2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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/* The kernel call implemented in this file:
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* m_type: SYS_VMCTL
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*
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* The parameters for this kernel call are:
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* SVMCTL_WHO which process
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* SVMCTL_PARAM set this setting (VMCTL_*)
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* SVMCTL_VALUE to this value
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*/
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2010-04-02 00:22:33 +02:00
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#include "kernel/system.h"
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#include "kernel/vm.h"
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#include "kernel/debug.h"
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2010-03-10 14:00:05 +01:00
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#include <assert.h>
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2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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#include <minix/type.h>
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/*===========================================================================*
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* do_vmctl *
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*===========================================================================*/
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2012-03-25 20:25:53 +02:00
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int do_vmctl(struct proc * caller, message * m_ptr)
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2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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{
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2010-05-20 10:07:47 +02:00
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int proc_nr;
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2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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endpoint_t ep = m_ptr->SVMCTL_WHO;
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2015-07-12 07:58:07 +02:00
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struct proc *p, *rp, **rpp, *target;
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2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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2010-06-01 10:54:31 +02:00
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if(ep == SELF) { ep = caller->p_endpoint; }
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2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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if(!isokendpt(ep, &proc_nr)) {
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2010-03-03 16:45:01 +01:00
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printf("do_vmctl: unexpected endpoint %d from VM\n", ep);
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2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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return EINVAL;
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}
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p = proc_addr(proc_nr);
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switch(m_ptr->SVMCTL_PARAM) {
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case VMCTL_CLEAR_PAGEFAULT:
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2010-03-10 14:00:05 +01:00
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assert(RTS_ISSET(p,RTS_PAGEFAULT));
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2010-02-09 16:26:58 +01:00
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RTS_UNSET(p, RTS_PAGEFAULT);
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2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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return OK;
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case VMCTL_MEMREQ_GET:
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2015-07-12 07:58:07 +02:00
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/* Send VM the information about the memory request. We can
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* not simply send the first request on the list, because IPC
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* filters may forbid VM from getting requests for particular
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* sources. However, IPC filters are used only in rare cases.
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*/
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for (rpp = &vmrequest; *rpp != NULL;
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rpp = &(*rpp)->p_vmrequest.nextrequestor) {
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rp = *rpp;
|
Primary goal for these changes is:
- no longer have kernel have its own page table that is loaded
on every kernel entry (trap, interrupt, exception). the primary
purpose is to reduce the number of required reloads.
Result:
- kernel can only access memory of process that was running when
kernel was entered
- kernel must be mapped into every process page table, so traps to
kernel keep working
Problem:
- kernel must often access memory of arbitrary processes (e.g. send
arbitrary processes messages); this can't happen directly any more;
usually because that process' page table isn't loaded at all, sometimes
because that memory isn't mapped in at all, sometimes because it isn't
mapped in read-write.
So:
- kernel must be able to map in memory of any process, in its own
address space.
Implementation:
- VM and kernel share a range of memory in which addresses of
all page tables of all processes are available. This has two purposes:
. Kernel has to know what data to copy in order to map in a range
. Kernel has to know where to write the data in order to map it in
That last point is because kernel has to write in the currently loaded
page table.
- Processes and kernel are separated through segments; kernel segments
haven't changed.
- The kernel keeps the process whose page table is currently loaded
in 'ptproc.'
- If it wants to map in a range of memory, it writes the value of the
page directory entry for that range into the page directory entry
in the currently loaded map. There is a slot reserved for such
purposes. The kernel can then access this memory directly.
- In order to do this, its segment has been increased (and the
segments of processes start where it ends).
- In the pagefault handler, detect if the kernel is doing
'trappable' memory access (i.e. a pagefault isn't a fatal
error) and if so,
- set the saved instruction pointer to phys_copy_fault,
breaking out of phys_copy
- set the saved eax register to the address of the page
fault, both for sanity checking and for checking in
which of the two ranges that phys_copy was called
with the fault occured
- Some boot-time processes do not have their own page table,
and are mapped in with the kernel, and separated with
segments. The kernel detects this using HASPT. If such a
process has to be scheduled, any page table will work and
no page table switch is done.
Major changes in kernel are
- When accessing user processes memory, kernel no longer
explicitly checks before it does so if that memory is OK.
It simply makes the mapping (if necessary), tries to do the
operation, and traps the pagefault if that memory isn't present;
if that happens, the copy function returns EFAULT.
