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2019-05-31-initrd fs.img, ramdisk.c, file systemRobert Morris1-4/+4
2019-05-31fork/wait/exit workRobert Morris1-24/+18
2018-10-09Change mycpu() to use %gs.Frans Kaashoek1-0/+1
2018-10-09Separate system call path from trap path. Passes usertests on 1 and 2 cpus.Frans Kaashoek1-1/+2
2018-09-23Checkpoint port of xv6 to x86-64. Passed usertests on 2 processors a few times.Frans Kaashoek1-5/+7
The x86-64 doesn't just add two levels to page tables to support 64 bit addresses, but is a different processor. For example, calling conventions, system calls, and segmentation are different from 32-bit x86. Segmentation is basically gone, but gs/fs in combination with MSRs can be used to hold a per-core pointer. In general, x86-64 is more straightforward than 32-bit x86. The port uses code from sv6 and the xv6 "rsc-amd64" branch. A summary of the changes is as follows: - Booting: switch to grub instead of xv6's bootloader (pass -kernel to qemu), because xv6's boot loader doesn't understand 64bit ELF files. And, we don't care anymore about booting. - Makefile: use -m64 instead of -m32 flag for gcc, delete boot loader, xv6.img, bochs, and memfs. For now dont' use -O2, since usertests with -O2 is bigger than MAXFILE! - Update gdb.tmpl to be for i386 or x86-64 - Console/printf: use stdarg.h and treat 64-bit addresses different from ints (32-bit) - Update elfhdr to be 64 bit - entry.S/entryother.S: add code to switch to 64-bit mode: build a simple page table in 32-bit mode before switching to 64-bit mode, share code for entering boot processor and APs, and tweak boot gdt. The boot gdt is the gdt that the kernel proper also uses. (In 64-bit mode, the gdt/segmentation and task state mostly disappear.) - exec.c: fix passing argv (64-bit now instead of 32-bit). - initcode.c: use syscall instead of int. - kernel.ld: load kernel very high, in top terabyte. 64 bits is a lot of address space! - proc.c: initial return is through new syscall path instead of trapret. - proc.h: update struct cpu to have some scratch space since syscall saves less state than int, update struct context to reflect x86-64 calling conventions. - swtch: simplify for x86-64 calling conventions. - syscall: add fetcharg to handle x86-64 calling convetions (6 arguments are passed through registers), and fetchaddr to read a 64-bit value from user space. - sysfile: update to handle pointers from user space (e.g., sys_exec), which are 64 bits. - trap.c: no special trap vector for sys calls, because x86-64 has a different plan for system calls. - trapasm: one plan for syscalls and one plan for traps (interrupt and exceptions). On x86-64, the kernel is responsible for switching user/kernel stacks. To do, xv6 keeps some scratch space in the cpu structure, and uses MSR GS_KERN_BASE to point to the core's cpu structure (using swapgs). - types.h: add uint64, and change pde_t to uint64 - usertests: exit() when fork fails, which helped in tracking down one of the bugs in the switch from 32-bit to 64-bit - vectors: update to make them 64 bits - vm.c: use bootgdt in kernel too, program MSRs for syscalls and core-local state (for swapgs), walk 4 levels in walkpgdir, add DEVSPACETOP, use task segment to set kernel stack for interrupts (but simpler than in 32-bit mode), add an extra argument to freevm (size of user part of address space) to avoid checking all entries till KERNBASE (there are MANY TB before the top 1TB). - x86: update trapframe to have 64-bit entries, which is what the processor pushes on syscalls and traps. simplify lgdt and lidt, using struct desctr, which needs the gcc directives packed and aligned. TODO: - use int32 instead of int? - simplify curproc(). xv6 has per-cpu state again, but this time it must have it. - avoid repetition in walkpgdir - fix validateint() in usertests.c - fix bugs (e.g., observed one a case of entering kernel with invalid gs or proc
2017-02-01A tiny bit of clean up (e.g., move code searching cpu array from lapic.c intoFrans Kaashoek1-1/+1
mycpu() in proc.c.
2017-02-01Eliminate code for gs trick to track per-cpu state. We rely on lapiccpunum()Frans Kaashoek1-0/+1
to find a per-cpu id with which we locate a cpu's cpu struct.
2017-01-31Read curproc from cpu structure, but be careful because after a schedule eventFrans Kaashoek1-0/+1
myproc() points to a different thread. myproc(); sched(); myproc(); // this proc maybe different than the one before sched Thus, in a function that operates on one thread better to retrieve the current process once at the start of the function.
2017-01-31Start of an experiment to remove the use of gs for cpu local variables.Frans Kaashoek1-1/+3
2017-01-30Thanks to Wolfgang Keller <nubok@users.noreply.github.com>Frans Kaashoek1-1/+1
2016-09-11Move retry loop/sleep/wakeup in bio.c into sleeping locksFrans Kaashoek1-1/+1
2016-09-11Straight replacement of B_BUSY with a sleeping lock.Frans Kaashoek1-0/+7
2016-08-18Removed useless function and prototypes.Peter H. Froehlich1-4/+0
2015-06-27Pick up where i left off in april:Frans Kaashoek1-2/+2
- move log into metadata part of disk, so that marking that the log's blocks are in use falls out for free - superblock describes the whole disk (sizes and offets) - sizes and offsets are computed in one place (mkfs) and the rest of the code refers to the superblock for these values, instead of recomputing them.
