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PowerPC support
by Oliver Horst 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

Hi Adam, I've read your reply to last year question about the PowerPC support of FIASCO [1]. Is there any progress to be noted on this topic? Further, I'd like to know which actual processor board you targeted the PowerPC port to and with that which PowerPC ISA version do you intend to support? Best Regards Oliver [1] http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/pipermail/l4-hackers/2011/004603.html

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IRET returned message
by Julian Vetter 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Everybody, can someone explain to me what it means when my L4Linux interrupts and jumps into JDB with the message: - ------------------------------------------------------ CPU 0 [f001239c]: IRET returned [ l4lx.cpu0] jdb: g ------------------------------------------------------ I sometimes get this message, and after that my system hangs and I can't jump back to L4Linux by hitting 'g' in the Debugger. Any help would be appreciated Cheers, Julian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPPNeTAAoJEOpGAeJlWp7qw9EH/31w3fA+nAvkbDwF2cjr9r47 qz991ninI6SksDh6OD05b/O/BxxB1fZyaSXAmrnewHVIcuP+bGfgplFnKqjfu4RA qo6PzcpGRCEZpsXYiAhqLxnygxpLTLOXtkFKs9VYfaIkPI4q2DQmSexpZBCTHr27 RY8QO2+eeluR4H8ik3NH9C01pGWmRJJU6Z46wRcIfE+0AZ8NvQBOn4RjYfrfTFbI sW1W7UdQiXc3TurvSzuvaL/tAkT7hpDQOlbEhwDO0SWA8KVtFIeWrKLZWMppglzB TxWGCp5w//LMuG/8DuECDr1C/4u9WwP2Gs/PshtEeLCCX9pqRF/fQfobbtsHlaQ= =7Ifo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Memory sharing between user and kernel
by 안영호 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hello everyone, I’m trying to apply an asynchronous batch processing of IPC into l4/fiasco to increase the bandwidth of IPC. I think the main problem is the performance of IPC when virtualization is applied to mobile system. To increase the performance of IPC, I try to use the memory sharing between the address space of user library and that of kernel memory. There is a way to access user memory from kernel, but I couldn’t find any way to read kernel memory in user space. At first, I want to know whether it is meaningful to use an asynchronous batch processing of IPC, or not. Second, when my user library tries to use the virtual address of a kernel global variable by passing it to user address space, “unhandled exception: pc=xxxx” occurs. I think that region mapper makes that exception while it’s checking the range of virtual address. If I want to access kernel memory in user address space, what can I do? Maybe it causes security problems and it’s not proper for virtualization. However, in my opinion, some compromise will be needed for the future mobile virtualization system.

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L4Linux direct access
by Riccardo Cecolin 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

