New scheduler.

Removed cli and sti stack in favor of tracking
number of locks held on each CPU and explicit
conditionals in spinlock.c.

console.c

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void
 cprintf(char *fmt, ...)
 {
   int i, state = 0, c;
-  unsigned int *ap = (unsigned int *) &fmt + 1;
+  unsigned int *ap = (unsigned int *)(void*)&fmt + 1;
 
   if(use_console_lock)
     acquire(&console_lock);

defs.h

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ struct proc;
 struct jmpbuf;
 void setupsegs(struct proc *);
 struct proc * newproc(void);
-void swtch(int);
 struct spinlock;
 void sleep(void *, struct spinlock *);
 void wakeup(void *);
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ void proc_exit(void);
 int proc_kill(int);
 int proc_wait(void);
 void yield(void);
-void cli(void);
-void sti(void);
 
 // swtch.S
 struct jmpbuf;

dot-bochsrc

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ romimage: file=$BXSHARE/BIOS-bochs-latest, address=0xf0000
 #  650Mhz Athlon K-7 with Linux 2.4.4/egcs-2.91.66  2 to  2.5 Mips
 #  400Mhz Pentium II with Linux 2.0.36/egcs-1.0.3   1 to  1.8 Mips
 #=======================================================================
-cpu: count=2, ips=10000000
+cpu: count=2, ips=10000000, reset_on_triple_fault=0
 
 #=======================================================================
 # MEGS

main.c

@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ extern uint8_t _binary_userfs_start[], _binary_userfs_size[];
 
 extern int use_console_lock;
 
+struct spinlock sillylock;  // hold this to keep interrupts disabled
+
 int
 main()
 {
   struct proc *p;
 
   if (acpu) {
-    cpus[cpu()].clis = 1;
     cprintf("an application processor\n");
     idtinit(); // CPU's idt
     lapic_init(cpu());
     lapic_timerinit();
     lapic_enableintr();
-    sti();
     scheduler();
   }
   acpu = 1;
@@ -40,10 +40,9 @@ main()
 
   mp_init(); // collect info about this machine
 
+  acquire(&sillylock);
   use_console_lock = 1;
 
-  cpus[cpu()].clis = 1; // cpu starts as if we had called cli()
-
   lapic_init(mp_bcpu());
 
   cprintf("\nxV6\n\n");
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ main()
   // create fake process zero
   p = &proc[0];
   memset(p, 0, sizeof *p);
-  p->state = WAITING;
+  p->state = SLEEPING;
   p->sz = 4 * PAGE;
   p->mem = kalloc(p->sz);
   memset(p->mem, 0, p->sz);
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@ main()
   //load_icode(p, _binary_userfs_start, (unsigned) _binary_userfs_size);
   p->state = RUNNABLE;
   cprintf("loaded userfs\n");
+  release(&sillylock);
 
   scheduler();
 

proc.c

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct spinlock proc_table_lock;
 struct proc proc[NPROC];
 struct proc *curproc[NCPU];
 int next_pid = 1;
+extern void forkret(void);
 
 /*
  * set up a process's task state and segment descriptors
@@ -96,12 +97,14 @@ newproc()
   *(np->tf) = *(op->tf);
   np->tf->tf_regs.reg_eax = 0; // so fork() returns 0 in child
 
-  // set up new jmpbuf to start executing at trapret with esp pointing at tf
+  // Set up new jmpbuf to start executing forkret (see trapasm.S)
+  // with esp pointing at tf.  Forkret will call forkret1 (below) to release
+  // the proc_table_lock and then jump into the usual trap return code.
   memset(&np->jmpbuf, 0, sizeof np->jmpbuf);
-  np->jmpbuf.jb_eip = (unsigned) trapret;
+  np->jmpbuf.jb_eip = (unsigned) forkret;
   np->jmpbuf.jb_esp = (unsigned) np->tf - 4;  // -4 for the %eip that isn't actually there
 
-  // copy file descriptors
+  // Copy file descriptors
   for(fd = 0; fd < NOFILE; fd++){
     np->fds[fd] = op->fds[fd];
     if(np->fds[fd])
@@ -111,128 +114,153 @@ newproc()
   return np;
 }
 
+void
+forkret1(void)
+{
+  release(&proc_table_lock);
+}
+
+// Per-CPU process scheduler. 
+// Each CPU calls scheduler() after setting itself up.
+// Scheduler never returns.  It loops, doing:
+//  - choose a process to run
+//  - longjmp to start running that process
+//  - eventually that process transfers control back
+//      via longjmp back to the top of scheduler.
 void
 scheduler(void)
 {
-  struct proc *op, *np;
+  struct proc *p;
   int i;
 
   cprintf("start scheduler on cpu %d jmpbuf %p\n", cpu(), &cpus[cpu()].jmpbuf);
   cpus[cpu()].lastproc = &proc[0];
 
