{ "query": "Please summarize the whole context. It is important that you include a summary for each file. All files should be included, so please make sure to go through the entire context", "namespace": "c3d8cb71-933d-4f67-92f4-6411a42fecee", "messages": [], "stream": false, "language_level": "", "chat_channel": "", "language": "German", "tone": "neutral", "writing_style": "standard", "model": "gemini-1.5-flash", "knowledgebase": "ki-dev-large", "seed": 0, "client_id": 0, "all_context": true, "follow_up_for": null, "knowledgebase_files_count": 0, "override_command": "", "disable_clarity_check": true, "custom_primer": "", "logging": true, "query_route": "" } INITIALIZATION Knowledgebase: ki-dev-large Base Query: Please summarize the whole context. It is important that you include a summary for each file. 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10PageFrameAllocation61ManagingAvailableMemory.......................................61HowMuchMemoryisThere?....................................61ManagingAvailableMemory.....................................63HowCanWeAccessaPageFrame?...................................63AKernelHeap...............................................63Furtherreading...............................................6311UserMode65SegmentsforUserMode..........................................65SettingUpForUserMode.........................................65EnteringUserMode............................................66UsingCforUserModePrograms.....................................67ACLibrary..............................................68FurtherReading..............................................6812FileSystems69WhyaFileSystem?............................................69ASimpleRead-OnlyFileSystem.....................................69InodesandWritableFileSystems.....................................70AVirtualFileSystem...........................................70FurtherReading..............................................7013SystemCalls71DesigningSystemCalls..........................................71ImplementingSystemCalls........................................71FurtherReading..............................................7214Multitasking73CreatingNewProcesses..........................................73CooperativeSchedulingwithYielding..................................73PreemptiveSchedulingwithInterrupts..................................74ProgrammableIntervalTimer....................................74SeparateKernelStacksforProcesses................................74DifficultieswithPreemptiveScheduling..............................75FurtherReading..............................................75References776 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Chapter12FileSystemsWearenotrequiredtohavefilesystemsinouroperatingsystem,butitisaveryusableabstraction,anditoftenplaysacentralpartofmanyoperatingsystems,especiallyUNIX-likeoperatingsystems.Beforewestarttheprocessofsupportingmultipleprocessesandsystemcallswemightwanttoconsiderimplementingasimplefilesystem.WhyaFileSystem?HowdowespecifywhatprogramstoruninourOS?Whichisthefirstprogramtorun?Howdoprogramsoutputdataorreadinput?InUNIX-likesystems,withtheiralmost-everything-is-a-fileconvention,theseproblemsaresolvedbythefilesystem.(ItmightalsobeinterestingtoreadabitaboutthePlan9project,whichtakesthisideaonestepfurther.)ASimpleRead-OnlyFileSystemThesimplestfilesystemmightbewhatwealreadyhave-onefile,existingonlyinRAM,loadedbyGRUBbeforethekernelstarts.Whenthekernelandoperatingsystemgrowsthisisprobablytoolimiting.Afilesystemthatisslightlymoreadvancedthanjustthebitsofonefileisafilewithmetadata.Themetadatacandescribethetypeofthefile,thesizeofthefileandsoon.Autilityprogramcanbecreatedthatrunsatbuildtime,addingthismetadatatoafile.Thisway,a“filesysteminafile”canbeconstructedbyconcatenatingseveralfileswithmetadataintoonelargefile.Theresultofthistechniqueisaread-onlyfilesystemthatresidesinmemory(onceGRUBhasloadedthefile).Theprogramconstructingthefilesystemcantraverseadirectoryonthehostsystemandaddallsubdirectoriesandfilesaspartofthetargetfilesystem.Eachobjectinthefilesystem(directoryorfile)canconsistofaheaderandabody,wherethebodyofafileistheactualfileandthebodyofadirectoryisalistofentries-namesand“addresses”ofotherfilesanddirectories.Eachobjectinthisfilesystemwillbecomecontiguous,sotheywillbeeasytoreadfrommemoryforthekernel.Allobjectswillalsohaveafixedsize(exceptforthelastone,whichcangrow),thereforeitisdifficulttoaddnewfilesormodifyexistingones.69 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ddCHECKSUM;andthechecksumloader:;theloaderlabel(definedasentrypointinlinkerscript)moveax,0xCAFEBABE;placethenumber0xCAFEBABEintheregistereax.loop:jmp.loop;loopforeverTheonlythingthisOSwilldoiswritetheveryspecificnumber0xCAFEBABEtotheeaxregister.Itisveryunlikelythatthenumber0xCAFEBABEwouldbeintheeaxregisteriftheOSdidnotputitthere.Thefileloader.scanbecompiledintoa32bitsELF[18]objectfilewiththefollowingcommand:nasm-felf32loader.sLinkingtheKernelThecodemustnowbelinkedtoproduceanexecutablefile,whichrequiressomeextrathoughtcomparedtowhenlinkingmostprograms.WewantGRUBtoloadthekernelatamemoryaddresslargerthanorequalto0x00100000(1megabyte(MB)),becauseaddresseslowerthan1MBareusedbyGRUBitself,BIOSandmemory-mappedI/O.Therefore,thefollowinglinkerscriptisneeded(writtenforGNULD[20]):ENTRY(loader)/*thenameoftheentrylabel*/SECTIONS{.=0x00100000;/*thecodeshouldbeloadedat1MB*/.textALIGN(0x1000):/*alignat4KB*/{*(.text)/*alltextsectionsfromallfiles*/}.rodataALIGN(0x1000):/*alignat4KB*/{*(.rodata*)/*allread-onlydatasectionsfromallfiles*/}.dataALIGN(0x1000):/*alignat4KB*/{*(.data)/*alldatasectionsfromallfiles*/}.bssALIGN(0x1000):/*alignat4KB*/{*(COMMON)/*allCOMMONsectionsfromallfiles*/*(.bss)/*allbsssectionsfromallfiles*/}}Savethelinkerscriptintoafilecalledlink.ld.Theexecutablecannowbelinkedwiththefollowingcommand:14 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Chapter5SegmentationSegmentationinx86meansaccessingthememorythroughsegments.Segmentsareportionsoftheaddressspace,possiblyoverlapping,specifiedbyabaseaddressandalimit.Toaddressabyteinsegmentedmemoryyouusea48-bitlogicaladdress:16bitsthatspecifiesthesegmentand32-bitsthatspecifieswhatoffsetwithinthatsegmentyouwant.Theoffsetisaddedtothebaseaddressofthesegment,andtheresultinglinearaddressischeckedagainstthesegment’slimit-seethefigurebelow.Ifeverythingworksoutfine(includingaccess-rightschecksignoredfornow)theresultisalinearaddress.Whenpagingisdisabled,thenthelinearaddressspaceismapped1:1ontothephysicaladdressspace,andthephysicalmemorycanbeaccessed.(Seethechapter“Paging”forhowtoenablepaging.)Toenablesegmentationyouneedtosetupatablethatdescribeseachsegment-asegmentdescriptortable.Inx86,therearetwotypesofdescriptortables:theGlobalDescriptorTable(GDT)andLocalDescriptorTables(LDT).AnLDTissetupandmanagedbyuser-spaceprocesses,andallprocesseshavetheirownLDT.LDTscanbeusedifamorecomplexsegmentationmodelisdesired-wewon’tuseit.TheGDTissharedbyeveryone-it’sglobal.Aswediscussinthesectionsonvirtualmemoryandpaging,segmentationisrarelyusedmorethaninaminimalsetup,similartowhatwedobelow.AccessingMemoryMostofthetimewhenaccessingmemorythereisnoneedtoexplicitlyspecifythesegmenttouse.Theprocessorhassix16-bitsegmentregisters:cs,ss,ds,es,gsandfs.Theregistercsisthecodesegmentregisterandspecifiesthesegmenttousewhenfetchinginstructions.Theregisterssisusedwheneveraccessingthestack(throughthestackpointeresp),anddsisusedforotherdataaccesses.TheOSisfreetousetheregisterses,gsandfshoweveritwant.Belowisanexampleshowingimplicituseofthesegmentregisters:func:moveax,[esp+4]movebx,[eax]addebx,8mov[eax],ebxretTheaboveexamplecanbecomparedwiththefollowingonethatmakesexplicituseofthesegmentregisters:33 