I'm trying to make a l4linux system access the vga directly without mag, l4con or fbdrv. I compiled it using the default configuration with virtual pci bus enabled, x86-mp_vPCI_defconfig. I'm currently trying on qemu, i see that l4linux recognizes the pci devices and is able to mount the root fs from /dev/hda (i also tried with a ramdisk with same results) and loads the driver of the vga (vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:00:01.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none). But then i get a kernel panic because init (/bin/bash) exited (or didn't execute): l4linux | EX: 0: pc = 0041176a sp = 07829fac trapno = 0xd err/pfa = 0x402 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Pid: 1, comm: bash Not tainted 3.0.0-l4-svn23 #35 Looking at the binary at 0x41176a i see that the kernel is trying to execute execve but fails with trap 13. ... /src/l4linux/arch/l4/kernel/arch-x86/../../../x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c:36 411765: b8 0b 00 00 00 mov $0xb,%eax 41176a: cd 80 int $0x80 My config files are the following ones and i also attached a full log, where is my setup wrong? ------ linux-x2.cfg ------ loader = L4.default_loader; local lxname = "vmlinuz"; vbus_l4linux = loader:new_channel(); loader:start({ caps = { sigma0 = L4.cast(L4.Proto.Factory, L4.Env.sigma0):create(L4.Proto.Sigma0); icu = L4.Env.icu; l4linux = vbus_l4linux:svr(); }, log = { "io", "red" }, }, "rom/io rom/x86-legacy.devs rom/l4lx-x86-x2.io"); loader:start({ caps = { log = L4.Env.log:m("rws"); vbus = vbus_l4linux; }, l4re_dbg = L4.Dbg.Info, log = { "l4linux", "blue" }, }, "rom/" .. lxname .. " mem=120M earlyprintk=yes initcall_debug=1 showpfexc=1 root=/dev/hda init=/bin/bash", "allow_cli","all_sects_writable","allow_vga"); ------ l4lx-x86-x2.io ------ l4linux => new System_bus() { PCI0 => new PCI_bus() { host_bridge_dummy => new PCI_dummy_device(); pci_gfx[] => wrap(hw-root.match("PCI/CC_03")); pci_l4x[] => wrap(hw-root.match("PCI/CC_02,PCI/CC_01,PCI/CC_04")); } vgadev => wrap(hw-root.VGA); ps2dev => wrap(hw-root.PS2); } L4 Bootstrapper Build: #1 Fri Feb 3 12:59:44 CET 2012, x86-32, 4.4.5 RAM: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f3ff: 637kB RAM: 0000000000100000 - 0000000012bfcfff: 306164kB Total RAM: 299MB Moving 11 modules to 1100000 with offset dee000 moving module 11 { 15bd000-25bd000 } -> { 23ab000-33ab000 } moving module 10 { 10d7000-15bcc8a } -> { 1ec5000-23aac8a } moving module 09 { 10d6000-10d612b } -> { 1ec4000-1ec412b } moving module 08 { 10d5000-10d53b7 } -> { 1ec3000-1ec33b7 } moving module 07 { 86a000-10d4428 } -> { 1658000-1ec2428 } moving module 06 { 869000-869278 } -> { 1657000-1657278 } moving module 05 { 66d000-868154 } -> { 145b000-1656154 } moving module 04 { 57e000-66cd17 } -> { 136c000-145ad17 } moving module 03 { 3ba000-57d9ee } -> { 11a8000-136b9ee } moving module 02 { 379000-3b9995 } -> { 1167000-11a7995 } moving module 01 { 312000-378a40 } -> { 1100000-1166a40 } Scanning /fiasco -serial_esc Scanning /sigma0 Scanning /moe rom/linux-x2.cfg Bootloader MMAP: [ 0, 9f400) RAM (1) [ 9f400, a0000) reserved (2) [ f0000, 100000) reserved (2) [ 100000, 12bfd000) RAM (1) [ 12bfd000, 12c00000) reserved (2) [ fffbc000, 100000000) reserved (2) Relocated mbi to [0x2dd000-0x2dd18e] Loading /fiasco Loading /sigma0 Loading /moe find kernel info page... found kernel info page at 0x400000 Regions of list regions [ 0, fff] { 1000} Arch BIOS [ 9f400, 9ffff] { c00} Arch BIOS [ f0000, fffff] { 10000} Arch BIOS [ 100000, 10a1b3] { a1b4} Sigma0 /sigma0 [ 140000, 18b0df] { 4b0e0} Root /moe [ 2d0000, 2e13e7] { 113e8} Boot bootstrap [ 2dd000, 2dd28b] { 28c} Root Multiboot info [ 300000, 38ffff] { 90000} Kern /fiasco [ 400000, 46bfff] { 6c000} Kern /fiasco [ 136c000, 33aafff] { 203f000} Root Modules Memory [ 12bfd000, 12bfffff] { 3000} Arch BIOS [ fffbc000, ffffffff] { 44000} Arch BIOS API Version: (87) experimental Sigma0 config ip:001001dc sp:002dca38 Roottask config ip:001401c4 sp:00000000 Starting kernel /fiasco at 00300824 Welcome to Fiasco.OC (ia32)! L4/Fiasco.OC ia32 microkernel (C) 1998-2011 TU Dresden Rev: r38 compiled with gcc 4.4.5 for Intel Pentium Pro [] Build: #5 Mon Feb 6 17:25:11 CET 2012 Performance-critical config option(s) detected: CONFIG_NDEBUG is off CONFIG_FINE_GRAINED_CPUTIME is on Superpages: yes Kmem:: cpu page at 11406000 (4096Bytes) ACPI-Init ACPI: RSDP[0xf8850] r00 OEM:BOCHS. ACPI: RSDT[0x203fdd90] r01 OEM:BOCHS. OEMTID:BXPCRSDT ACPI: FACP[0x203ffe70] r01 OEM:BOCHS. OEMTID:BXPCFACP ACPI: SSDT[0x203fdef0] r01 OEM:BOCHS. OEMTID:BXPCSSDT ACPI: APIC[0x203fde10] r01 OEM:BOCHS. OEMTID:BXPCAPIC ACPI: HPET[0x203fddd0] r01 OEM:BOCHS. OEMTID:BXPCHPET IO-APIC: MADT = 0x203fde10 IO-APIC[ 0]: struct: 0x203fde44 adr=fec00000 IO-APIC[ 0]: pins 24 PIN[ 0m]: vector=20, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 1m]: vector=21, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 2m]: vector=22, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 3m]: vector=23, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 4m]: vector=24, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 5m]: vector=25, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 6m]: vector=26, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 7m]: vector=27, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 8m]: vector=28, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[ 9m]: vector=29, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[10m]: vector=2a, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[11m]: vector=2b, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[12m]: vector=2c, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[13m]: vector=2d, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[14m]: vector=2e, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[15m]: vector=2f, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[16m]: vector=30, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[17m]: vector=31, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[18m]: vector=32, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[19m]: vector=33, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[20m]: vector=34, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[21m]: vector=35, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[22m]: vector=36, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) PIN[23m]: vector=37, del=0, dm=physical, dest=0 (high, edge) IO-APIC: dual 8259: yes IO-APIC: ovr[ 0] 00 -> 2 IO-APIC: ovr[ 1] 05 -> 5 IO-APIC: ovr[ 2] 09 -> 9 IO-APIC: ovr[ 3] 0a -> a IO-APIC: ovr[ 4] 0b -> b Allocate cpu_mem @ 0xfdbfa000 Local APIC[00]: version=14 max_lvt=5 APIC ESR value before/after enabling: 00000000/00000000 Using the PIT (i8254) on IRQ 2 for scheduling SERIAL ESC: allocated IRQ 4 for serial uart SERIAL ESC: allocated IRQ 4 for serial uart Not using serial hack in slow timer handler. KERNEL: Warning: Buddy::alloc: Size mismatch: 1c000 v 20000 Absolute KIP Syscalls using: int 0x30 CPU[0:0]: GenuineIntel (6:2:3:0)[00000623] Model: QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.12.5 at 3309 MHz 32 KB L1 I Cache (8-way associative, 64 bytes per line) 32 KB L1 D Cache (8-way associative, 64 bytes per line) 