-  setjmp(&cpus[cpu()].jmpbuf);
+  for(;;){
-
+    // Loop over process table looking for process to run.
-  op = curproc[cpu()];
-
-  if(op == 0 || op->mtx != &proc_table_lock)
-    acquire1(&proc_table_lock, op);
-
-  if(op){
-    if(op->newstate <= 0 || op->newstate > ZOMBIE)
-      panic("scheduler");
-    op->state = op->newstate;
-    op->newstate = -1;
-    if(op->mtx){
-      struct spinlock *mtx = op->mtx;
-      op->mtx = 0;
-      if(mtx != &proc_table_lock)
-        release1(mtx, op);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // find a runnable process and switch to it
-  curproc[cpu()] = 0;
-  np = cpus[cpu()].lastproc + 1;
-  while(1){
-    for(i = 0; i < NPROC; i++){
-      if(np >= &proc[NPROC])
-        np = &proc[0];
-      if(np->state == RUNNABLE)
-        break;
-      np++;
-    }
-
-    if(i < NPROC){
-      np->state = RUNNING;
-      release1(&proc_table_lock, op);
-      break;
-    }
-    
-    release1(&proc_table_lock, op);
-    op = 0;
     acquire(&proc_table_lock);
-    np = &proc[0];
+    for(i = 0; i < NPROC; i++){
-  }
+      p = &proc[i];
-
+      if(p->state != RUNNABLE)
-  cpus[cpu()].lastproc = np;
+        continue;
-  curproc[cpu()] = np;
       
+      // Run this process.
+      // XXX move this into swtch or trapret or something.
+      // It can run on the other stack.
       // h/w sets busy bit in TSS descriptor sometimes, and faults
       // if it's set in LTR. so clear tss descriptor busy bit.
-  np->gdt[SEG_TSS].sd_type = STS_T32A;
+      p->gdt[SEG_TSS].sd_type = STS_T32A;
     
       // XXX should probably have an lgdt() function in x86.h
       // to confine all the inline assembly.
       // XXX probably ought to lgdt on trap return too, in case
       // a system call has moved a program or changed its size.
-  asm volatile("lgdt %0" : : "g" (np->gdt_pd.pd_lim));
+      asm volatile("lgdt %0" : : "g" (p->gdt_pd.pd_lim));
       ltr(SEG_TSS << 3);
 
-  if(0) cprintf("cpu%d: run %d esp=%p callerpc=%p\n", cpu(), np-proc);
+      // Switch to chosen process.  It is the process's job 
-  longjmp(&np->jmpbuf);
+      // to release proc_table_lock and then reacquire it
+      // before jumping back to us.
+      if(0) cprintf("cpu%d: run %d\n", cpu(), p-proc);
+      curproc[cpu()] = p;
+      p->state = RUNNING;
+      if(setjmp(&cpus[cpu()].jmpbuf) == 0)
+        longjmp(&p->jmpbuf);
+    
+      // Process is done running for now. 
+      // It should have changed its p->state before coming back.
+      curproc[cpu()] = 0;
+      if(p->state == RUNNING)
+        panic("swtch to scheduler with state=RUNNING");
+      
+      // XXX if not holding proc_table_lock panic.
+    }
+    release(&proc_table_lock);
+    
+    if(cpus[cpu()].nlock != 0)
+      panic("holding locks in scheduler");
+
+    // With proc_table_lock released, there are no 
+    // locks held on this cpu, so interrupts are enabled.
+    // Hardware interrupts can happen here.
+    // Also, releasing the lock here lets the other CPUs
+    // look for runnable processes too.
+  }
 }
 
-// give up the cpu by switching to the scheduler,
+// Enter scheduler.  Must already hold proc_table_lock
-// which runs on the per-cpu stack.
+// and have changed curproc[cpu()]->state.
 void
-swtch(int newstate)
+sched(void)
 {
-  struct proc *p = curproc[cpu()];
+  if(setjmp(&curproc[cpu()]->jmpbuf) == 0)
-
-  if(p == 0)
-    panic("swtch no proc");
-  if(p->mtx == 0 && p->locks != 0)
-    panic("swtch w/ locks");
-  if(p->mtx && p->locks != 1)
-    panic("swtch w/ locks 1");
-  if(p->mtx && p->mtx->locked == 0)
-    panic("switch w/ lock but not held");
-  if(p->locks && (read_eflags() & FL_IF))
-    panic("swtch w/ lock but FL_IF");
-
-  p->newstate = newstate; // basically an argument to scheduler()
-  if(setjmp(&p->jmpbuf) == 0)
     longjmp(&cpus[cpu()].jmpbuf);
 }
 
