Attempt to clean up newproc somewhat.

Also remove all calls to memcpy in favor of
memmove, which has defined semantics when
the ranges overlap.  The fact that memcpy was
working in console.c to scroll the screen is not
guaranteed by all implementations.

console.c

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ real_cons_putc(int c)
 
   if((ind / 80) >= 24){
     // scroll up
-    memcpy(crt, crt + 80, sizeof(crt[0]) * (23 * 80));
+    memmove(crt, crt + 80, sizeof(crt[0]) * (23 * 80));
     ind -= 80;
     memset(crt + ind, 0, sizeof(crt[0]) * ((24 * 80) - ind));
   }

defs.h

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void cons_putc(int);
 struct proc;
 struct jmpbuf;
 void setupsegs(struct proc *);
-struct proc * newproc(void);
+struct proc * copyproc(struct proc*);
 struct spinlock;
 void sleep(void *, struct spinlock *);
 void wakeup(void *);
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ void tvinit(void);
 void idtinit(void);
 
 // string.c
-void * memcpy(void *dst, void *src, unsigned n);
 void * memset(void *dst, int c, unsigned n);
 int memcmp(const void *v1, const void *v2, unsigned n);
 void *memmove(void *dst, const void *src, unsigned n);
@@ -92,3 +91,4 @@ void ide_init(void);
 void ide_intr(void);
 void* ide_start_read(uint32_t secno, void *dst, unsigned nsecs);
 int ide_finish_read(void *);
+

main.c

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ main()
   // become interruptable
   sti();
 
-  p = newproc();
+  p = copyproc(&proc[0]);
   
   load_icode(p, _binary_usertests_start, (unsigned) _binary_usertests_size);
   //load_icode(p, _binary_userfs_start, (unsigned) _binary_userfs_size);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ load_icode(struct proc *p, uint8_t *binary, unsigned size)
       panic("load_icode: icode wants to be above UTOP");
 
     // Load/clear the segment
-    memcpy(p->mem + ph->p_va, binary + ph->p_offset, ph->p_filesz);
+    memmove(p->mem + ph->p_va, binary + ph->p_offset, ph->p_filesz);
     memset(p->mem + ph->p_va + ph->p_filesz, 0, ph->p_memsz - ph->p_filesz);
   }
 }

proc.c

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ struct proc proc[NPROC];
 struct proc *curproc[NCPU];
 int next_pid = 1;
 extern void forkret(void);
+extern void forkret1(struct Trapframe*);
 
 /*
  * set up a process's task state and segment descriptors
@@ -42,84 +43,87 @@ setupsegs(struct proc *p)
   p->gdt_pd.pd_base = (unsigned) p->gdt;
 }
 
-extern void trapret();
-
-/*
- * internal fork(). does not copy kernel stack; instead,
- * sets up the stack to return as if from system call.
- * caller must set state to RUNNABLE.
- */
-struct proc *
-newproc()
+// Look in the process table for an UNUSED proc.
+// If found, change state to EMBRYO and return it.
+// Otherwise return 0.
+struct proc*
+allocproc(void)
 {
-  struct proc *np;
-  struct proc *op;
-  int fd;
-
-  acquire(&proc_table_lock);
-
-  for(np = &proc[1]; np < &proc[NPROC]; np++){
-    if(np->state == UNUSED){
-      np->state = EMBRYO;
-      break;
+  int i;
+  struct proc *p;
+  
+  for(i = 0; i < NPROC; i++){
+    p = &proc[i];
+    if(p->state == UNUSED){
+      p->state = EMBRYO;
+      return p;
     }
   }
-  if(np >= &proc[NPROC]){
+  return 0;
+}
+
+// Create a new process copying p as the parent.
+// Does not copy the kernel stack.  
+// Instead, sets up stack to return as if from system call.
+// Caller must arrange for process to run (set state to RUNNABLE).
+struct proc *
+copyproc(struct proc* p)
+{
+  int i;
+  struct proc *np;
+
+  // Allocate process.
+  acquire(&proc_table_lock);
+  if((np = allocproc()) == 0){
     release(&proc_table_lock);
     return 0;
   }
-
-  // copy from proc[0] if we're bootstrapping
-  op = curproc[cpu()];
-  if(op == 0)
-    op = &proc[0];
-
   np->pid = next_pid++;
-  np->ppid = op->pid;
-
+  np->ppid = p->pid;
   release(&proc_table_lock);
 