2048 KB L2 U Cache (8-way associative, 64 bytes per line) Freeing init code/data: 28672 bytes (7 pages) Calibrating timer loop... done. SIGMA0: Hello! KIP @ 400000 Found Fiasco: KIP syscalls: yes allocated 4KB for maintenance structures SIGMA0: Dump of all resource maps RAM:------------------------ [0:1000;9efff] [0:10b000;13ffff] [4:140000;18bfff] [0:18c000;2dcfff] [4:2dd000;2ddfff] [0:2de000;3fffff] [0:465000;136bfff] [4:136c000;33aafff] [0:33ab000;11404fff] IOMEM:---------------------- [0:0;fff] [0:9f000;fffff] [0:12bfd000;febfffff] [0:fec01000;fedfffff] [0:fee01000;ffffffff] IO PORTS-------------------------- [0:0;fffffff] MOE: Hello world MOE: found 248476 KByte free memory MOE: found RAM from 1000 to 11405000 MOE: allocated 276 KByte for the page array @0x1000 MOE: virtual user address space [0-bfffffff] MOE: rom name space cap -> [C:501000] BOOTFS: [136c000-145ad17] [C:503000] l4re BOOTFS: [145b000-1656154] [C:504000] ned BOOTFS: [1657000-1657278] [C:505000] linux-x2.cfg BOOTFS: [1658000-1ec2428] [C:506000] io BOOTFS: [1ec3000-1ec33b7] [C:507000] x86-legacy.devs BOOTFS: [1ec4000-1ec412b] [C:508000] l4lx-x86-x2.io BOOTFS: [1ec5000-23aac8a] [C:509000] vmlinuz BOOTFS: [23ab000-33ab000] [C:50a000] drops-rd.rd MOE: cmdline: /moe rom/linux-x2.cfg MOE: Starting: rom/ned rom/linux-x2.cfg MOE: loading 'rom/ned' Ned says: Hi World! Ned: loading file: 'rom/linux-x2.cfg' io | Io service io | Find root Pointer io | Find root Pointer: f8850 io | ACPI: RSDP 0xf8850 00014 (v00 BOCHS ) io | ACPI: RSDT 0x12bfdd90 00034 (v01 BOCHS BXPCRSDT 00000001 BXPC 00000001) io | ACPI: FACP 0x12bffe70 00074 (v01 BOCHS BXPCFACP 00000001 BXPC 00000001) io | ACPI: DSDT 0x12bfdf30 01EC4 (v01 BXPC BXDSDT 00000001 INTL 20100528) io | ACPI: FACS 0x12bffe00 00040 io | ACPI: SSDT 0x12bfdef0 00037 (v01 BOCHS BXPCSSDT 00000001 BXPC 00000001) io | ACPI: APIC 0x12bfde10 00072 (v01 BOCHS BXPCAPIC 00000001 BXPC 00000001) io | ACPI: HPET 0x12bfddd0 00038 (v01 BOCHS BXPCHPET 00000001 BXPC 00000001) io | Parsing all Control Methods: io | Table [DSDT](id 0001) - 254 Objects with 48 Devices 82 Methods 5 Regions io | Parsing all Control Methods: io | Table [SSDT](id 0002) - 1 Objects with 0 Devices 0 Methods 0 Regions io | tbxface-0601 [02] TbLoadNamespace : ACPI Tables successfully acquired io | evxfevnt-0184 [02] Enable : Transition to ACPI mode successful io | evgpeblk-1129 [04] EvCreateGpeBlock : GPE 00 to 0F [_GPE] 2 regs on int 0x9 io | /home/rkj/L4/fiasco-2012/src/l4/pkg/acpica/lib-acpi/src/osl-basic.cc:57:AcpiOsInstallInterruptHandler: UNINPLEMENTED io | Completing Region/Field/Buffer/Package initialization:................. io | Initialized 5/5 Regions 0/0 Fields 8/8 Buffers 4/4 Packages (264 nodes) io | Initializing Device/Processor/Thermal objects by executing _INI methods: io | Executed 0 _INI methods requiring 0 _STA executions (examined 51 objects) io | evgpeblk-1234 [03] EvInitializeGpeBlock : Found 0 Wake, Enabled 16 Runtime GPEs in this block io | ACPICA-Version:20091214, System in ACPI MODE, 32bit timer io | WARNING: device 'S2__' already assigned to an other virtual bus. io | WARNING: device 'PS2' already assigned to an other virtual bus. io | Ready. Waiting for request. l4linux | PH 0 (t: 1) offs=00001000 vaddr=00400000 vend=007ba000 l4linux | phys=00400000 ephys=007ba000 l4linux | f_sz=003ba000 memsz=003ba000 flgs=r-x l4linux | PH 1 (t: 1) offs=003bb000 vaddr=007ba000 vend=0091b000 l4linux | phys=007ba000 ephys=0091b000 l4linux | f_sz=0006e000 memsz=00161000 flgs=rw- l4linux | PH 2 (t: 4) offs=002e8b0c vaddr=006e7b0c vend=006e7b30 l4linux | phys=006e7b0c ephys=006e7b30 l4linux | f_sz=00000024 memsz=00000024 flgs=--- l4linux | Starting binary at 0x400000, argc=8 argv=0x80007f88 *argv=0xb1007ff4 argv0=rom/vmlinuz l4linux | External resolver is at 0xa80006e0 l4linux | ======> L4Linux 2.6 starting... <======== l4linux | Linux version 3.0.0-l4-svn23 (rkj@harpoon) (gcc version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8) ) #35 SMP Mon Feb 6 17:50:12 CET 2012 l4linux | Binary name: rom/vmlinuz l4linux | Linux kernel command line (7 args): mem=120M earlyprintk=keep initcall_debug=1 showpfexc=1 root=/dev/hda init=/bin/bash allow_cli l4linux | vcpu 0 gets tamer 0 l4linux | CPU mapping (l:p)[1]: 0:0 l4linux | Image: 00400000 - 0091b000 [5228 KiB]. l4linux | Areas: Text: 00400000 - 007ba000 [3816kB] (a bit longer) l4linux | Data: 007ba000 - 007eb2a0 [196kB] l4linux | Initdata: 007ec000 - 00822000 [216kB] l4linux | BSS: 00828000 - 0090b000 [908kB] l4linux | gs=43 fs=43 l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 415 (tamer0) (u:b3000400, sp:00849034) l4linux | Tamer0 is 415 l4linux | Using tamed mode. l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 416 (nop) (u:b3000600, sp:00830418) l4linux | Device scan: l4linux | Device: l4linux | MEM: f0000000 - f1ffffff l4linux | MEM: f2000000 - f2000fff l4linux | Device: l4linux | PORT: 000001f0 - 000001f7 l4linux | PORT: 000003f6 - 000003f6 l4linux | IRQ: 0000000e - 0000000e l4linux | PORT: 00000170 - 00000177 l4linux | PORT: 00000376 - 00000376 l4linux | IRQ: 0000000f - 0000000f l4linux | PORT: 0000c000 - 0000c00f l4linux | Device: l4linux | IRQ: 0000000b - 0000000b l4linux | PORT: 0000c100 - 0000c1ff l4linux | MEM: f2020000 - f20200ff l4linux | Device: PNP0900 l4linux | PORT: 000003b0 - 000003bf l4linux | PORT: 000003c0 - 000003df l4linux | MEM: 000a0000 - 000bffff l4linux | Device: PNP0303 l4linux | PORT: 00000060 - 00000060 l4linux | PORT: 00000064 - 00000064 l4linux | IRQ: 00000001 - 00000001 l4linux | IRQ: 0000000c - 0000000c l4linux | l4x_fiasco_gdt_entry_offset = 9 l4linux | rtc not found l4linux | WARNING: RTC server does not seem there! l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 418 (cpu0) (u:b3000800, sp:007bbff4) l4linux | main thread will be 418 l4linux | l4x_register_pointer_section: addr = 007ba000 size = 1445888 l4linux | section-with-init: virt: 0x7ba000 to 0x91afff [1412 KiB] l4linux | section-with-init: Phys: 0x0081f000 to 0x00980000, Size: 1445888 l4linux | l4x_linux_startup: thread 418. l4linux | Main thread running, waiting... l4linux | main thread: received startup message. l4linux | l4x_setup_memory: Forcing superpages for main memory l4linux | l4re_global_env: 0xb1007ef4 l4linux | Main memory size: 120MB l4linux | Main memory: virt: 0xc00000 to 0x83fffff [122880 KiB] l4linux | Main memory: Phys: 0x03400000 to 0x0ac00000, Size: 125829120 l4linux | Filling lower ptabs... l4linux | Page fault: addr = 00002002 pc = 007eee2a (rw) l4linux | Page fault: addr = 009fa002 pc = 007eee2a (rw) l4linux | Done (1532 entries). l4linux | l4x_register_pointer_section: addr = 007ba000 size = 1445888 l4linux | end: virt: 0x7ba000 to 0x91afff [1412 KiB] l4linux | end: Phys: 0x0081f000 to 0x00980000, Size: 1445888 l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 41d (l4lx.ipi0) (u:b3000a00, sp:0089fff4) Linux version 3.0.0-l4-svn23 (rkj@harpoon) (gcc version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8) ) #35 SMP Mon Feb 6 17:50:12 CET 2012 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: L4Lx-Memory: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000400000 (reserved) L4Lx-Memory: 0000000000400000 - 000000000091b000 (usable) L4Lx-Memory: 000000000091b000 - 0000000000c00000 (unusable) L4Lx-Memory: 0000000000c00000 - 0000000008400000 (usable) Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection cannot be enabled: non-PAE kernel! last_pfn = 0x8400 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000 init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-0000000008400000 132MB LOWMEM available. mapped low ram: 0 - 08400000 low ram: 0 - 08400000 Zone PFN ranges: DMA 0x00000400 -> 0x00000000 Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00008400 Movable zone start PFN for each node early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges 0: 0x00000400 -> 0x0000091b 0: 0x00000c00 -> 0x00008400 Using APIC driver default Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.0 Virtual Wire compatibility mode. Processors: 1 SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs Allocating PCI resources starting at 8400000 (gap: 8400000:f7c00000) setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:8 nr_cpumask_bits:8 nr_cpu_ids:1 nr_node_ids:1 PERCPU: Embedded 11 pages/cpu @07c00000 s20928 r0 d24128 u4194304 Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 31771 Kernel command line: mem=120M earlyprintk=keep initcall_debug=1 showpfexc=1 root=/dev/hda init=/bin/bash allow_cli console [earlykdb0] enabled PID hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) Initializing CPU#0 Memory: 121760k/135168k available (2973k kernel code, 6348k reserved, 1039k data, 216k init, 0k highmem) virtual kernel memory layout: fixmap : 0x00100000 - 0x001e7000 ( 924 kB) vmalloc : 0x08400000 - 0x10400000 ( 128 MB) lowmem : 0x00000000 - 0x08400000 ( 132 MB) .init : 0x007ec000 - 0x00822000 ( 216 kB) .data : 0x006e7548 - 0x007eb2a0 (1039 kB) .text : 0x00400000 - 0x006e7548 (2973 kB) Hierarchical RCU implementation. NR_IRQS:512 l4lx_irq_init: l4lx_irq_max = 512 l4linux | rtc not found Console: colour dummy device 80x25 console [tty0] enabled l4lx_irq_timer_startup(0) l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 41f (timer.i0) (u:b3000c00, sp:008a1ff4) Detected 3309.724 MHz processor. Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 6619.44 BogoMIPS (lpj=33097240) pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 SMP alternatives: switching to UP code timer_irq_thread: Starting timer IRQ thread. Freeing SMP alternatives: 24k freed CPU0: Intel QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.12.5 stepping 03 Performance Events: unsupported p6 CPU model 2 no PMU driver, software events only. Brought up 1 CPUs Total of 1 processors activated (6619.44 BogoMIPS). NET: Registered protocol family 16 bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 vgaarb: loaded SCSI subsystem initialized PCI: L4 root bridge is device 17dd0 vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:00:01.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none PCI: Using L4-IO for IRQ routing pci 0000:00:00.0: No interrupt pin configured for device 0000:00:00.0 pci 0000:00:01.0: No interrupt pin configured for device 0000:00:01.0 pci 0000:00:02.0: No interrupt pin configured for device 0000:00:02.0 L4IRQ: set irq type of 11 to 4 pci 0000:00:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 11 (level, high) -> IRQ 11 Switching to clocksource l4kipclk NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096) TCP reno registered UDP hash table entries: 128 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) UDP-Lite hash table entries: 128 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) NET: Registered protocol family 1 RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module. RPC: Registered udp transport module. RPC: Registered tcp transport module. RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module. platform rtc_cmos: registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found) msgmni has been set to 237 io scheduler noop registered io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered (default) l4fb l4fb.0: look for capability 'fb' as goos session l4fb l4fb.0: init failed err=-2 initcall l4fb_init+0x0/0x17b returned with error code -2 L4 shared mem serial driver brd: module loaded l4bdds: No name given, not starting. Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver piix 0000:00:02.0: IDE controller (0x8086:0x7010 rev 0x00) pci 0000:00:02.0: No interrupt pin configured for device 0000:00:02.0 piix 0000:00:02.0: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007 ide1: BM-DMA at 0xc008-0xc00f l4linux | cpu0: utcb=0xb3000800 418 l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 420 (idler0) (u:b3000e00, sp:008a3ff8) hda: QEMU HARDDISK, ATA DISK drive Switching to clocksource tsc hda: MWDMA2 mode selected hdc: QEMU DVD-ROM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdc: MWDMA2 mode selected l4lx_irq_dev_startup: creating IRQ thread for 14 (IRQ-cap 421000) l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 422 (IRQ14) (u:10400000, sp:008a5ff4) l4linux | irq_thread: Started IRQ thread for IRQ 14 ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 l4lx_irq_dev_startup: creating IRQ thread for 15 (IRQ-cap 423000) l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 424 (IRQ15) (u:10400200, sp:008a7ff4) l4linux | irq_thread: Started IRQ thread for IRQ 15 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 ide_generic: please use "probe_mask=0x3f" module parameter for probing all legacy ISA IDE ports ide-gd driver 1.18 hda: max request size: 512KiB hda: 32768 sectors (16 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=32/255/63 hda: cache flushes supported hda: unknown partition table ide-cd driver 5.00 ide-cd: hdc: ATAPI 4X CD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 e1000: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI e1000: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation. pcnet32: pcnet32.c:v1.35 21.Apr.2008 tsbogend(a)alpha.franken.de mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice TCP cubic registered NET: Registered protocol family 17 Registering the dns_resolver key type initcall lapic_insert_resource+0x0/0x35 returned with error code -1 Using IPI No-Shortcut mode async_waiting @ 1 async_continuing @ 1 after 0 usec EXT2-fs (hda): warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) on device 3:0. async_waiting @ 1 async_continuing @ 1 after 0 usec Freeing unused kernel memory: 216k freed l4linux | EX: 0: pc = 0041176a sp = 07829fac trapno = 0xd err/pfa = 0x402 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Pid: 1, comm: bash Not tainted 3.0.0-l4-svn23 #35 Call Trace: [<006e4a29>] panic+0x57/0x14b [<0042ddd1>] do_exit+0x601/0x6c0 [<004839e2>] ? do_munmap+0x202/0x290 [<0042df60>] ? sys_exit_group+0x20/0x20 [<0042df73>] sys_exit+0x13/0x20 [<00406b13>] l4x_user_dispatcher+0xdd3/0x22c0 [<00409702>] l4_kernelinternal_execve+0x52/0xe0 [<00400569>] in_kernel_int80_helper+0x9/0x20 [<0041176c>] ? kernel_execve+0x1c/0x30 [<004001b7>] run_init_process+0x17/0x20 [<00400251>] init_post+0x91/0xb0 [<007ec1d5>] kernel_init+0x10e/0x116 [<007ec0c7>] ? parse_early_options+0x25/0x25 [<00409a99>] kernel_thread_start+0x29/0x30 panic: going to sleep forever, bye l4linux | panic: going to sleep forever, bye