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3GettingtoC19SettingUpaStack.............................................19CallingCCodeFromAssembly......................................20PackingStructs............................................20CompilingCCode.............................................21BuildTools.................................................21FurtherReading..............................................224Output23InteractingwiththeHardware......................................23TheFramebuffer..............................................23WritingText.............................................23MovingtheCursor..........................................25TheDriver..............................................26TheSerialPorts..............................................26ConfiguringtheSerialPort.....................................27ConfiguringtheLine.........................................27ConfiguringtheBuffers.......................................29ConfiguringtheModem.......................................29WritingDatatotheSerialPort...................................30ConfiguringBochs..........................................31TheDriver..............................................31FurtherReading..............................................315Segmentation33AccessingMemory.............................................33TheGlobalDescriptorTable(GDT)...................................35LoadingtheGDT.............................................36FurtherReading..............................................376InterruptsandInput39InterruptsHandlers.............................................39CreatinganEntryintheIDT.......................................39HandlinganInterrupt...........................................40CreatingaGenericInterruptHandler..................................41LoadingtheIDT..............................................434 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Chapter11UserModeUsermodeisnowalmostwithinourreach,therearejustafewmorestepsrequiredtogetthere.Althoughthesestepsmightseemeasytheywaytheyarepresentedinthischapter,theycanbetrickytoimplement,sincetherearealotofplaceswheresmallerrorswillcausebugsthatarehardtofind.SegmentsforUserModeToenableusermodeweneedtoaddtwomoresegmentstotheGDT.TheyareverysimilartothekernelsegmentsweaddedwhenwesetuptheGDTinthechapteraboutsegmentation:IndexOffsetNameAddressrangeTypeDPL30x18usercodesegment0x00000000-0xFFFFFFFFRXPL340x20userdatasegment0x00000000-0xFFFFFFFFRWPL3Table11.1:Thesegmentdescriptorsneededforusermode.ThedifferenceistheDPL,whichnowallowscodetoexecuteinPL3.Thesegmentscanstillbeusedtoaddresstheentireaddressspace,justusingthesesegmentsforusermodecodewillnotprotectthekernel.Forthatweneedpaging.SettingUpForUserModeThereareafewthingseveryusermodeprocessneeds:•Pageframesforcode,dataandstack.Atthemomentitsufficestoallocateonepageframeforthestackandenoughpageframestofittheprogram’scode.Don’tworryaboutsettingupastackthatcanbegrowandshrinkatthispointintime,focusongettingabasicimplementationworkfirst.•ThebinaryfromtheGRUBmodulehastobecopiedtothepageframesusedfortheprogramscode.•Apagedirectoryandpagetablesareneededtomapthepageframesdescribedaboveintomemory.Atleasttwopagetablesareneeded,becausethecodeanddatashouldbemappedinat0x0000000065 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ProgrammableInterruptController(PIC)................................43ReadingInputfromtheKeyboard....................................44FurtherReading..............................................457TheRoadtoUserMode47LoadinganExternalProgram.......................................47GRUBModules............................................47ExecutingaProgram............................................48AVerySimpleProgram.......................................48Compiling...............................................48FindingthePrograminMemory..................