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25.Dd December 1, 2010
26.Dt SYSINIT 9
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm SYSINIT ,
30.Nm SYSUNINIT
31.Nd a framework for dynamic kernel initialization
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.In sys/param.h
34.In sys/kernel.h
35.Fn SYSINIT "uniquifier" "enum sysinit_sub_id subsystem" "enum sysinit_elem_order order" "sysinit_cfunc_t func" "const void *ident"
36.Fn SYSUNINIT "uniquifier" "enum sysinit_sub_id subsystem" "enum sysinit_elem_order order" "sysinit_cfunc_t func" "const void *ident"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38.Nm
39is a mechanism for scheduling the execution of initialization and teardown
40routines.
41This is similar to init and fini routines with the addition of explicit
42ordering metadata.
43It allows runtime ordering of subsystem initialization in the kernel as well
44as kernel modules (KLDs).
45.Pp
46The
47.Fn SYSINIT
48macro creates a
49.Vt struct sysinit
50and stores it in a startup linker set.
51The
52.Vt struct sysinit
53type as well as the subsystem identifier constants
54.Pq Dv SI_SUB_*
55and initialization ordering constants
56.Pq Dv SI_ORDER_*
57are defined in
58.In sys/kernel.h :
59.Bd -literal
60struct sysinit {
61	enum sysinit_sub_id subsystem;	/* subsystem identifier*/
62	enum sysinit_elem_order	order;	/* init order within subsystem*/
63	SLIST_ENTRY(sysinit) next;	/* singly-linked list */
64	sysinit_cfunc_t func;		/* function             */
65	const void	*udata;		/* multiplexer/argument */
66};
67.Ed
68.Pp
69The
70.Fn SYSINIT
71macro takes a
72.Fa uniquifier
73argument to identify the particular function dispatch data,
74the
75.Fa subsystem
76type of startup interface, the subsystem element
77.Fa order
78of initialization within the subsystem, the
79.Fa func
80function to call,
81and the data specified in
82.Fa ident
83argument to pass the function.
84.Pp
85The
86.Fn SYSUNINIT
87macro behaves similarly to the
88.Fn SYSINIT
89macro except that it adds the data to a shutdown linker set.
90.Pp
91The startup linker set for the kernel is scanned during boot to build a
92sorted list of initialization routines.
93The initialization routines are then executed in the sorted order.
94The
95.Fa subsystem
96is used as the primary key and is sorted in ascending order.
97The
98.Fa order
99is used as the secondary key and is sorted in ascending order.
100The relative order of two routines that have the same
101.Fa subsystem
102and
103.Fa order
104is undefined.
105.Pp
106The startup linker sets for modules that are loaded together with the kernel
107by the boot loader are scanned during the
108.Dv SI_SUB_KLD
109subsystem initialization.
110These modules' initialization routines are sorted and merged into the kernel's
111list of startup routines and are executed during boot along with the kernel's
112initialization routines.
113Note that this has the effect that any initialization routines in a kernel
114module that are scheduled earlier than
115.Dv SI_SUB_KLD
116are not executed until after
117.Dv SI_SUB_KLD
118during boot.
119.Pp
120The startup linker set for a kernel module loaded at runtime via
121.Xr kldload 2
122is scanned, sorted, and executed when the module is loaded.
123.Pp
124The shutdown linker set for a kernel module is scanned, sorted, and executed
125when a kernel module is unloaded.
126The teardown routines are sorted in the reverse order of the initialization
127routines.
128The teardown routines of the kernel and any loaded modules are
129.Sy not
130executed during shutdown.
131.Sh EXAMPLES
132This example shows the SYSINIT which displays the copyright notice during boot:
133.Bd -literal -offset indent
134static void
135print_caddr_t(void *data)
136{
137	printf("%s", (char *)data);
138}
139SYSINIT(announce, SI_SUB_COPYRIGHT, SI_ORDER_FIRST, print_caddr_t,
140    copyright);
141.Ed
142.Sh SEE ALSO
143.Xr kld 4 ,
144.Xr DECLARE_MODULE 9 ,
145.Xr DEV_MODULE 9 ,
146.Xr DRIVER_MODULE 9 ,
147.Xr MTX_SYSINIT 9 ,
148.Xr SYSCALL_MODULE 9
149.Sh HISTORY
150The
151.Nm
152framework first appeared in
153.Fx 2.2 .
154.Sh AUTHORS
155.An -nosplit
156The
157.Nm
158framework was written by
159.An Terrence Lambert Aq Mt terry@FreeBSD.org .
160.Pp
161This manual page was written by
162.An Hiten Pandya Aq Mt hmp@FreeBSD.org .
163