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2019-06-11separate source into kernel/ user/ mkfs/Robert Morris1-191/+0
2019-06-04more sbrk fixesRobert Morris1-3/+3
2019-06-03console input and sbrkRobert Morris1-1/+1
2019-06-01first shell prints $ prompt, though no console input yetRobert Morris1-23/+17
2019-05-31exec compiles but argstr() doesn't work yetRobert Morris1-13/+13
2019-05-31fork/wait/exit workRobert Morris1-44/+42
2018-10-09Separate system call path from trap path. Passes usertests on 1 and 2 cpus.Frans Kaashoek1-11/+24
2018-10-07xFrans Kaashoek1-12/+13
2018-09-23Checkpoint port of xv6 to x86-64. Passed usertests on 2 processors a few times.Frans Kaashoek1-9/+49
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
2017-01-31Read curproc from cpu structure, but be careful because after a schedule eventFrans Kaashoek1-9/+14
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 Kaashoek1-10/+11
2016-09-26fix memory region validation in argptr()MikeCAT1-1/+1
2016-09-25Typo (Thanks to Austin Liew)Frans Kaashoek1-1/+1
2016-08-25Remove trailing white space with:Frans Kaashoek1-1/+1
for f in *.{h,c}; do sed -i .sed 's/[[:blank:]]*$//' $f; done (Thanks to Nicolás Wolovick)
2012-08-22Remove left-over from some logging plan making complete syscalls atomicFrans Kaashoek1-3/+1
0 is not a system call (thanks to Peter Froehlich)
2012-02-17Make fetchint and fetchstr use proc instead of taking a struct procAustin Clements1-9/+9
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.
2011-08-22Remove sys_init syscallFrans Kaashoek1-9/+0
Invoke initlog from forkret on first user process
2011-08-12log write() dataRobert Morris1-2/+0
usertest for big write()s push begin_trans/commit_trans down into syscalls
2011-07-29Map kernel highFrans Kaashoek1-0/+1
Very important to give qemu memory through PHYSTOP :(
2011-07-27Dirt simple loggingFrans Kaashoek1-18/+31
Passes usertests and stressfs Seems to recover correctly in a number of simple cases
2011-02-28fixes from Peter FroehlichRuss Cox1-1/+1
2011-01-11make new code like old codeRuss Cox1-5/+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.
2010-09-01Remove the stack guard page. Processes are now contiguous from 0 to ↵Austin Clements1-4/+1
proc->sz, which means our syscall argument validation is correct. Add a pointer validation test and remove the stack test, which tested for the guard page.
2010-08-11uptime() sys call for benchmarkingRobert Morris1-0/+2
increase PHYSTOP
2010-07-02nitsFrans Kaashoek1-4/+2
2010-07-02Initial version of single-cpu xv6 with page tablesFrans Kaashoek1-5/+11
2009-08-30assorted fixes:Russ Cox1-8/+8
* rename c/cp to cpu/proc * rename cpu.context to cpu.scheduler * fix some comments * formatting for printout
2007-08-28spaces around else for rtmrsc1-1/+1
2007-08-28more consistent spacingrsc1-1/+1
2007-08-27make code match commentrsc1-1/+1
2007-08-27make code match commentrsc1-7/+6
2007-08-27delete unnecessary #include linesrsc1-10/+1
2007-08-27Replace yield system call with sleep.rsc1-2/+2
2007-08-24nitsrsc1-2/+3
2007-08-24Add yield system call, for zombie test program (bad idea?).rsc1-0/+2
2007-08-24simplify ide queuingrtm1-1/+1
nits in comments
2007-08-21Various cleanup:rsc1-1/+0
- Got rid of dummy proc[0]. Now proc[0] is init. - Added initcode.S to exec /init, so that /init is just a regular binary. - Moved exec out of sysfile to exec.c - Moved code dealing with fs guts (like struct inode) from sysfile.c to fs.c. Code dealing with system call arguments stays in sysfile.c - Refactored directory routines in fs.c; should be simpler. - Changed iget to return *unlocked* inode structure. This solves the lookup-then-use race in namei without introducing deadlocks. It also enabled getting rid of the dummy proc[0].
2007-08-14formattingrsc1-0/+1
2007-08-10Make cp a magic symbol.rsc1-4/+1
2007-08-09try to use cp only for curproc[cpu()]rsc1-9/+9
2007-08-08convert syscall dispatch to tablersc1-64/+28
2006-09-07refactor syscall codersc1-32/+39
2006-09-07comment fixesrsc1-1/+1
2006-09-06for vs whilersc1-1/+1
2006-09-06fd.* -> file.*rsc1-1/+1
2006-09-06split syscall.c into sysfile.c and sysproc.crsc1-517/+19
2006-09-06writeable => writablersc1-3/+3
2006-09-06no /* */ commentsrsc1-14/+10
2006-09-06standardize various * conventionsrsc1-25/+25
2006-08-30complain if no disk 1rtm1-10/+1
lots of cleanup