So all of the CHECKRANGE_OR_SUSPEND macros are gone.
- Kernel no longer has to copy/read and parse page tables.
- A message copying optimisation: when messages are copied, and
the recipient isn't mapped in, they are copied into a buffer
in the kernel. This is done in QueueMess. The next time
the recipient is scheduled, this message is copied into
its memory. This happens in schedcheck().
This eliminates the mapping/copying step for messages, and makes
it easier to deliver messages. This eliminates soft_notify.
- Kernel no longer creates a page table at all, so the vm_setbuf
and pagetable writing in memory.c is gone.
Minor changes in kernel are
- ipc_stats thrown out, wasn't used
- misc flags all renamed to MF_*
- NOREC_* macros to enter and leave functions that should not
be called recursively; just sanity checks really
- code to fully decode segment selectors and descriptors
to print on exceptions
- lots of vmassert()s added, only executed if DEBUG_VMASSERT is 1
2009-09-21 16:31:52 +02:00
|
|
|
|
2015-07-12 07:58:07 +02:00
|
|
|
assert(RTS_ISSET(rp, RTS_VMREQUEST));
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
okendpt(rp->p_vmrequest.target, &proc_nr);
|
|
|
|
|
target = proc_addr(proc_nr);
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/* Check against IPC filters. */
|
|
|
|
|
if (!allow_ipc_filtered_memreq(rp, target))
|
|
|
|
|
continue;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/* Reply with request fields. */
|
|
|
|
|
if (rp->p_vmrequest.req_type != VMPTYPE_CHECK)
|
|
|
|
|
panic("VMREQUEST wrong type");
|
2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
|
|
|
|
2010-01-14 16:24:16 +01:00
|
|
|
m_ptr->SVMCTL_MRG_TARGET =
|
|
|
|
|
rp->p_vmrequest.target;
|
|
|
|
|
m_ptr->SVMCTL_MRG_ADDR =
|
|
|
|
|
rp->p_vmrequest.params.check.start;
|
|
|
|
|
m_ptr->SVMCTL_MRG_LENGTH =
|
|
|
|
|
rp->p_vmrequest.params.check.length;
|
|
|
|
|
m_ptr->SVMCTL_MRG_FLAG =
|
|
|
|
|
rp->p_vmrequest.params.check.writeflag;
|
|
|
|
|
m_ptr->SVMCTL_MRG_REQUESTOR =
|
|
|
|
|
(void *) rp->p_endpoint;
|
|
|
|
|
|
2015-07-12 07:58:07 +02:00
|
|
|
rp->p_vmrequest.vmresult = VMSUSPEND;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/* Remove from request chain. */
|
|
|
|
|
*rpp = rp->p_vmrequest.nextrequestor;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
return rp->p_vmrequest.req_type;
|
|
|
|
|
}
|
2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
|
|
|
|
2015-07-12 07:58:07 +02:00
|
|
|
return ENOENT;
|
2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
case VMCTL_MEMREQ_REPLY:
|
2010-03-10 14:00:05 +01:00
|
|
|
assert(RTS_ISSET(p, RTS_VMREQUEST));
|
|
|
|
|
assert(p->p_vmrequest.vmresult == VMSUSPEND);
|
2010-01-14 16:24:16 +01:00
|
|
|
okendpt(p->p_vmrequest.target, &proc_nr);
|
Primary goal for these changes is:
- no longer have kernel have its own page table that is loaded
on every kernel entry (trap, interrupt, exception). the primary
purpose is to reduce the number of required reloads.
Result:
- kernel can only access memory of process that was running when
kernel was entered
- kernel must be mapped into every process page table, so traps to
kernel keep working
Problem:
- kernel must often access memory of arbitrary processes (e.g. send
arbitrary processes messages); this can't happen directly any more;
usually because that process' page table isn't loaded at all, sometimes
because that memory isn't mapped in at all, sometimes because it isn't
mapped in read-write.
So:
- kernel must be able to map in memory of any process, in its own
address space.
Implementation:
- VM and kernel share a range of memory in which addresses of
all page tables of all processes are available. This has two purposes:
. Kernel has to know what data to copy in order to map in a range
. Kernel has to know where to write the data in order to map it in
That last point is because kernel has to write in the currently loaded
page table.
- Processes and kernel are separated through segments; kernel segments
haven't changed.
- The kernel keeps the process whose page table is currently loaded
in 'ptproc.'