+// Give up the CPU for one scheduling round.
 void
-sleep(void *chan, struct spinlock *mtx)
+yield()
+{
+  struct proc *p;
+
+  if((p=curproc[cpu()]) == 0 || curproc[cpu()]->state != RUNNING)
+    panic("yield");
+  acquire(&proc_table_lock);
+  p->state = RUNNABLE;
+  sched();
+  release(&proc_table_lock);
+}
+
+// Atomically release lock and sleep on chan.
+// Reacquires lock when reawakened.
+void
+sleep(void *chan, struct spinlock *lk)
 {
   struct proc *p = curproc[cpu()];
 
   if(p == 0)
     panic("sleep");
 
-  p->chan = chan;
+  // Must acquire proc_table_lock in order to 
-  p->mtx = mtx; // scheduler will release it
+  // change p->state and then call sched.
-
+  // Once we hold proc_table_lock, we can be 
-  swtch(WAITING);
+  // guaranteed that we won't miss any wakeup
-  
+  // (wakeup runs with proc_table_lock locked),
-  if(mtx)
+  // so it's okay to release lk.
-    acquire(mtx);
+  if(lk != &proc_table_lock){
-  p->chan = 0;
+    acquire(&proc_table_lock);
+    release(lk);
   }
 
+  // Go to sleep.
+  p->chan = chan;
+  p->state = SLEEPING;
+  sched();
+
+  // Tidy up.
+  p->chan = 0;
+
+  // Reacquire original lock.
+  if(lk != &proc_table_lock){
+    release(&proc_table_lock);
+    acquire(lk);
+  }
+}
+
+// Wake up all processes sleeping on chan.
+// Proc_table_lock must be held.
 void
 wakeup1(void *chan)
 {
   struct proc *p;
 
   for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++)
-    if(p->state == WAITING && p->chan == chan)
+    if(p->state == SLEEPING && p->chan == chan)
       p->state = RUNNABLE;
 }
 
+// Wake up all processes sleeping on chan.
+// Proc_table_lock is acquired and released.
 void
 wakeup(void *chan)
 {
@@ -241,77 +269,9 @@ wakeup(void *chan)
   release(&proc_table_lock);
 }
 
-// give up the CPU but stay marked as RUNNABLE
+// Kill the process with the given pid.
-void
+// Process won't actually exit until it returns
-yield()
+// to user space (see trap in trap.c).
-{
-  if(curproc[cpu()] == 0 || curproc[cpu()]->state != RUNNING)
-    panic("yield");
-  swtch(RUNNABLE);
-}
-
-void
-proc_exit()
-{
-  struct proc *p;
-  struct proc *cp = curproc[cpu()];
-  int fd;
-
-  for(fd = 0; fd < NOFILE; fd++){
-    if(cp->fds[fd]){
-      fd_close(cp->fds[fd]);
-      cp->fds[fd] = 0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  acquire(&proc_table_lock);
-
-  // wake up parent
-  for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++)
-    if(p->pid == cp->ppid)
-      wakeup1(p);
-
-  // abandon children
-  for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++)
-    if(p->ppid == cp->pid)
-      p->pid = 1;
-  
-  cp->mtx = &proc_table_lock;
-  swtch(ZOMBIE);
-  panic("a zombie revived");
-}
-
-int
-proc_wait(void)
-{
-  struct proc *p;
-  struct proc *cp = curproc[cpu()];
-  int any, pid;
-
-  acquire(&proc_table_lock);
-
-  while(1){
-    any = 0;
-    for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++){
-      if(p->state == ZOMBIE && p->ppid == cp->pid){
-        kfree(p->mem, p->sz);
-        kfree(p->kstack, KSTACKSIZE);
-        pid = p->pid;
-        p->state = UNUSED;
-        release(&proc_table_lock);
-        return pid;
-      }
-      if(p->state != UNUSED && p->ppid == cp->pid)
-        any = 1;
-    }
-    if(any == 0){
-      release(&proc_table_lock);
-      return -1;
-    }
-    sleep(cp, &proc_table_lock);
-  }
-}
-
 int
 proc_kill(int pid)
 {
@@ -319,9 +279,10 @@ proc_kill(int pid)
 
   acquire(&proc_table_lock);
   for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++){
-    if(p->pid == pid && p->state != UNUSED){
+    if(p->pid == pid){
       p->killed = 1;
-      if(p->state == WAITING)
+      // Wake process from sleep if necessary.
+      if(p->state == SLEEPING)
         p->state = RUNNABLE;
       release(&proc_table_lock);
       return 0;
@@ -331,26 +292,80 @@ proc_kill(int pid)
   return -1;
 }
 