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Serial console with qemu/realview-eb
by Stefan Fritsch 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Hi, I have some problems getting the serial console to work under qemu with ARM/realview-eb. I see the output from L4Linux but it does not get any input and also pressing escape does not enter jdb. I have tried qemu 1.0 and 0.12.5. I call it with qemu-system-arm -M realview-eb -nographic -m 256 -kernel .../l4re/obj/l4/arm-rv/images/bootstrap_L4Linux_ARM.elf Are there any options one need to pass with "-append"? "-append -serial_esc" does not make any difference. Any other ideas? L4 version is from l4re-snapshot-2011081207.tar.xz Output from qemu is below. Cheers, Stefan L4 Bootstrapper Build: #12 Thu Jan 26 11:26:11 CET 2012, 4.4.1 Scanning up to 256 MB RAM Memory size is 256MB (00000000 - 10000000) RAM: 0000000000000000 - 000000000fffffff: 262144kB Total RAM: 256MB mod09: 014bc000-017bc000: ramdisk-arm.rd mod08: 01201000-014bb524: vmlinuz.arm mod07: 01200000-012000bd: arm-rv.io mod06: 0111a000-011ff124: io mod05: 01119000-01119189: l4lx.cfg mod04: 010c3000-011186dc: ned mod03: 010a8000-010c23c8: l4re mod02: 0106d000-010a7ba0: moe mod01: 01063000-0106c6f4: sigma0 mod00: 01015000-01062954: fiasco Moving 10 modules to 1100000 with offset eb000 moving module 10 { 14bc000-17bc000 } -> { 15a7000-18a7000 } moving module 09 { 1201000-14bb524 } -> { 12ec000-15a6524 } moving module 08 { 1200000-12000bd } -> { 12eb000-12eb0bd } moving module 07 { 111a000-11ff124 } -> { 1205000-12ea124 } moving module 06 { 1119000-1119189 } -> { 1204000-1204189 } moving module 05 { 10c3000-11186dc } -> { 11ae000-12036dc } moving module 04 { 10a8000-10c23c8 } -> { 1193000-11ad3c8 } moving module 03 { 106d000-10a7ba0 } -> { 1158000-1192ba0 } moving module 02 { 1063000-106c6f4 } -> { 114e000-11576f4 } moving module 01 { 1015000-1062954 } -> { 1100000-114d954 } Scanning fiasco Scanning sigma0 Scanning moe rom/l4lx.cfg Relocated mbi to [0x100f000-0x100f151] Loading fiasco Loading sigma0 Loading moe find kernel info page... found kernel info page at 0x2000 Regions of list regions [ 1000, 193f] { 940} Kern fiasco [ 2000, 5cfff] { 5b000} Kern fiasco [ 90000, 968f3] { 68f4} Sigma0 sigma0 [ 98000, 9e17b] { 617c} Sigma0 sigma0 [ 140000, 175d1f] { 35d20} Root moe [ 178000, 18ecf7] { 16cf8} Root moe [ 1000000, 10143eb] { 143ec} Boot bootstrap [ 100f000, 100f24e] { 24f} Root Multiboot info [ 1193000, 18a6fff] { 714000} Root Modules Memory API Version: (87) experimental Sigma0 config ip:000900e0 sp:01013704 Roottask config ip:00140178 sp:00000000 Starting kernel fiasco at 00001000 Realview System ID: Rev=c HBI=140 Build=0 Arch=4 FPGA=00 Hello from Startup::stage2 Initialize page table Number of IRQs available at this GIC: 96 Vmem_alloc::init() Cache config: ON Welcome to Fiasco.OC (arm)! L4/Fiasco.OC arm microkernel (C) 1998-2011 TU Dresden Rev: rUNKNOWN compiled with gcc 4.4.1 for Realview [] Build: #3 Thu Jan 26 11:21:50 CET 2012 Calibrating timer loop... done. SIGMA0: Hello! KIP @ 2000 allocated 4KB for maintenance structures SIGMA0: Dump of all resource maps RAM:------------------------ [0:0;fff] [0:5d000;8ffff] [0:97000;97fff] [0:9f000;13ffff] [4:140000;175fff] [0:176000;177fff] [4:178000;18efff] [0:18f000;100efff] [4:100f000;100ffff] [0:1010000;1192fff] [4:1193000;18a6fff] [0:18a7000;effffff] IOMEM:---------------------- [0:10000000;ffffffff] MOE: Hello world MOE: found 237772 KByte free memory MOE: found RAM from 5d000 to f000000 MOE: allocated 239 KByte for the page array @0x9f000 MOE: virtual user address space [0-bfffffff] MOE: rom name space cap -> [C:501000] BOOTFS: [1193000-11ad3c8] [C:503000] l4re BOOTFS: [11ae000-12036dc] [C:504000] ned BOOTFS: [1204000-1204189] [C:505000] l4lx.cfg BOOTFS: [1205000-12ea124] [C:506000] io BOOTFS: [12eb000-12eb0bd] [C:507000] arm-rv.io BOOTFS: [12ec000-15a6524] [C:508000] vmlinuz.arm BOOTFS: [15a7000-18a7000] [C:509000] ramdisk-arm.rd MOE: cmdline: moe rom/l4lx.cfg MOE: Starting: rom/ned rom/l4lx.cfg MOE: loading 'rom/ned' Ned says: Hi World! Ned: loading file: 'rom/l4lx.cfg' l4linux | libio: Warning: Query of 'vbus' failed! l4linux | PH 0 (t: 1) offs=00008000 vaddr=00100000 vend=0041d8f4 l4linux | phys=00100000 ephys=0041d8f4 l4linux | f_sz=0029e39c memsz=0031d8f4 flgs=rwx l4linux | PH 1 (t: 4) offs=002a6378 vaddr=0039e378 vend=0039e39c l4linux | phys=0039e378 ephys=0039e39c l4linux | f_sz=00000024 memsz=00000024 flgs=r-x l4linux | PH 2 (t: 1685382481) offs=00000000 vaddr=00000000 vend=00000000 l4linux | phys=00000000 ephys=00000000 l4linux | f_sz=00000000 memsz=00000000 flgs=rwx l4linux | Starting binary at 0x11c2f0, argc=7 argv=0x80007f8c *argv=0xb1007ff0 argv0=rom/vmlinuz.arm l4linux | External resolver is at 0xa80006a0 l4linux | ======> L4Linux 2.6 starting... <======== l4linux | Linux version 3.0.0-l4 (fritsch@dev) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202) ) #2 Thu Jan 26 11:25:33 CET 2012 l4linux | Binary name: rom/vmlinuz.arm l4linux | This is an AEABI build. l4linux | Linux kernel command line (6 args): mem=64M console=ttyLv0 l4x_rd=rom/ramdisk-arm.rd root=1:0 ramdisk_size=4000 init=/bin/sh l4linux | CPU mapping (l:p)[1]: 0:0 l4linux | Image: 00100000 - 00500000 [4096 KiB]. l4linux | Areas: Text: 00100000 - 00382000 [2568kB] (a bit longer) l4linux | Data: 00382000 - 00399460 [93kB] l4linux | Initdata: 00100000 - 0011b000 [108kB] l4linux | BSS: 0039e39c - 0041d8f4 [509kB] l4linux | Device scan: l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 413 (cpu0) (u:b3000400, v:b3000600, sp:00383ff0) l4linux | main thread will be 413 l4linux | l4x_register_pointer_section: addr = 00100000 size = 3268608 l4linux | section-with-init: virt: 0x100000 to 0x41d8f3 [3190 KiB] l4linux | section-with-init: Phys: 0x00255000 to 0x005728f4, Size: 3266804 l4linux | l4x_linux_startup: thread 413. l4linux | Main thread running, waiting... l4linux | main thread: received startup message. l4linux | l4x_setup_memory: Forcing superpages for main memory l4linux | l4re_global_env: 0xb1007f0c l4linux | Main memory size: 64MB l4linux | Main memory: virt: 0x500000 to 0x44fffff [65536 KiB] l4linux | Main memory: Phys: 0x01900000 to 0x05900000, Size: 67108864 l4linux | Filling lower ptabs... l4linux | Done (480 entries). l4linux | l4x_register_pointer_section: addr = 004ff000 size = 4096 l4linux | end: virt: 0x4ff000 to 0x4fffff [4 KiB] l4linux | end: Phys: 0x00574000 to 0x00575000, Size: 4096 l4linux | l4x_rd_path: rom/ramdisk-arm.rd l4linux | Loading: rom/ramdisk-arm.rd l4linux | INITRD: Size of RAMdisk is 3072KiB l4linux | RAMdisk from 0c600000 to 0c900000 [3072KiB] l4linux | l4lx_thread_create: Created thread 419 (timer.i0) (u:b3000800, v:00000000, sp:003b7ff4) Linux version 3.0.0-l4 (fritsch@dev) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202) ) #2 Thu Jan 26 11:25:33 CET 2012 CPU: Fiasco [860f0001] revision 1 (ARMvundefined/unknown), cr=00000000 CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache l4linux | timer_irq_thread: Starting timer IRQ thread. cpu_arm926_proc_init Machine: L4 Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback arm926_flush_kern_cache_all() INITRD: 0c600000 - 0c900000 Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 17271 Kernel command line: mem=64M console=ttyLv0 l4x_rd=rom/ramdisk-arm.rd root=1:0 ramdisk_size=4000 init=/bin/sh PID hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) Memory: 0MB 68MB = 68MB total Memory: 64808k/64808k available, 4828k reserved, 0K highmem Virtual kernel memory layout: vector : 0xbffff000 - 0xc0000000 ( 4 kB) fixmap : 0xfff00000 - 0xfffe0000 ( 896 kB) DMA : 0xffc00000 - 0xffe00000 ( 2 MB) vmalloc : 0x04600000 - 0x0c600000 ( 128 MB) lowmem : 0x00000000 - 0x04500000 ( 69 MB) modules : 0xff100000 - 0x00100000 ( 16 MB) .init : 0x00100000 - 0x0011b000 ( 108 kB) .text : 0x0011c000 - 0x003819e8 (2455 kB) .data : 0x00382000 - 0x00399460 ( 94 kB) .bss : 0x0039e39c - 0x0041d8f4 ( 510 kB) NR_IRQS:220 l4lx_irq_init: l4lx_irq_max = 220 l4lx_irq_dev_startup_timer(0) Console: colour dummy device 80x30 console [ttyLv0] enabled Calibrating delay loop... 315.80 BogoMIPS (lpj=1579008) pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok NET: Registered protocol family 16 bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 Failed to create "l4x" debugfs directory: 1 Switching to clocksource kip NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096) TCP reno registered UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) NET: Registered protocol family 1 Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs... rootfs image is not initramfs (junk in compressed archive); looks like an initrd INITRD: Freeing memory. NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.97 (double precision) msgmni has been set to 126 io scheduler noop registered io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered (default) L4 serial driver ttyLv0 at MMIO 0x1 (irq = 210) is a L4 L4 shared mem serial driver l4cdds: No name given, not starting. brd: module loaded l4bdds: No name given, not starting. mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice TCP cubic registered NET: Registered protocol family 17 RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0 RAMDISK: Loading 3072KiB [1 disk] into ram disk... done. VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 1:0. Freeing init memory: 108K /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off #

