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sysctl sysctls: wire old buf before output with sysctl lock
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Authored by rlibby on Nov 24 2019, 6:53 AM.
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Summary

Several sysctl sysctls output to a user buffer while holding a
non-sleepable lock that protects the sysctl topology. They need to wire
the output buffer, or else they may try to sleep on a page fault.

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Test Plan

With D22527, check for witness warnings after
sysctl -ao > /dev/null

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