The implementation initializes the Local APIC (LAPIC) of CPU 0 in xapic
mode (mmio register access) and uses the I/O APIC to remap, mask and
unmask hardware IRQs. The remapping offset of IRQs is 48.
Also initialize the legacy PIC and mask all interrupts in order to
disable it.
For more information about LAPIC and I/O APIC see Intel SDM Vol. 3A,
chapter 10 and the Intel 82093AA I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller (IOAPIC) specification
Set bit 9 in the RFLAGS register of user CPU context to enable
interrupts on kernel- to usermode switch.
The location in memory is arbitrary but we use the same address as the
ARM architecture. Adjust references to virtual addresses in the mode
transition pages to cope with 64-bit values.
The interrupt stack must reside in the mtc region in order to use it for
non-core threads. The size of the stack is set to 56 bytes in order to
hold the interrupt stack frame plus the additional vector number that is
pushed onto the stack by the ISR.
The class provides the load() function which reloads the GDTR with the
GDT address in the mtc region. This is needed to make the segments
accessible to non-core threads.
Make the _gdt_start label global to use it in the call to
_virt_mtc_addr().
Use the _mt_tss label and the placement new operator to create the
Tss class instance in the mtc region. Update the hard-coded
TSS base address to use the virtual mtc address.
On exception, the CPU first checks the IDT in order to find the
associated ISR. The IDT must therefore be placed in the mode transition
pages to make them available for non-core threads.
The instruction pointer is the first field of the master context and can
directly be used as a jump argument, which avoids additional register
copy operations.
Point stack to client context region and save registers using push
instructions.
Note that since the push instruction first increments the stack pointer
and then stores the value on the stack, the RSP has to point one field
past RBP before pushing the first register value.
As the kernel entry is called from the interrupt handler the stack
layout is as specified by Intel SDM Vol. 3A, figure 6-8. An additional
vector number is stored at the top of the stack.
Gather the necessary client information from the interrupt stack frame
and store it in the client context.
The new errcode field is used to store the error code that some
interrupts provide (e.g. #PF). Rework mode transition reserved space and
offset constants to match the new CPU_state layout.
The interrupt return instruction in IA-32e mode applies the prepared
interrupt stack frame to set the RFLAGS, CS and SS segment as well as
the RIP and RSP registers. It then continues execution of the user code.
For detailed information refer to Intel SDM Vol. 3A, section 6.14.3.
After activating the client page tables the client context cannot be
accessed any longer. The mode transition buffer however is globally
mapped and can be used to restore the remaining register values.
Set the stack pointer to the R8 field in the client context to enable
restoring registers by popping values of the stack.
After this step the only remaining registers that do not contain client
values are RAX, RSP and RIP.
Note that the client value of RAX is pop'd to the global buffer region as
the register will still be used by subsequent steps. It will be restored to
the value in the buffer area just prior to resuming client code execution.
Set I/O privilege level to 3 to allow core to perform port I/O from
userspace. Also make sure the IF flag is cleared for now until interrupt
handling is implemented.
Setup an IA-32e interrupt stack frame in the mode transition buffer region.
It will be used to perform the mode switch to userspace using the iret
instruction.
For detailed information about the IA-32e interrupt stack frame refer to
Intel SDM Vol. 3A, figure 6-8.
The constants specify offset values of CPU context member variables as
specified by Genode::Cpu_state [1] and Genode::Cpu::Context [2].
[1] - repos/base/include/x86_64/cpu/cpu_state.h
[2] - repos/base-hw/src/core/include/spec/x86/cpu.h
A pointer to the client context is placed in the mt_client_context_ptr area.
It is used to pass the current client context to the lowlevel mode-switching
assembly code.
IA-32e paging translates 48-bit linear addresses to 52-bit physical
addresses. Translation structures are hierarchical and four levels deep.
The current implementation supports regular 4KB and 1 GB and 2 MB large
page mappings.
Memory typing is not yet implemented since the encoded type bits depend
on the active page attribute table (PAT)*.
For detailed information refer to Intel SDM Vol. 3A, section 4.5.
* The default PAT after power up does not allow the encoding of the
write-combining memory type, see Intel SDM Vol. 3A, section 11.12.4.
* Add common IA-32e paging descriptor type:
The type represents a table entry and encompasses all fields shared by
paging structure entries of all four levels (PML4, PDPT, PD and PT).
* Simplify PT entry type by using common descriptor:
Differing fields are the physical address, the global flag and the memory
type flags.
* Simplify directory entry type by using common descriptor:
Page directory entries (PDPT and PD) have an additional 'page size' field
that specifies if the entry references a next level paging structure or
represents a large page mapping.
* Simplify PML4 entry type by using common descriptor
Top-level paging structure entries (PML4) do not have a 'pat' flag and the
memory type is specified by the 'pwt' and 'pcd' fields only.
* Implement access right merging for directory paging entries
The access rights for translations are determined by the U/S, R/W and XD
flags. Paging structure entries that reference other tables must provide
the superset of rights required for all entries of the referenced table.
Thus merge access rights of new mappings into existing directory entries to
grant additional rights if needed.
* Add cr3 register definition:
The control register 3 is used to set the current page-directory base
register.
* Add cr3 variable to x86_64 Cpu Context
The variable designates the address of the top-level paging structure.
* Return current cr3 value as translation table base
* Set context cr3 value on translation table assignment
* Implement switch to virtual mode in kernel
Activate translation table in init_virt_kernel function by updating the
cr3 register.
* Ignore accessed and dirty flags when comparing existing table entries
These flags can be set by the MMU and must be disregarded.
This patch contains the initial code needed to build and bootstrap the
base-hw kernel on x86 64-bit platforms. It gets stuck earlier
because the binary contains 64-bit instructions, but it is started in
32-bit mode. The initial setup of page tables and switch to long mode is
still missing from the crt0 code.
Martin Stein
Reto Buerki
Adrian-Ken Rueegsegger
Norman Feske