-// disable interrupts
+// Exit the current process.  Does not return.
+// Exited processes remain in the zombie state 
+// until their parent calls wait() to find out they exited.
 void
-cli(void)
+proc_exit()
 {
-  if(cpus[cpu()].clis == 0)
+  struct proc *p;
-    __asm __volatile("cli");
+  struct proc *cp = curproc[cpu()];
-  cpus[cpu()].clis += 1;
+  int fd;
-  if((read_eflags() & FL_IF) != 0)
+
-    panic("cli but enabled");
+  // Close all open files.
+  for(fd = 0; fd < NOFILE; fd++){
+    if(cp->fds[fd]){
+      fd_close(cp->fds[fd]);
+      cp->fds[fd] = 0;
+    }
   }
 
-// enable interrupts
+  acquire(&proc_table_lock);
-void
+
-sti(void)
+  // Wake up our parent.
-{
+  for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++)
-  if((read_eflags() & FL_IF) != 0)
+    if(p->pid == cp->ppid)
-    panic("sti but enabled");
+      wakeup1(p);
-  if(cpus[cpu()].clis < 1)
+
-    panic("sti");
+  // Reparent our children to process 1.
-  cpus[cpu()].clis -= 1;
+  for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++)
-  if(cpus[cpu()].clis < 1)
+    if(p->ppid == cp->pid)
-    __asm __volatile("sti");
+      p->ppid = 1;
+  
+  // Jump into the scheduler, never to return.
+  cp->state = ZOMBIE;
+  sched();
+  panic("zombie exit");
 }
+
+// Wait for a child process to exit and return its pid.
+// Return -1 if this process has no children.
+int
+proc_wait(void)
+{
+  struct proc *p;
+  struct proc *cp = curproc[cpu()];
+  int i, havekids, pid;
+
+  acquire(&proc_table_lock);
+  for(;;){
+    // Scan through table looking zombie children.
+    havekids = 0;
+    for(i = 0; i < NPROC; i++){
+      p = &proc[i];
+      if(p->ppid == cp->pid){
+        if(p->state == ZOMBIE){
+          // Found one.
+          kfree(p->mem, p->sz);
+          kfree(p->kstack, KSTACKSIZE);
+          pid = p->pid;
+          p->state = UNUSED;
+          p->pid = 0;
+          release(&proc_table_lock);
+          return pid;
+        }
+        havekids = 1;
+      }
+    }
+    
+    // No point waiting if we don't have any children.
+    if(!havekids){
+      release(&proc_table_lock);
+      return -1;
+    }
+    
+    // Wait for children to exit.  (See wakeup1 call in proc_exit.)
+    sleep(cp, &proc_table_lock);
+  }
+}
+

proc.h

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct jmpbuf {
   int jb_eip;
 };
 
-enum proc_state { UNUSED, EMBRYO, WAITING, RUNNABLE, RUNNING, ZOMBIE };
+enum proc_state { UNUSED, EMBRYO, SLEEPING, RUNNABLE, RUNNING, ZOMBIE };
 
 struct proc{
   char *mem; // start of process's physical memory
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct proc{
   int ppid;
   void *chan; // sleep
   int killed;
-  int locks; // # of locks currently held
   struct fd *fds[NOFILE];
 
   struct Taskstate ts;  // only to give cpu address of kernel stack
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ struct cpu {
   struct jmpbuf jmpbuf;
   char mpstack[MPSTACK]; // per-cpu start-up stack, only used to get into main()
   struct proc *lastproc;  // last proc scheduled on this cpu (never NULL)
-  int clis; // cli() nesting depth
+  int nlock; // # of locks currently held
 };
 
 extern struct cpu cpus[NCPU];

spinlock.c

@@ -6,42 +6,35 @@
 #include "proc.h"
 #include "spinlock.h"
 
-#define DEBUG 0
+// Can't call cprintf from inside these routines,
+// because cprintf uses them itself.
+#define cprintf dont_use_cprintf
 
 extern int use_console_lock;
 