- If it wants to map in a range of memory, it writes the value of the
page directory entry for that range into the page directory entry
in the currently loaded map. There is a slot reserved for such
purposes. The kernel can then access this memory directly.
- In order to do this, its segment has been increased (and the
segments of processes start where it ends).
- In the pagefault handler, detect if the kernel is doing
'trappable' memory access (i.e. a pagefault isn't a fatal
error) and if so,
- set the saved instruction pointer to phys_copy_fault,
breaking out of phys_copy
- set the saved eax register to the address of the page
fault, both for sanity checking and for checking in
which of the two ranges that phys_copy was called
with the fault occured
- Some boot-time processes do not have their own page table,
and are mapped in with the kernel, and separated with
segments. The kernel detects this using HASPT. If such a
process has to be scheduled, any page table will work and
no page table switch is done.
Major changes in kernel are
- When accessing user processes memory, kernel no longer
explicitly checks before it does so if that memory is OK.
It simply makes the mapping (if necessary), tries to do the
operation, and traps the pagefault if that memory isn't present;
if that happens, the copy function returns EFAULT.
So all of the CHECKRANGE_OR_SUSPEND macros are gone.
- Kernel no longer has to copy/read and parse page tables.
- A message copying optimisation: when messages are copied, and
the recipient isn't mapped in, they are copied into a buffer
in the kernel. This is done in QueueMess. The next time
the recipient is scheduled, this message is copied into
its memory. This happens in schedcheck().
This eliminates the mapping/copying step for messages, and makes
it easier to deliver messages. This eliminates soft_notify.
- Kernel no longer creates a page table at all, so the vm_setbuf
and pagetable writing in memory.c is gone.
Minor changes in kernel are
- ipc_stats thrown out, wasn't used
- misc flags all renamed to MF_*
- NOREC_* macros to enter and leave functions that should not
be called recursively; just sanity checks really
- code to fully decode segment selectors and descriptors
to print on exceptions
- lots of vmassert()s added, only executed if DEBUG_VMASSERT is 1
2009-09-21 16:31:52 +02:00
|
|
|
target = proc_addr(proc_nr);
|
|
|
|
|
p->p_vmrequest.vmresult = m_ptr->SVMCTL_VALUE;
|
2010-03-10 14:00:05 +01:00
|
|
|
assert(p->p_vmrequest.vmresult != VMSUSPEND);
|
Primary goal for these changes is:
- no longer have kernel have its own page table that is loaded
on every kernel entry (trap, interrupt, exception). the primary
purpose is to reduce the number of required reloads.
Result:
- kernel can only access memory of process that was running when
kernel was entered
- kernel must be mapped into every process page table, so traps to
kernel keep working
Problem:
- kernel must often access memory of arbitrary processes (e.g. send
arbitrary processes messages); this can't happen directly any more;
usually because that process' page table isn't loaded at all, sometimes
because that memory isn't mapped in at all, sometimes because it isn't
mapped in read-write.
So:
- kernel must be able to map in memory of any process, in its own
address space.
Implementation:
- VM and kernel share a range of memory in which addresses of
all page tables of all processes are available. This has two purposes:
. Kernel has to know what data to copy in order to map in a range
. Kernel has to know where to write the data in order to map it in
That last point is because kernel has to write in the currently loaded
page table.
- Processes and kernel are separated through segments; kernel segments
haven't changed.
- The kernel keeps the process whose page table is currently loaded
in 'ptproc.'
- If it wants to map in a range of memory, it writes the value of the
page directory entry for that range into the page directory entry
in the currently loaded map. There is a slot reserved for such
purposes. The kernel can then access this memory directly.
- In order to do this, its segment has been increased (and the
segments of processes start where it ends).
- In the pagefault handler, detect if the kernel is doing
'trappable' memory access (i.e. a pagefault isn't a fatal
error) and if so,
- set the saved instruction pointer to phys_copy_fault,
breaking out of phys_copy
- set the saved eax register to the address of the page
fault, both for sanity checking and for checking in
which of the two ranges that phys_copy was called
with the fault occured
- Some boot-time processes do not have their own page table,
and are mapped in with the kernel, and separated with
segments. The kernel detects this using HASPT. If such a
process has to be scheduled, any page table will work and
no page table switch is done.
Major changes in kernel are
- When accessing user processes memory, kernel no longer
explicitly checks before it does so if that memory is OK.
It simply makes the mapping (if necessary), tries to do the
operation, and traps the pagefault if that memory isn't present;
if that happens, the copy function returns EFAULT.
So all of the CHECKRANGE_OR_SUSPEND macros are gone.
- Kernel no longer has to copy/read and parse page tables.
- A message copying optimisation: when messages are copied, and
the recipient isn't mapped in, they are copied into a buffer
in the kernel. This is done in QueueMess. The next time
the recipient is scheduled, this message is copied into
its memory. This happens in schedcheck().
This eliminates the mapping/copying step for messages, and makes
it easier to deliver messages. This eliminates soft_notify.
- Kernel no longer creates a page table at all, so the vm_setbuf
and pagetable writing in memory.c is gone.
Minor changes in kernel are
- ipc_stats thrown out, wasn't used
- misc flags all renamed to MF_*
- NOREC_* macros to enter and leave functions that should not
be called recursively; just sanity checks really
- code to fully decode segment selectors and descriptors
to print on exceptions
- lots of vmassert()s added, only executed if DEBUG_VMASSERT is 1
2009-09-21 16:31:52 +02:00
|
|
|
|
2010-01-14 16:24:16 +01:00
|
|
|
switch(p->p_vmrequest.type) {
|
|
|
|
|
case VMSTYPE_KERNELCALL:
|
2010-02-09 16:20:09 +01:00
|
|
|
/*
|
|
|
|
|
* we will have to resume execution of the kernel call
|
|
|
|
|
* as soon the scheduler picks up this process again
|
|
|
|
|
*/
|
|
|
|
|
p->p_misc_flags |= MF_KCALL_RESUME;
|
2010-01-14 16:24:16 +01:00
|
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
|
case VMSTYPE_DELIVERMSG:
|
2010-03-10 14:00:05 +01:00
|
|
|
assert(p->p_misc_flags & MF_DELIVERMSG);
|
|
|
|
|
assert(p == target);
|
|
|
|
|
assert(RTS_ISSET(p, RTS_VMREQUEST));
|
2010-01-14 16:24:16 +01:00
|
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
|
case VMSTYPE_MAP:
|
2010-03-10 14:00:05 +01:00
|
|
|
assert(RTS_ISSET(p, RTS_VMREQUEST));
|
2010-01-14 16:24:16 +01:00
|
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
|
default:
|
2010-03-10 14:00:05 +01:00
|
|
|
panic("strange request type: %d",p->p_vmrequest.type);
|
Primary goal for these changes is:
- no longer have kernel have its own page table that is loaded
on every kernel entry (trap, interrupt, exception). the primary
purpose is to reduce the number of required reloads.
Result:
- kernel can only access memory of process that was running when
kernel was entered
- kernel must be mapped into every process page table, so traps to
kernel keep working
Problem:
- kernel must often access memory of arbitrary processes (e.g. send
arbitrary processes messages); this can't happen directly any more;
usually because that process' page table isn't loaded at all, sometimes
because that memory isn't mapped in at all, sometimes because it isn't
mapped in read-write.
So:
- kernel must be able to map in memory of any process, in its own
address space.
Implementation:
- VM and kernel share a range of memory in which addresses of
all page tables of all processes are available. This has two purposes:
. Kernel has to know what data to copy in order to map in a range
. Kernel has to know where to write the data in order to map it in
That last point is because kernel has to write in the currently loaded
page table.
- Processes and kernel are separated through segments; kernel segments
haven't changed.
- The kernel keeps the process whose page table is currently loaded
in 'ptproc.'
- If it wants to map in a range of memory, it writes the value of the
page directory entry for that range into the page directory entry
in the currently loaded map. There is a slot reserved for such
purposes. The kernel can then access this memory directly.
- In order to do this, its segment has been increased (and the
segments of processes start where it ends).
- In the pagefault handler, detect if the kernel is doing
'trappable' memory access (i.e. a pagefault isn't a fatal
error) and if so,
- set the saved instruction pointer to phys_copy_fault,
breaking out of phys_copy
- set the saved eax register to the address of the page
fault, both for sanity checking and for checking in
which of the two ranges that phys_copy was called
with the fault occured
- Some boot-time processes do not have their own page table,
and are mapped in with the kernel, and separated with
segments. The kernel detects this using HASPT. If such a
process has to be scheduled, any page table will work and
no page table switch is done.
Major changes in kernel are
- When accessing user processes memory, kernel no longer
explicitly checks before it does so if that memory is OK.