2014-09-12cmosgetdate() for system-call homeworkCody Cutler1-0/+2
the day of reckoning has come for the debug port "Shutdown" hack. instead of mucking with ACPI or using a new hack, the student will now write sys_date() using the cmosgetdate() helper.
2014-08-27a start at concurrent FS system callsRobert Morris1-2/+2
2012-08-22Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://amsterdam.csail.mit.edu/home/am0/6.828/xv6Frans Kaashoek1-2/+2
2012-08-22Remove unused argument to setupkvm (thanks to Peter Froehlich)Frans Kaashoek1-1/+1
2012-08-22Remove unused argument from lapicinit (thanks to Peter Froehlich)Frans Kaashoek1-1/+1
2012-02-17Make fetchint and fetchstr use proc instead of taking a struct procAustin Clements1-2/+2
Previously, these were inconsistent: they used their struct proc argument for bounds checking, but always copied the argument from the current address space (and hence the current process). Drop the struct proc argument and always use the current proc. Suggested by Carmi Merimovich.
2011-09-13eliminate enter_alloc -- use kalloc for everythingRobert Morris1-4/+3
2011-09-02clear_pte_u -> clearpteuAustin Clements1-1/+1
2011-09-01inaccessible page under the user stack page, to help exec deal w/ too-large argsRobert Morris1-0/+1
2011-08-29Revert "Introduce and use sleeplocks instead of BUSY flags"Frans Kaashoek1-5/+0
My changes have a race with re-used bufs and the code doesn't seem to get shorter Keep the changes that fixed ip->off race This reverts commit 3a5fa7ed9020eaf8ab843a16d26db7393b2ec072. Conflicts: defs.h file.c file.h
2011-08-29Style nits; indentation and tabsAustin Clements1-1/+1
2011-08-26Introduce and use sleeplocks instead of BUSY flagsFrans Kaashoek1-0/+5
Remove I_BUSY, B_BUSY, and intrans defs and usages One spinlock per buf to avoid ugly loop in bget fix race in filewrite (don't update f->off after releasing lock)
2011-08-16Clean up memlayout.hFrans Kaashoek1-0/+1
Get rid of last instances of linear address and "la" Get ready for detecting physical memory dynamically
2011-08-15Avoid "boot" in xv6Frans Kaashoek1-1/+1
2011-08-09Use static page table for boot, mapping first 4Mbyte; no more segment trickFrans Kaashoek1-3/+2
Allocate proper kernel page table immediately in main using boot allocator Remove pginit Simplify address space layout a tiny bit More to come (e.g., superpages to simplify static table)
2011-07-29Map kernel highFrans Kaashoek1-0/+2
Very important to give qemu memory through PHYSTOP :(
2011-07-27Dirt simple loggingFrans Kaashoek1-0/+8
Passes usertests and stressfs Seems to recover correctly in a number of simple cases
2011-01-11more trivial cleanupRuss Cox1-3/+3
2011-01-11make new code like old codeRuss Cox1-4/+4
Variable declarations at top of function, separate from initialization. Use == 0 instead of ! for checking pointers. Consistent spacing around {, *, casts. Declare 0-parameter functions as (void) not (). Integer valued functions return -1 on failure, 0 on success.
2010-09-27copyout() copies data to a va in a pagetable, for exec() &cRobert Morris1-0/+1
usertest that passes too many arguments, break exec
2010-09-13change some comments, maybe more informativeRobert Morris1-1/+1
delete most comments from bootother.S (since copy of bootasm.S) ksegment() -> seginit() move more stuff from main() to mainc()
2010-09-02Consistent style in defs.hAustin Clements1-1/+1
2010-09-02Simplify allocuvm/deallocuvm to operate in a contiguous memory model. This ↵Austin Clements1-2/+2
makes their interface match up better with proc->sz and also simplifies the callers (it even gets the main body of exec on one page).
2010-09-02Simplify inituvm and userinit by assuming initcode fits on a pageAustin Clements1-1/+1
2010-09-02Oops. Broke the build when I rearranged proc.cAustin Clements1-0/+1
2010-08-31no more pminit, or ELF header at 0x10000Robert Morris1-2/+1
kinit() knows about end and PHYSTOP map all of kernel read/write (rather than r/o instructions) thanks, austin
2010-08-31kalloc/kfree now only a page at a timeRobert Morris1-3/+2
do not keep sorted contiguous free list
2010-08-30xxRobert Morris1-1/+1
2010-08-11uptime() sys call for benchmarkingRobert Morris1-1/+1
increase PHYSTOP
2010-08-10allow sbrk(-x) to de-allocate user memoryRobert Morris1-0/+1
2010-08-06fix corner cases in exec of ELFRobert Morris1-1/+2
put an invalid page below the stack have fork() handle invalid pages
2010-08-05remove some unused vm #definesRobert Morris1-2/+0
fix corner cases with alignment when mapping kernel ELF file
2010-08-05move jkstack to main.cRobert Morris1-2/+0
replace jstack with asm()s
2010-08-05fix allocuvm() to handle sbrk() with non-page-granularity argumentRobert Morris1-2/+0
(maybe this never worked, but it works now)
2010-07-28kill TLB shoot down codeFrans Kaashoek1-1/+0
2010-07-25some cleanupFrans Kaashoek1-10/+9