-int getcallerpc(void *v) {
+int
+getcallerpc(void *v)
+{
 	return ((int*)v)[-1];
 }
 
 void
 acquire1(struct spinlock * lock, struct proc *cp)
 {
-  if(DEBUG) cprintf("cpu%d: acquiring at %x\n", cpu(), getcallerpc(&lock));
+	if(cpus[cpu()].nlock++ == 0)
-
 		cli();
-  while ( cmpxchg(0, 1, &lock->locked) == 1 ) { ; }
+	while(cmpxchg(0, 1, &lock->locked) == 1)
+		;
+	cpuid(0, 0, 0, 0, 0);	// memory barrier
 	lock->locker_pc = getcallerpc(&lock);
-
-  if(cp)
-    cp->locks += 1;
-
-  if(DEBUG) cprintf("cpu%d: acquired at %x\n", cpu(), getcallerpc(&lock));
 }
 
 void
 release1(struct spinlock * lock, struct proc *cp)
 {
-
+	cpuid(0, 0, 0, 0, 0);	// memory barrier
-  if(DEBUG) cprintf ("cpu%d: releasing at %x\n", cpu(), getcallerpc(&lock));
+	lock->locked = 0;
-
+	if(--cpus[cpu()].nlock == 0)
-  if(lock->locked != 1)
-    panic("release");
-
-  if(cp)
-    cp->locks -= 1;
-
-  cmpxchg(1, 0, &lock->locked);
 		sti();
 }
 
@@ -56,3 +49,4 @@ release(struct spinlock *lock)
 {
 	release1(lock, curproc[cpu()]);
 }
+

syscall.c

@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ fetchint(struct proc *p, unsigned addr, int *ip)
   return 0;
 }
 
+// This arg is void* so that both int* and uint* can be passed.
 int
-fetcharg(int argno, int *ip)
+fetcharg(int argno, void *ip)
 {
   unsigned esp;
 

trap.c

@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ trap(struct Trapframe *tf)
 {
   int v = tf->tf_trapno;
 
-  if(cpus[cpu()].clis){
-    cprintf("cpu %d v %d eip %x\n", cpu(), v, tf->tf_eip);
-    panic("interrupt while interrupts are off");
-  }
-
   if(v == T_SYSCALL){
     struct proc *cp = curproc[cpu()];
     int num = cp->tf->tf_regs.reg_eax;
@@ -56,12 +51,10 @@ trap(struct Trapframe *tf)
       panic("trap ret but not RUNNING");
     if(tf != cp->tf)
       panic("trap ret wrong tf");
-    if(cp->locks){
+    if(cpus[cpu()].nlock){
       cprintf("num=%d\n", num);
       panic("syscall returning locks held");
     }
-    if(cpus[cpu()].clis)
-      panic("syscall returning but clis != 0");
     if((read_eflags() & FL_IF) == 0)
       panic("syscall returning but FL_IF clear");
     if(read_esp() < (unsigned)cp->kstack ||
@@ -75,7 +68,7 @@ trap(struct Trapframe *tf)
   if(v == (IRQ_OFFSET + IRQ_TIMER)){
     struct proc *cp = curproc[cpu()];
     lapic_timerintr();
-    if(cp && cp->locks)
+    if(cpus[cpu()].nlock)
       panic("timer interrupt while holding a lock");
     if(cp){
 #if 1

trapasm.S

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include "mmu.h"
         
 	.text
-        .globl alltraps
 .globl trap
+.globl trapret1
+
+.globl alltraps
 alltraps:
         /* vectors.S sends all traps here */
         pushl   %ds     # build
@@ -16,11 +18,11 @@ alltraps:
         addl $4, %esp
         # return falls through to trapret...
         
-        .globl trapret
 	/*
          * a forked process RETs here
          * expects ESP to point to a Trapframe
          */
+.globl trapret
 trapret:
         popal
         popl %es
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ trapret:
         addl $0x8, %esp /* trapno and errcode */
         iret
 
+.globl forkret
+forkret:
+	call forkret1
+	jmp trapret
 		
 .globl 	acpu
 acpu:

x86.h

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ static __inline uint32_t read_ebp(void) __attribute__((always_inline));
 static __inline uint32_t read_esp(void) __attribute__((always_inline));
 static __inline void cpuid(uint32_t info, uint32_t *eaxp, uint32_t *ebxp, uint32_t *ecxp, uint32_t *edxp);
 static __inline uint64_t read_tsc(void) __attribute__((always_inline));
+static __inline void cli(void) __attribute__((always_inline));
+static __inline void sti(void) __attribute__((always_inline));
 
 static __inline void
 breakpoint(void)
@@ -304,6 +306,18 @@ read_tsc(void)
         return tsc;
 }
 
+static __inline void
+cli(void)
+{
+	__asm__ volatile("cli");
+}
+
+static __inline void
+sti(void)
+{
+	__asm__ volatile("sti");
+}
+
 struct PushRegs {
     /* registers as pushed by pusha */
     uint32_t reg_edi;