Mapping memory into process address space

[Björn Döbel]

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>> Also, do not call the allocator twice within the function call, 
>> because then you would obtain two different dataspaces and this
>> is not what you want here. Better do
>> 
>> L4:Cap<Dataspace> x =
>> L4Re::Util::cap_alloc.alloc<L4::Dataspace>(); long alloc =
>> L4Re::Env::env()->mem_alloc.alloc(size, x); if (!x.is_valid()) { 
>> // handle error }
> 
> Okay, I've gotten the allocation of the dataspace to work correctly
> (at least as far as I can tell), but I'm still not sure how to map
> the resulting dataspace into the newly created process. I'm trying
> something like this:
> 
> L4::Cap<Dataspace> stack =
> L4Re::Util::cap_alloc.alloc<L4::Dataspace>(); <  allocate memory
> > task->map(L4Re::This_task, stack.fpage(), 0);
> 
> but it still freezes. Is the fpage() call still waiting on IPC, or 
> should I be using a different value for snd_base?

The snd_base parameter to the map() call is the address in the target
address space. Nevertheless, I'm wondering while this would hang. Are
you sure this happens in the map() operation?

Bjoern
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