shared dataspace for l4re_kernel/ registering additional caps in ned

[Adam Lackorzynski]

On Sat Sep 20, 2014 at 20:45:19 +0000, Stark, Josef wrote:
> Everything's working so far! But I have another question... (the actual question is at the bottom)
> 
> Here's what I do now:
> If manager wants to start a received binary, it tells Ned to start "network",
> e.g. start({caps = {ipc_gate= L4.Env.ipc_gate}},"network"); and Ned then starts
> - as usual - l4re. l4re then detects the special filename - "network" - and instead of 
> trying to load a file with this filename from ROM (which doesn't exist) it asks manager for 
> the shared dataspace which holds the binary. Since manager may alter the content
> of the shared dataspace later, l4re copies the shared dataspace and then launches this copy.
> 
> So, basically, (in main.cc of l4re_kernel) instead of 
> 
> 	file = L4Re_app_model::open_file(Global::l4re_aux->binary);
> 
> we do
> 
> 	L4::Cap<L4Re::Dataspace> ds;
> 	get_shared_dataspace(ds); //allocation and IPC stuff
> 	file=L4Re_app_model::alloc_ds(ds->size()); //this method is now static
> 	L4Re_app_model::copy_ds(file,0,ds,0,ds->size());
> 
> and then continue with the regular 
> 
> 	loader.start(file, Global::local_rm, Global::l4re_aux);
> 
> which works.
> 
> 
> But my question is, once the task gets killed or finishes, do I need to release/free/unmap
> the dataspace "file" again (since it is a copy in memory and not a file on ROM)
> to avoid a resource leak, and, if so, where whould I do this? Or is this done automatically?

This will be done automatically. Moe will free resources when all
clients are gone.



Adam
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