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Sharing I/O Memory
by Wesley Miaw 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

I have an L4 process requesting access to a large chunk (512MB) of physical RAM using l4sigma0_map_iomem(). I am not using l4sigma0_map_mem() because Fiasco is running in a different partition of physical RAM. I would like to then grant full read/write access to the same memory to a second L4 process, but I'm not sure how to do that. I believe from looking at the sigma0 code that any memory, I/O or RAM, can only be allocated to one L4 process at a time. It also doesn't look like clans have anything to do with this, other than the possibility of creating some shared memory for an IPC. But that's not really what I want to do, I want both L4 processes to directly access the memory. Is there some way to accomplish this? Thanks, -- Wesley Miaw wesley(a)wesman.net

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RE: l4-hackers Digest, Vol 105, Issue 9
by jangwoo 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

Hi all. I have similar problem. Currently applications on linux can't use mmap of framebuffer(/dev/fb0). When apps access memory to get through mmap, it occurs page fault. Without goos, fbdrv of L4 cell, mag, l4fb drv in linux, etc on, Is there ways that it modify <linux lcd device driver> little bit as other linux device drivers In other words, could Apps use allocated memory in linux kernel? As a guide, Because of using dedicated frame buffer only in one cell(linux), it mustn't use things like goos, mag. thanks ------------------------------ Message: 1 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:03:36 +0100 From: Adam Lackorzynski <adam(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de> To: l4-hackers(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de Subject: Re: Fiasco.OC x86 IO port permission bitmap Message-ID: <20120124190336.GE2897(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi, On Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 15:54:29 -0800, Daniel Waddington wrote: > I want to use the TSS I/O permission bit map to support fine grained > control of I/O access for user-level apps (x86 32 bit target). From > looking at the kernel code, I believe the bit map is switched out > per-process as part of the Context class (Space::_io_space) - > correct me if I am wrong. My query is how to set/clear the bits for > a given target task from a "root" task with sufficient privileges > (e.g., base caps and sigma0 caps). I could extend the kernel > scheduler protocol, but I don't want to do this if there is already > a clean way in place. IO-ports are handled similar to page-faults, i.e. they can be mapped to other tasks, and the pager receives io-page-faults when one of its clients accesses an IO-port without having it. For example look for L4_PROTO_IO_PAGE_FAULT and l4_iofpage(). Adam -- Adam adam(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de Lackorzynski http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/~adam/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:12:03 -0800 From: Daniel Waddington <d.waddington(a)samsung.com> To: Adam Lackorzynski <adam(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de> Cc: l4-hackers(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de Subject: Re: Fiasco.OC x86 IO port permission bitmap Message-ID: <4F1F1EA3.7060309(a)samsung.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Hi Adam, I see. So it seems that you have to map all of the IO port space before getting IOPL raised to 3 (assuming Kconfig IO_PROT & !IO_PROT_3) and therefore the default mode of operation is a driver will map the whole space if it wants to use IO instructions directly. Is it right that you currently don't use the TSS IO bitmap to allow access to only specific IO ports with CPL > IOPL? Thanks Daniel On 01/24/2012 11:03 AM, Adam Lackorzynski wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 15:54:29 -0800, Daniel Waddington wrote: >> I want to use the TSS I/O permission bit map to support fine grained >> control of I/O access for user-level apps (x86 32 bit target). From >> looking at the kernel code, I believe the bit map is switched out >> per-process as part of the Context class (Space::_io_space) - >> correct me if I am wrong. My query is how to set/clear the bits for >> a given target task from a "root" task with sufficient privileges >> (e.g., base caps and sigma0 caps). I could extend the kernel >> scheduler protocol, but I don't want to do this if there is already >> a clean way in place. > IO-ports are handled similar to page-faults, i.e. they can be mapped to > other tasks, and the pager receives io-page-faults when one of its > clients accesses an IO-port without having it. For example look for > L4_PROTO_IO_PAGE_FAULT and l4_iofpage(). > > > Adam

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Fiasco.OC x86 IO port permission bitmap
by Daniel Waddington 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Hi, I want to use the TSS I/O permission bit map to support fine grained control of I/O access for user-level apps (x86 32 bit target). From looking at the kernel code, I believe the bit map is switched out per-process as part of the Context class (Space::_io_space) - correct me if I am wrong. My query is how to set/clear the bits for a given target task from a "root" task with sufficient privileges (e.g., base caps and sigma0 caps). I could extend the kernel scheduler protocol, but I don't want to do this if there is already a clean way in place. Thanks Daniel Waddington

