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3 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Justin C. Miller
bdae812274 [kernel] Add handle_clone syscall
Added the handle_clone syscall which allows for cloning a handle with
a subset of the original handle's capabilities.

Related changes:

- srv.init now calls handle_clone on its system handle, and load_program
  was changed to allow this second system handle to be passed to loaded
  programs instead. However, as drv.uart is still a driver AND a log
  reader, this new handle is not actually passed yet.
- The definition parser was using a set for the cap list, which meant
  the order (and thus values) of caps was not static.
- Some code in objects/handle.h was made more explicit about what bits
  meant what.
2022-01-28 23:40:21 -08:00
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
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