It simply makes the mapping (if necessary), tries to do the
operation, and traps the pagefault if that memory isn't present;
if that happens, the copy function returns EFAULT.
So all of the CHECKRANGE_OR_SUSPEND macros are gone.
- Kernel no longer has to copy/read and parse page tables.
- A message copying optimisation: when messages are copied, and
the recipient isn't mapped in, they are copied into a buffer
in the kernel. This is done in QueueMess. The next time
the recipient is scheduled, this message is copied into
its memory. This happens in schedcheck().
This eliminates the mapping/copying step for messages, and makes
it easier to deliver messages. This eliminates soft_notify.
- Kernel no longer creates a page table at all, so the vm_setbuf
and pagetable writing in memory.c is gone.
Minor changes in kernel are
- ipc_stats thrown out, wasn't used
- misc flags all renamed to MF_*
- NOREC_* macros to enter and leave functions that should not
be called recursively; just sanity checks really
- code to fully decode segment selectors and descriptors
to print on exceptions
- lots of vmassert()s added, only executed if DEBUG_VMASSERT is 1
2009-09-21 16:31:52 +02:00
|
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010-02-09 16:26:58 +01:00
|
|
|
RTS_UNSET(p, RTS_VMREQUEST);
|
2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
|
|
|
return OK;
|
2010-02-09 16:20:09 +01:00
|
|
|
|
2009-11-11 13:07:06 +01:00
|
|
|
case VMCTL_KERN_PHYSMAP:
|
|
|
|
|
{
|
|
|
|
|
int i = m_ptr->SVMCTL_VALUE;
|
|
|
|
|
return arch_phys_map(i,
|
|
|
|
|
(phys_bytes *) &m_ptr->SVMCTL_MAP_PHYS_ADDR,
|
|
|
|
|
(phys_bytes *) &m_ptr->SVMCTL_MAP_PHYS_LEN,
|
|
|
|
|
&m_ptr->SVMCTL_MAP_FLAGS);
|
|
|
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
case VMCTL_KERN_MAP_REPLY:
|
|
|
|
|
{
|
|
|
|
|
return arch_phys_map_reply(m_ptr->SVMCTL_VALUE,
|
|
|
|
|
(vir_bytes) m_ptr->SVMCTL_MAP_VIR_ADDR);
|
|
|
|
|
}
|
2010-09-15 16:11:12 +02:00
|
|
|
case VMCTL_VMINHIBIT_SET:
|
|
|
|
|
/* check if we must stop a process on a different CPU */
|
|
|
|
|
#if CONFIG_SMP
|
|
|
|
|
if (p->p_cpu != cpuid) {
|
|
|
|
|
smp_schedule_vminhibit(p);
|
|
|
|
|
} else
|
|
|
|
|
#endif
|
|
|
|
|
RTS_SET(p, RTS_VMINHIBIT);
|
2010-10-25 18:21:23 +02:00
|
|
|
#if CONFIG_SMP
|
|
|
|
|
p->p_misc_flags |= MF_FLUSH_TLB;
|
|
|
|
|
#endif
|
2010-09-15 16:11:12 +02:00
|
|
|
return OK;
|
|
|
|
|
case VMCTL_VMINHIBIT_CLEAR:
|
|
|
|
|
assert(RTS_ISSET(p, RTS_VMINHIBIT));
|
|
|
|
|
/*
|
|
|
|
|
* the processes is certainly not runnable, no need to tell its
|
|
|
|
|
* cpu
|
|
|
|
|
*/
|
|
|
|
|
RTS_UNSET(p, RTS_VMINHIBIT);
|
2011-11-04 18:33:07 +01:00
|
|
|
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
|
2011-10-25 20:32:30 +02:00
|
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if (p->p_misc_flags & MF_SENDA_VM_MISS) {
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struct priv *privp;
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p->p_misc_flags &= ~MF_SENDA_VM_MISS;
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privp = priv(p);
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try_deliver_senda(p, (asynmsg_t *) privp->s_asyntab,
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privp->s_asynsize);
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}
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2011-11-04 18:33:07 +01:00
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/*
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* We don't know whether kernel has the changed mapping
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* installed to access userspace memory. And if so, on what CPU.
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* More over we don't know what mapping has changed and how and
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* therefore we must invalidate all mappings we have anywhere.
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* Next time we map memory, we map it fresh.