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Re: l4-hackers Digest, Vol 105, Issue 5
by Chen Tian 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hi Adam, I got another trace: Chen: caps_alloc for virt addr 0xf081f010 (index 0x1f01), new cap location 0xfec93000, [virt 0xf081f000-> mem 0xfec93000] in space 0xfedd7f08, s = 0x0 Chen: caps_alloc for virt addr 0xf081f000 (index 0x1f00), new cap location 0xfec92000, [virt 0xf081f000-> mem 0xfec92000] in space 0xfedd7f08, s = 0x0 thread 0xfed4c000: v_fabricate is false: (Obj_space) from [0xfedd7ef4/12], s_phys 0x0: 00001f01 size: 00000001 to [0xfedd7e9c/18] recv addr 0x1e8f KERNEL: Warning: nothing mapped: (Obj_space) from [0xfedd7ef4/12]: 00001f02 size: 00000001 to [0xfedd7e9c/18] recv addr 0x1e90 Chen: v_delete on cap 0xfecf33b4 for virt addr 0x1ef8 (entry addr 0xfec90f80) in space 0xfedd7f08 As you can see, the status variable "s" is Insert_OK for two invocations of caps_alloc. That means mem_space()->v_insert function is not safe either? Why two insertions are successful at the same time on the same virtual address? I have put a lock to protect l4_factory_create_xxx in my application and that seems to work. Best, Chen On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 3:00 AM, <l4-hackers-request(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de>wrote: > Send l4-hackers mailing list submissions to > l4-hackers(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/mailman/listinfo/l4-hackers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > l4-hackers-request(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de > > You can reach the person managing the list at > l4-hackers-owner(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of l4-hackers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: race condition in obj_space-virt.cpp ? (Adam Lackorzynski) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:54:07 +0100 > From: Adam Lackorzynski <adam(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de> > To: l4-hackers(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de > Subject: Re: race condition in obj_space-virt.cpp ? > Message-ID: <20120116225406.GA6550(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > On Fri Jan 13, 2012 at 16:37:06 -0800, Chen Tian wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I observed a race condition in Fiasco.OC. My environment is very > > complicated, but basically I have multiple threads, and each thread keep > > creating kernel object via l4_factory_create_xxxx and map the object to a > > new task. > > > > Here is the trace I got: > > Thanks, we're looking into this. > > > > Adam > -- > Adam adam(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de > Lackorzynski http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/~adam/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > l4-hackers mailing list > l4-hackers(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de > http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/mailman/listinfo/l4-hackers > > > End of l4-hackers Digest, Vol 105, Issue 5 > ****************************************** >

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race condition in obj_space-virt.cpp ?
by Chen Tian 16 Jan '12

16 Jan '12

Hello, I observed a race condition in Fiasco.OC. My environment is very complicated, but basically I have multiple threads, and each thread keep creating kernel object via l4_factory_create_xxxx and map the object to a new task. Here is the trace I got: //printed from obj_space-virt.cpp in function caps_alloc: Chen: caps_alloc for virt addr 0xf0826000 (index 0x2600), new cap location 0xfeb04000, [virt 0xf0826000-> mem 0xfeb04000] in space 0xfedd7f08 Chen: caps_alloc for virt addr 0xf0826010 (index 0x2601), new cap location 0xfeb05000, [virt 0xf0826000-> mem 0xfeb05000] in space 0xfedd7f08 Chen: v_insert cap 0xfed5a6a0 (index 0x2600 (entry addr 0xfeb04000) in space 0xfedd7f08 Chen: v_insert cap 0xfeb000b4 (index 0x2601) (entry addr 0xfeb05010) in space 0xfedd7f08 //printed from map_util thread 0xfed4c000: v_fabricate is false: (Obj_space) from [0xfedd7ef4/12], s_phys 0x0: 00002601 size: 00000001 to [0xfedd7e9c/18] recv addr 0x2541 // then I got KERNEL: Warning: nothing mapped: (Obj_space) from [0xfedd7ef4/12]: 00002602 size: 00000001 to [0xfedd7e9c/18] recv addr 0x2542 Omnicore Panic: task map failed! Basically, different object index (2600 and 2601) causes two different page to be created and mapped to the same cap_table virtual address 0xf0826000. Although one of the mapping will fail, but the current logic did not return the correct address. The fix I put in to solve this problem is to add the following lines after the switch statement in caps_alloc function: if (s != Insert_ok ) { Mapped_allocator::allocator()->q_unaligned_free(ram_quota(), Config::PAGE_SIZE, mem); mem= alien_lookup(virt & ~(Config::PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(Entry)-1)); } Please let me know if this is correct. Thanks. Even with this fix, I still got another kernel "nothing mapped error" when I ask each thread not only to create and map kernel objects, but also to delete objects using l4_task_unmap. If I do not use l4_task_unmap, everything is fine. I am still investigating why, but I got a feeling that there may be other race conditions on the cap_table related operations. Best, Chen

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L4Re build system
by Ivan Loskutov 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Hello, Hackers! I have some questions about L4Re build system 1. How to build library from *.cpp files? The library building if I rename *.cpp files to *.cc but it not easy. I tried to modify mk-files, see attached patch. *.cpp files compiled but don't linked correctly, *.cpp files added to linker command. 2. How to correct add prebuild and postbuild rules to Makefile for prog and library roles? Thanks. -- Best Regards, Ivan Loskutov

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Initial environnement issue
by Julien SIMONE 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

Hi hackers, Everytime I try to get a new free utcb in using L4re_env()->first_free_utcb, this call returns 0xffffffff. I think there is something wrong with the utcb_area... Do you think I forgot to initialize anything? Any idea? Best regards, Julien.

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openssl port
by Ivan Loskutov 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

Hello, Hackers! I ported OpenSSL 1.0.0e for L4Re http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8558928/openssl.tar.bz2 I tested it on x86 and ARM.

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How to fix RAM size limit 256MB on realview-pbxa9 platform.
by e.fedotov 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

Hello, All! This post is about how to eliminate memory restriction 256MB in realview-pbxa9 platform (ARM Cortex A9 processor). The problem is that L4 bootstrap doesn't scan all RAM memory presented on this board. In QEMU source code for this platform (see hw/realview.c in QEMU source directory, function: realview_init) we can find that it can be 3 memory intervals in pbx a9: 1) base=0x00, size=min(sz, 256MB) This is "SDRAM1" 2) base=0x20000000, size=sz-512MB (appears when sz>512) This is called "core tile ram" 3) base=0x70000000, size=512 This is "SDRAM2", where sz is a total board memory, in QEMU specified via -m option. If that memory map is true (I have no pbx-a9 board operator's manual), we can make a simple patch to L4 bootstrap (file <genode>/base-foc/contrib/l4/pkg/bootstrap/server/src/platform/rv.cc), that extends a basic 256MB memory to 256MB+512MB by overloading setup_memory_map virtual function. /namespace { class Platform_arm_rv : public Platform_single_region_ram { bool probe() { return true; } //fix a memory limit 256MB in realview-pbxa9.platform. Adds another memory chip of 512MB. //WARNING: this fix works only if 512MB memory chip (or more) is present! //In case of QEMU you must run it with -m 512 or higher. void setup_memory_map(l4util_mb_info_t *, Region_list *ram, Region_list *) { ram->add(Region::n(0x0, 0x10000000, ".ram", Region::Ram)); //SDRAM as it defined in realview.c (QUEMU sources) ram->add(Region::n(0x70000000, 0x90000000, ".ram", Region::Ram)); //the second 512MB SDRAM //TODO: add more RAM regions if you need it according to the the platform map. } void init() { static L4::Uart_pl011 _uart(36,36); _uart.startup(0x10009000); set_stdio_uart(&_uart); } }; } REGISTER_PLATFORM(Platform_arm_rv); / This is an example patch, it would be more correct (if total RAM size is less then 512) to find total memory size first, then add the memory regions, regarding a total memory size. I hope it will be usefull. Best regards, and happy cristmas&new year. Evgeny Fedotov. Samsung Research Center, Moscow.

