIST - nested nvlist;
- NV_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR - file descriptor;
- NV_TYPE_BINARY - binary data.

For detailed documentation and examples see nv(3) manual page.

Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

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