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3 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Justin C. Miller
f1246f84e0 [kernel] Add capabilities to handles
This change finally adds capabilities to handles. Included changes:

- j6_handle_t is now again 64 bits, with the highest 8 bits being a type
  code, and the next highest 24 bits being the capability mask, so that
  programs can check type/caps without calling the kernel.
- The definitions grammar now includes a `capabilities [ ]` section on
  objects, to list what capabilities are relevant.
- j6/caps.h is auto-generated from object capability lists
- init_libj6 again sets __handle_self and __handle_sys, this is a bit
  of a hack.
- A new syscall, j6_handle_list, will return the list of existing
  handles owned by the calling process.
- syscall_verify.cpp.cog now actually checks that the needed
  capabilities exist on handles before allowing the call.
2022-01-28 01:54:45 -08:00
Justin C. Miller
300bf9c2c5 [kernel] Stop creating user stacks in the kernel
Stop creating stacks in user space for user threads, that should be done
by the thread's creator. This change adds process and stack_top
arguments to the thread_create syscall, so that threads can be created
in other processes, and given a stack address.

Also included is a fix in add_thunk_user due to the r11/flags change.

THIS COMMIT BREAKS USERSPACE. See subsequent commits for the user side
changes related to this change.
2021-12-26 15:36:59 -08:00
Justin C. Miller
186724e751 [project] Generate syscalls from new interface DSL
This change adds a new interface DSL for specifying objects (with
methods) and interfaces (that expose objects, and optionally have their
own methods).

Significant changes:

- Add the new scripts/definitions Python module to parse the DSL
- Add the new definitions directory containing DSL definition files
- Use cog to generate syscall-related code in kernel and libj6
- Unify ordering of pointer + length pairs in interfaces
2021-08-30 01:05:32 -07:00