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/*
* \brief Interface between kernel and userland
* \author Martin stein
* \date 2011-11-30
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2011-2017 Genode Labs GmbH
*
* This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
* under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
*/
#ifndef _INCLUDE__KERNEL__INTERFACE_H_
#define _INCLUDE__KERNEL__INTERFACE_H_
/* base-hw includes */
#include <kernel/types.h>
#include <kernel/interface_support.h>
namespace Kernel
{
/**
* Kernel names of the kernel calls
*/
constexpr Call_arg call_id_stop_thread() { return 0; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_restart_thread() { return 1; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_yield_thread() { return 2; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_send_request_msg() { return 3; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_send_reply_msg() { return 4; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_await_request_msg() { return 5; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_kill_signal_context() { return 6; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_submit_signal() { return 7; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_await_signal() { return 8; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_pending_signal() { return 9; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_cancel_next_await_signal() { return 10; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_ack_signal() { return 11; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_print_char() { return 12; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_cache_coherent_region() { return 13; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_ack_cap() { return 14; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_delete_cap() { return 15; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_timeout() { return 16; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_timeout_max_us() { return 17; }
constexpr Call_arg call_id_time() { return 18; }
/*****************************************************************
** Kernel call with 1 to 6 arguments **
** **
** These functions must not be inline to ensure that objects, **
** wich are referenced by arguments, are tagged as "used" even **
** though only the pointer gets handled in here. **
*****************************************************************/
Call_ret call(Call_arg arg_0);
Call_ret call(Call_arg arg_0,
Call_arg arg_1);
Call_ret call(Call_arg arg_0,
Call_arg arg_1,
Call_arg arg_2);
Call_ret call(Call_arg arg_0,
Call_arg arg_1,
Call_arg arg_2,
Call_arg arg_3);
Call_ret call(Call_arg arg_0,
Call_arg arg_1,
Call_arg arg_2,
Call_arg arg_3,
Call_arg arg_4);
Call_ret call(Call_arg arg_0,
Call_arg arg_1,
Call_arg arg_2,
Call_arg arg_3,
Call_arg arg_4,
Call_arg arg_5);
Call_ret_64 call64(Call_arg arg_0);
/**
* Install timeout for calling thread
*
* \param duration_us timeout duration in microseconds
* \param sigid local name of signal context to trigger
*
* This call always overwrites the last timeout installed by the thread
* if any.
*/
inline int timeout(timeout_t const duration_us, capid_t const sigid)
{
return call(call_id_timeout(), duration_us, sigid);
}
/**
* Return value of a free-running, uniform counter
*
* The counter has a constant frequency and does not wrap twice during
* a time period of 'timeout_max_us()' microseconds.
*/
inline time_t time()
{
return call64(call_id_time());
}
/**
* Return the constant maximum installable timeout in microseconds
*
* The return value is also the maximum delay to call 'timeout_age_us'
* for a timeout after its installation.
*/
inline time_t timeout_max_us()
{
return call64(call_id_timeout_max_us());
}
/**
* Wait for a user event signaled by a 'restart_thread' syscall
*
* The stop syscall always targets the calling thread that, therefore must
* be in the 'active' thread state. The thread then switches to the
* 'stopped' thread state in wich it waits for a restart. The restart
* syscall can only be used on a thread in the 'stopped' or the 'active'
* thread state. The thread then switches back to the 'active' thread
* state and the syscall returns whether the thread was stopped. Both
* syscalls are not core-restricted. In contrast to the 'stop' syscall,
* 'restart' may target any thread in the same PD as the caller. Thread
* state and UTCB content of a thread don't change while in the 'stopped'
* state. The 'stop/restart' feature is used when an active thread wants
* to wait for an event that is not known to the kernel. Actually, the
* syscalls are used when waiting for locks and when doing infinite
* waiting on thread exit.
*/
inline void stop_thread()
{
call(call_id_stop_thread());
}
/**
* End blocking of a stopped thread
*
* \param thread_id capability id of the targeted thread
*
* \return wether the thread was stopped beforehand
*
* For details see the 'stop_thread' syscall.
*/
inline bool restart_thread(capid_t const thread_id)
{
return call(call_id_restart_thread(), thread_id);
}
/**
* Yield the callers remaining CPU time for this super period
*
* Does its best that the caller is scheduled as few as possible in the
* current scheduling super-period without touching the thread or pause
* state of the thread. In the next superperiod, however, the thread is
* scheduled 'normal' again. The syscall is not core-restricted and always
* targets the caller. It is actually used in locks to help another thread
* reach a desired point in execution by releasing pressure from the CPU.