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*/
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bits_fill(p->p_stale_tlb, CONFIG_MAX_CPUS);
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#endif
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2010-09-15 16:11:12 +02:00
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return OK;
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No more intel/minix segments.
This commit removes all traces of Minix segments (the text/data/stack
memory map abstraction in the kernel) and significance of Intel segments
(hardware segments like CS, DS that add offsets to all addressing before
page table translation). This ultimately simplifies the memory layout
and addressing and makes the same layout possible on non-Intel
architectures.
There are only two types of addresses in the world now: virtual
and physical; even the kernel and processes have the same virtual
address space. Kernel and user processes can be distinguished at a
glance as processes won't use 0xF0000000 and above.
No static pre-allocated memory sizes exist any more.
Changes to booting:
. The pre_init.c leaves the kernel and modules exactly as
they were left by the bootloader in physical memory
. The kernel starts running using physical addressing,
loaded at a fixed location given in its linker script by the
bootloader. All code and data in this phase are linked to
this fixed low location.
. It makes a bootstrap pagetable to map itself to a
fixed high location (also in linker script) and jumps to
the high address. All code and data then use this high addressing.
. All code/data symbols linked at the low addresses is prefixed by
an objcopy step with __k_unpaged_*, so that that code cannot
reference highly-linked symbols (which aren't valid yet) or vice
versa (symbols that aren't valid any more).
. The two addressing modes are separated in the linker script by
collecting the unpaged_*.o objects and linking them with low
addresses, and linking the rest high. Some objects are linked
twice, once low and once high.
. The bootstrap phase passes a lot of information (e.g. free memory
list, physical location of the modules, etc.) using the kinfo
struct.
. After this bootstrap the low-linked part is freed.
. The kernel maps in VM into the bootstrap page table so that VM can
begin executing. Its first job is to make page tables for all other
boot processes. So VM runs before RS, and RS gets a fully dynamic,
VM-managed address space. VM gets its privilege info from RS as usual
but that happens after RS starts running.
. Both the kernel loading VM and VM organizing boot processes happen
using the libexec logic. This removes the last reason for VM to
still know much about exec() and vm/exec.c is gone.
Further Implementation:
. All segments are based at 0 and have a 4 GB limit.
. The kernel is mapped in at the top of the virtual address
space so as not to constrain the user processes.
. Processes do not use segments from the LDT at all; there are
no segments in the LDT any more, so no LLDT is needed.
. The Minix segments T/D/S are gone and so none of the
user-space or in-kernel copy functions use them. The copy
functions use a process endpoint of NONE to realize it's
a physical address, virtual otherwise.
. The umap call only makes sense to translate a virtual address
to a physical address now.
. Segments-related calls like newmap and alloc_segments are gone.
. All segments-related translation in VM is gone (vir2map etc).
. Initialization in VM is simpler as no moving around is necessary.
. VM and all other boot processes can be linked wherever they wish
and will be mapped in at the right location by the kernel and VM
respectively.
Other changes:
. The multiboot code is less special: it does not use mb_print
for its diagnostics any more but uses printf() as normal, saving
the output into the diagnostics buffer, only printing to the
screen using the direct print functions if a panic() occurs.
. The multiboot code uses the flexible 'free memory map list'
style to receive the list of free memory if available.
. The kernel determines the memory layout of the processes to
a degree: it tells VM where the kernel starts and ends and
where the kernel wants the top of the process to be. VM then
uses this entire range, i.e. the stack is right at the top,
and mmap()ped bits of memory are placed below that downwards,
and the break grows upwards.
Other Consequences:
. Every process gets its own page table as address spaces
can't be separated any more by segments.
. As all segments are 0-based, there is no distinction between
virtual and linear addresses, nor between userspace and
kernel addresses.
. Less work is done when context switching, leading to a net
performance increase. (8% faster on my machine for 'make servers'.)
. The layout and configuration of the GDT makes sysenter and syscall
possible.
2012-05-07 16:03:35 +02:00
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case VMCTL_CLEARMAPCACHE:
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/* VM says: forget about old mappings we have cached. */
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mem_clear_mapcache();
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return OK;
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2012-06-10 19:50:17 +02:00
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case VMCTL_BOOTINHIBIT_CLEAR:
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RTS_UNSET(p, RTS_BOOTINHIBIT);
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return OK;
|
2008-11-19 13:26:10 +01:00
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}
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/* Try architecture-specific vmctls. */
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return arch_do_vmctl(m_ptr, p);
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}
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