-  np->sz = op->sz;
-  np->mem = kalloc(op->sz);
-  if(np->mem == 0)
-    return 0;
-  memcpy(np->mem, op->mem, np->sz);
-  np->kstack = kalloc(KSTACKSIZE);
-  if(np->kstack == 0){
-    kfree(np->mem, op->sz);
+  // Copy process image memory.
+  np->sz = p->sz;
+  np->mem = kalloc(np->sz);
+  if(np->mem == 0){
     np->state = UNUSED;
     return 0;
   }
-  setupsegs(np);
-  
-  // set up kernel stack to return to user space
-  np->tf = (struct Trapframe *) (np->kstack + KSTACKSIZE - sizeof(struct Trapframe));
-  *(np->tf) = *(op->tf);
-  np->tf->tf_regs.reg_eax = 0; // so fork() returns 0 in child
+  memmove(np->mem, p->mem, np->sz);
 
-  // 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.
+  // Allocate kernel stack.
+  np->kstack = kalloc(KSTACKSIZE);
+  if(np->kstack == 0){
+    kfree(np->mem, np->sz);
+    np->state = UNUSED;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  
+  // Initialize segment table.
+  setupsegs(np);
+
+  // Copy trapframe registers from parent.
+  np->tf = (struct Trapframe*)(np->kstack + KSTACKSIZE) - 1;
+  *np->tf = *p->tf;
+  
+  // Clear %eax so that fork system call returns 0 in child.
+  np->tf->tf_regs.reg_eax = 0;
+
+  // Set up new jmpbuf to start executing at forkret (see below).
   memset(&np->jmpbuf, 0, sizeof np->jmpbuf);
-  np->jmpbuf.jb_eip = (unsigned) forkret;
-  np->jmpbuf.jb_esp = (unsigned) np->tf - 4;  // -4 for the %eip that isn't actually there
+  np->jmpbuf.jb_eip = (unsigned)forkret;
+  np->jmpbuf.jb_esp = (unsigned)np->tf;
 
   // Copy file descriptors
-  for(fd = 0; fd < NOFILE; fd++){
-    np->fds[fd] = op->fds[fd];
-    if(np->fds[fd])
-      fd_reference(np->fds[fd]);
+  for(i = 0; i < NOFILE; i++){
+    np->fds[i] = p->fds[i];
+    if(np->fds[i])
+      fd_reference(np->fds[i]);
   }
 
   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:
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ sched(void)
 
 // Give up the CPU for one scheduling round.
 void
-yield()
+yield(void)
 {
   struct proc *p;
 
@@ -211,6 +215,18 @@ yield()
   release(&proc_table_lock);
 }
 
+// A process's very first scheduling by scheduler()
+// will longjmp here to do the first jump into user space.
+void
+forkret(void)
+{
+  // Still holding proc_table_lock from scheduler.
+  release(&proc_table_lock);
+  
+  // Jump into assembly, never to return.
+  forkret1(curproc[cpu()]->tf);
+}
+
 // Atomically release lock and sleep on chan.
 // Reacquires lock when reawakened.
 void

string.c

@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 #include "types.h"
 #include "defs.h"
 
-void *
-memcpy(void *dst, void *src, unsigned n)
-{
-  char *d = (char *) dst;
-  char *s = (char *) src;
-
-  while(n-- > 0)
-    *d++ = *s++;
-
-  return dst;
-}
-
 void *
 memset(void *dst, int c, unsigned n)
 {
@@ -69,3 +57,21 @@ strncmp(const char *p, const char *q, unsigned n)
 	else
 		return (int) ((unsigned char) *p - (unsigned char) *q);
 }
+
+// Memcpy is deprecated and should NOT be called.
+// Use memmove instead, which has defined semantics
+// when the two memory ranges overlap.
+// Memcpy is here only because gcc compiles some
+// structure assignments into calls to memcpy.
+void *
+memcpy(void *dst, void *src, unsigned n)
+{
+  char *d = (char *) dst;
+  char *s = (char *) src;
+
+  while(n-- > 0)
+    *d++ = *s++;
+
+  return dst;
+}
+

syscall.c

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fetchint(struct proc *p, unsigned addr, int *ip)
 
   if(addr > p->sz - 4)
     return -1;
-  memcpy(ip, p->mem + addr, 4);
+  memmove(ip, p->mem + addr, 4);
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ putint(struct proc *p, unsigned addr, int ip)
 {
   if(addr > p->sz - 4)
     return -1;
-  memcpy(p->mem + addr, &ip, 4);
+  memmove(p->mem + addr, &ip, 4);
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -150,13 +150,10 @@ sys_fork(void)
 {
   struct proc *np;
 
-  np = newproc();
-  if(np){
-    np->state = RUNNABLE;
-    return np->pid;
-  } else {
+  if((np = copyproc(curproc[cpu()])) == 0)
     return -1;
-  }
+  np->state = RUNNABLE;
+  return np->pid;
 }
 
 int

trapasm.S

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ trapret:
         addl $0x8, %esp /* trapno and errcode */
         iret
 
-.globl forkret
-forkret:
-	call forkret1
+.globl forkret1
+forkret1:
+	movl 4(%esp), %esp
 	jmp trapret
 		
 .globl 	acpu