*/
inline void yield_thread()
{
call(call_id_yield_thread());
}
/**
* Enforce coherent view (I-/D-Caches) on memory region
*
* \param base base of the region within the current domain
* \param size size of the region
*/
inline void cache_coherent_region(addr_t const base, size_t const size)
{
call(call_id_cache_coherent_region(), (Call_arg)base, (Call_arg)size);
}
/**
* Send request message and await receipt of corresponding reply message
*
* \param thread_id capability id of targeted thread
*
* \retval 0 succeeded
* \retval -1 failed
* \retval -2 failed due to out-of-memory for capability reception
*
* If the call returns successful, the received message is located at the
* base of the callers userland thread-context.
*/
inline int send_request_msg(capid_t const thread_id, unsigned rcv_caps)
{
return call(call_id_send_request_msg(), thread_id, rcv_caps);
}
/**
* Await receipt of request message
*
* \param rcv_caps number of capabilities willing to accept
*
* \retval 0 succeeded
* \retval -1 canceled
* \retval -2 failed due to out-of-memory for capability reception
*
* If the call returns successful, the received message is located at the
* base of the callers userland thread-context.
*/
inline int await_request_msg(unsigned rcv_caps)
{
return call(call_id_await_request_msg(), rcv_caps);
}
/**
* Reply to lastly received request message
*
* \param rcv_caps number of capabilities to accept when awaiting again
* \param await_request_msg wether the call shall await a request message
*
* \retval 0 await_request_msg == 0 or request-message receipt succeeded
* \retval -1 await_request_msg == 1 and request-message receipt failed
*
* If the call returns successful and await_request_msg == 1, the received
* message is located at the base of the callers userland thread-context.
*/
inline int send_reply_msg(unsigned rcv_caps, bool const await_request_msg)
{
return call(call_id_send_reply_msg(), rcv_caps, await_request_msg);
}
/**
* Print a char c to the kernels serial ouput
*
* If c is set to 0 the kernel prints a table of all threads and their
* current activities to the serial output.
*/
inline void print_char(char const c)
{
call(call_id_print_char(), c);
}
/**
* Await any context of a receiver and optionally ack a context before
*
* \param receiver_id capability id of the targeted signal receiver
*
* \retval 0 suceeded
* \retval -1 failed
*
* If this call returns 0, an instance of 'Signal::Data' is located at the
* base of the callers UTCB. Every occurence of a signal is provided
* through this function until it gets delivered through this function or
* context respectively receiver get destructed. If multiple threads
* listen at the same receiver, and/or multiple contexts of the receiver
* trigger simultanously, there is no assertion about wich thread
* receives, and from wich context. A context that delivered once doesn't
* deliver again unless its last delivery has been acknowledged via
* ack_signal.
*/
inline int await_signal(capid_t const receiver_id)
{
return call(call_id_await_signal(), receiver_id);
}
/**
* Check for any pending signal of a context of a receiver the calling
* thread relates to
*
* \param receiver_id capability id of the targeted signal receiver
*
* \retval 0 suceeded
* \retval -1 failed
*
* If this call returns 0, an instance of 'Signal::Data' is located at the
* base of the callers UTCB.
*/
inline int pending_signal(capid_t const receiver_id)
{
return call(call_id_pending_signal(), receiver_id);
}
/**
* Request to cancel the next signal blocking of a local thread
*
* \param thread_id capability id of the targeted thread
*
* Does not block. Targeted thread must be in the same PD as the caller.
* If the targeted thread is in a signal blocking, cancels the blocking
* directly. Otherwise, stores the request and avoids the next signal
* blocking of the targeted thread as if it was immediately cancelled.
* If the target thread already holds a request, further ones get ignored.
*/
inline void cancel_next_await_signal(capid_t const thread_id)
{
call(call_id_cancel_next_await_signal(), thread_id);
}
/**
* Trigger a specific signal context
*
* \param context capability id of the targeted signal context
* \param num how often the context shall be triggered by this call
*
* \retval 0 suceeded
* \retval -1 failed
*/
inline int submit_signal(capid_t const context, unsigned const num)
{
return call(call_id_submit_signal(), context, num);
}
/**
* Acknowledge the processing of the last delivery of a signal context
*
* \param context capability id of the targeted signal context
*/
inline void ack_signal(capid_t const context)
{
call(call_id_ack_signal(), context);
}
/**
* Halt processing of a signal context synchronously
*
* \param context capability id of the targeted signal context
*
* \retval 0 suceeded
* \retval -1 failed
*/
inline int kill_signal_context(capid_t const context)
{
return call(call_id_kill_signal_context(), context);
}
/**
* Acknowledge reception of a capability
*
* \param cap capability id to acknowledge
*/
inline void ack_cap(capid_t const cap)
{
call(call_id_ack_cap(), cap);
}
/**
* Delete a capability id
*
* \param cap capability id to delete
*/
inline void delete_cap(capid_t const cap)
{
call(call_id_delete_cap(), cap);
}
}
#endif /* _INCLUDE__KERNEL__INTERFACE_H_ */