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Build L4Re on amd64
by BratSinot aka Куршамбай 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Hello there! I want build L4Re on my Slackware64 without multilib. How can i do that?

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Building l4con lib and examples
by Adi Lima 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

Hi, I've been trying to build l4con/lib (actually what I need is libcon.a), but unfortunately I never be able to do it. I am using *l4re-snapshot-2011081207*, which I believe is the latest release. When I check the Makefiles inside the source tree, I found a few commented lines in client_con and contxt directory contains no sources (apparently the sources are being placed inside src directory). Is this package still active or will be removed in the future? Or, is there any way for me to build the package? I need libcon.a to build some test. Thanks. -- FX. J. Adi Lima Trivision Studio

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Need help on l4_msgtag_has_error
by Chen Tian 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

Hello, Can some one tell me when a msg tag is set to the error code i.e., tag = 0x8000 ? I have a parent thread A, which creates a child thread B, and thread C is assigned as B's pager and exception handler. When thread A destroys B via l4_task_unmap, thread C is invoked and the tag returned from ipc_reply_and_wait cannot pass l4_msgtag_has_error check. This is very weird. When B dies, will it generate some sort of exceptions which will cause C to be invoked? If I ask thread C to ignore this IPC message, it seems fine because thread B is anyway destroyed. But I am still wondering if I did something logically wrong or the tag error can be safely ignored, especially in the situation I described above? Thanks. Chen

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Using fbterminal with L4Con
by Adi Lima 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

Hi all, I finally able to run fbterminal after a bit struggling with some confusions, modifying example: x86-fb.cfg and replacing* ex_fb_spectrum* with * fbterminal* doesn't seem to work if we don't add "term = term:svr()" into fbterminal's caps, where term is defined as: term = loader:new_channel(). But now I want to put this terminal into L4Con, but don't know how to do it. L4con seem to accept different caps list compare to mag. The console appear, but the fbterminal doesn't. Someone help me please...? I attached my current test configuration... Do I miss something? -- FX. J. Adi Lima Trivision Studio

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Cannot show fbterminal
by Adi Lima 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Hi, I've been trying all day launching fbterminal using plain example x86-fb.cfg, and only replace ex_fb_spectrum with fbterminal, following suggestion from Adam (i found it in some old thread). Unfortunately I can't see any mag window for the fbterminal, maybe it failed to create one, or somethin else happened, but if I add a second mag window, containing ex_fb_spectrum, it shows. What do I miss? -- FX. J. Adi Lima Trivision Studio

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l4shmnet bug fixed
by Matthias Petschick 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hello, there was a small bug in L4Linux's L4shm based network driver, which broke the driver on architectures where NET_IP_ALIGN != 0, e.g. on ARM. This resulted in insufficient data being allocated for the skb in l4x_l4shmc_interrupt, causing the subsequent skb_put to fail. See attached diff for details. Cheers, Matthias

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Minimal Fiasco Testing Setup
by Bryce Cronkite-Ratcliff 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hi, I have a modified version of Fiasco, & I'd like to compare the performance of this modified kernel vs the original kernel. To that end, what is the minimal module set to provide a workable testing environment? I currently build L4-Linux Mag target, but I'd like to have as minimal a testing setup as possible -- perhaps just Fiasco, L4re, necessary services, and a terminal? Thanks! __Bryce

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shmc bug fixes
by Stefan Fritsch 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hi, attached are some fixes for shmc: - fix various capability slot leaks in error paths - if l4re_ns_register_obj_srv() fails, return its error code to the caller and don't invent another one - use memory barriers in l4shmc_add_chunk() because l4shmc_get_chunk_to() walks the linked list without acquiring the lock - fix l4shmc_add_signal() freeing one of env's capabilities in an error path Cheers, Stefan

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Getty over L4 shared memory
by Julian Vetter 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello All, is there a driver that does the same as the L4Shmnet driver but for serial console? I want to setup a communication between two Linux instances, one should provide a getty-service and the other instance should connect to it.. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Julian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJO1OxrAAoJEOpGAeJlWp7qFmgIAJ7CZNIBQaNdn1s12p6fy9Rx OMGpKDkp2w/kgD6VZCxj7enzAFo/Z66YwiIVihKe00SM+13tllSr3AbRKWbhpa5F 33iFyI7wAnUnS3Y31DfOleMHlo2ekX7CoLQcD3yq3iuyB61XJRwQLMMY80gZ4dsS u6MFPNBplkG+pl0FuBS7sYXhasZefxB17Cikz/DHI+4ALt/lOQfKcO/Im36fLnoh YR1d0IfY7C9n8e5zNRkOT25KRHl1udJl/Uo14tYxYV/gyWU5jEwzq2tmfqMdZ71M E/sQmSRC68jOrJ1uWNfnz9qGdExNVSuXnR2JspcaeyR356jTIiXpSe0+E9OWZ18= =teF7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Genode OS Framework 11.11 released
by Stefan Kalkowski 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Dear L4 hackers, we're pleased to announce the release of version 11.11 of the Genode OS Framework. Genode is an OS architecture that promises to align high security and robustness with dynamic application workloads. It is laid out to run on a number of different microkernels including Nova and Fiasco.OC. To name a few, version 11.11 features GDB debugging facility, the integration of the Vancouver virtual machine monitor, the support of running Android based on the work of the L4Android project, and the ability to execute complex command-line based UNIX software (i.e., VIM) natively on Genode. A short summary of the release-notes follows: * Support for user-level debugging via GDB * Applications and services * Vancouver virtual machine monitor on NOVA * VIM executed on the Noux runtime environment * Terminal emulator implementing the Linux termcap * TCP terminal * Platforms * Fiasco.OC updated to rev 38 * NOVA updated to version 0.4 * New IPC implementation for Linux * Improved support for hybrid Linux/Genode programs * L4Linux on Fiasco.OC * Integration of L4Android (for both x86_32 and ARM) * Stub drivers for block devices, NIC, UART * Device drivers * gPXE device driver environment upgraded to iPXE * Bidirectional UART driver for PL011 and i8250 * PL110 display driver * Support for ARM Versatile Express Cortex-A9x4 * Libc update to FreeBSD 8.2.0 * New unified tool chain based on GCC 4.6.1 You will find a more elaborative discussion of those topics in our comprehensive release-notes document for version 11.11: http://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/11.11 The new version is ready for download at our download page at Sourceforge and our public SVN repository: http://genode.org/download Regards -- Stefan Kalkowski Genode Labs http://www.genode-labs.com/ · http://genode.org/ Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth

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Could not run L4Linux for testing
by Adi Lima 27 Nov '11

27 Nov '11

Hi, I was successfully build L4/Fiasco kernel, and run a few test including Hello World, and also compile and test my own simple program, but I'm having trouble running L4Linux (using kernel 3.0). Actually the kernel was loaded, but when the system execute /bin/sh inside the ramdisk-x86.rd (I get it from the snapshot), it says that it cannot access tty, and then the job control being turn off. I've been trying to follow the example from previous release, but they use rmgr, bmodfs, etc, which I could find on the new release. I've also tried the example from L4Linux Page<http://141.76.48.99/L4/LinuxOnL4/use.shtml>, but it doesn't work. Can you help with the initialization routine? Maybe some example? Thanks. -- FX. J. Adi Lima Trivision Studio

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