................49JumpingtotheCode.........................................49TheBeginningofUserMode.......................................498AShortIntroductiontoVirtualMemory51VirtualMemoryThroughSegmentation?.................................51FurtherReading..............................................519Paging53WhyPaging?................................................53Paginginx86................................................53IdentityPaging............................................55EnablingPaging...........................................55AFewDetails.............................................55PagingandtheKernel...........................................55ReasonstoNotIdentityMaptheKernel..............................56TheVirtualAddressfortheKernel.................................56PlacingtheKernelat0xC0000000.................................56Higher-halfLinkerScript.......................................57EnteringtheHigherHalf.......................................57RunningintheHigherHalf.....................................58VirtualMemoryThroughPaging.....................................58FurtherReading..............................................595 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CallingCCodeFromAssemblyThenextstepistocallaCfunctionfromassemblycode.TherearemanydifferentconventionsforhowtocallCcodefromassemblycode[25].Thisbookusesthecdeclcallingconvention,sincethatistheoneusedbyGCC.Thecdeclcallingconventionstatesthatargumentstoafunctionshouldbepassedviathestack(onx86).Theargumentsofthefunctionshouldbepushedonthestackinaright-to-leftorder,thatis,youpushtherightmostargumentfirst.Thereturnvalueofthefunctionisplacedintheeaxregister.Thefollowingcodeshowsanexample:/*TheCfunction*/intsum_of_three(intarg1,intarg2,intarg3){returnarg1+arg2+arg3;};Theassemblycodeexternalsum_of_three;thefunctionsum_of_threeisdefinedelsewherepushdword3;arg3pushdword2;arg2pushdword1;arg1callsum_of_three;callthefunction,theresultwillbeineaxPackingStructsIntherestofthisbook,youwilloftencomeacross“configurationbytes”thatareacollectionofbitsinaveryspecificorder.Belowfollowsanexamplewith32bits:Bit:|3124|238|70|Content:|index|address|config|Insteadofusinganunsignedinteger,unsignedint,forhandlingsuchconfigurations,itismuchmoreconvenienttouse“packedstructures”:structexample{unsignedcharconfig;/*bit0-7*/unsignedshortaddress;/*bit8-23*/unsignedcharindex;/*bit24-31*/};Whenusingthestructinthepreviousexamplethereisnoguaranteethatthesizeofthestructwillbeexactly32bits-thecompilercanaddsomepaddingbetweenelementsforvariousreasons,forexampletospeedupelementaccessorduetorequirementssetbythehardwareand/orcompiler.Whenusingastructtorepresentconfigurationbytes,itisveryimportantthatthecompilerdoesnotaddanypadding,becausethestructwilleventuallybetreatedasa32bitunsignedintegerbythehardware.TheattributepackedcanbeusedtoforceGCCtonotaddanypadding:structexample{unsignedcharconfig;/*bit0-7*/20 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func:moveax,[ss:esp+4]movebx,[ds:eax]addebx,8mov[ds:eax],ebxretYoudon’tneedtousessforstoringthestacksegmentselector,ordsforthedatasegmentselector.Youcouldstorethestacksegmentselectorindsandviceversa.However,inordertousetheimplicitstyleshownabove,youmuststorethesegmentselectorsintheirindentedregisters.Segmentdescriptorsandtheirfieldsaredescribedinfigure3-8intheIntelmanual[33].TheGlobalDescriptorTable(GDT)AGDT/LDTisanarrayof8-bytesegmentdescriptors.ThefirstdescriptorintheGDTisalwaysanulldescriptorandcanneverbeusedtoaccessmemory.Atleasttwosegmentdescriptors(plusthenulldescriptor)areneededfortheGDT,becausethedescriptorcontainsmoreinformationthanjustthebaseandlimitfields.ThetwomostrelevantfieldsforusaretheTypefieldandtheDescriptorPrivilegeLevel(DPL)field.Table3-1inchapter3oftheIntelmanual[33]specifiesthevaluesfortheTypefield.ThetableshowsthattheTypefieldcan’tbebothwritableandexecutableatthesametime.Therefore,twosegmentsareneeded:onesegmentforexecutingcodetoputincs(TypeisExecute-onlyorExecute-Read)andonesegmentforreadingandwritingdata(TypeisRead/Write)toputintheothersegmentregisters.TheDPLspecifiestheprivilegelevelsrequiredtousethesegment.x86allowsforfourprivilegelevels(PL),0to3,wherePL0isthemostprivileged.Inmostoperatingsystems(eg.LinuxandWindows),onlyPL0andPL3areused.However,someoperatingsystem,suchasMINIX,makeuseofalllevels.Thekernelshouldbeabletodoanything,thereforeitusessegmentswithDPLsetto0(alsocalledkernelmode).Thecurrentprivilegelevel(CPL)isdeterminedbythesegmentselectorincs.Thesegmentsneededaredescribedinthetablebelow.IndexOffsetNameAddressrangeTypeDPL00x00nulldescriptor10x08kernelcodesegment0x00000000-0xFFFFFFFFRXPL020x10kerneldatasegment0x00000000-0xFFFFFFFFRWPL0Table5.1:Thesegmentdescriptorsneeded.Notethatthesegmentsoverlap-theybothencompasstheentirelinearaddressspace.Inourminimalsetupwe’llonlyusesegmentationtogetprivilegelevels.SeetheIntelmanual[33],chapter3,fordetailsontheotherdescriptorfields.35 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*(.rodata*)}}Note:*(.text)willnotincludethe.textsectionofstart.oagain.WiththisscriptwecanwriteprogramsinCorassembler(oranyotherlanguagethatcompilestoobjectfileslinkablewithld),anditiseasytoloadandmapforthekernel(.rodatawillbemappedinaswriteable,though).WhenwecompileuserprogramswewantthefollowingGCCflags:-m32-nostdlib-nostdinc-fno-builtin-fno-stack-protector-nostartfiles-nodefaultlibsForlinking,thefollowingsflagsshouldbeused:-Tlink.ld-melf_i386#emulate32bitsELF,thebinaryoutputisspecified#inthelinkerscriptTheoption-Tinstructsthelinkertousethelinkerscriptlink.ld.ACLibraryItmightnowbeinterestingtostartthinkingaboutwritingasmall“standardlibrary”foryourprograms.Someofthefunctionalityrequiressystemcallstowork,butsome,suchasthefunctionsinstring.h,doesnot.FurtherReading•GustavoDuartehasanarticleonprivilegelevels:http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/cpu-rings-privilege-and-protection68 #################### File: 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Theapplicationprogramwillbecreatedlaterinthischapter.Thecodethatcallskmainmustbeupdatedtopassinformationtokmainaboutwhereitcanfindthemodules.WealsowanttotellGRUBthatitshouldalignallthemodulesonpageboundarieswhenloadingthem(seethechapter“Paging”fordetailsaboutpagealignment).ToinstructGRUBhowtoloadourmodules,the“multibootheader”-thefirstbytesofthekernel-mustbeupdatedasfollows:;infile‘loader.s‘MAGIC_NUMBERequ0x1BADB002;definethemagicnumberconstantALIGN_MODULESequ0x00000001;tellGRUBtoalignmodules;calculatethechecksum(alloptions+checksumshouldequal0)CHECKSUMequ-(MAGIC_NUMBER+ALIGN_MODULES)section.text:;startofthetext(code)sectionalign4;thecodemustbe4bytealignedddMAGIC_NUMBER;writethemagicnumberddALIGN_MODULES;writethealignmodulesinstructionddCHECKSUM;writethechecksumGRUBwillalsostoreapointertoastructintheregisterebxthat,amongotherthings,describesatwhichaddressesthemodulesareloaded.Therefore,youprobablywanttopushebxonthestackbeforecallingkmaintomakeitanargumentforkmain.ExecutingaProgramAVerySimpleProgramAprogramwrittenatthisstagecanonlyperformafewactions.Therefore,averyshortprogramthatwritesavaluetoaregistersufficesasatestprogram.HaltingBochsafterawhileandthencheckthatregistercontainsthecorrectnumberbylookingintheBochslogwillverifythattheprogramhasrun.Thisisanexampleofsuchashortprogram:;seteaxtosomedistinguishablenumber,toreadfromthelogafterwardsmoveax,0xDEADBEEF;enterinfiniteloop,nothingmoretodo;$means"beginningofline",ie.thesameinstructionjmp$CompilingSinceourkernelcannotparseadvancedexecutableformatsweneedtocompilethecodeintoaflatbinary.NASMcandothiswiththeflag-f:nasm-fbinprogram.s-oprogramThisisallweneed.Youmustnowmovethefileprogramtothefolderiso/modules.48 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InodesandWritableFileSystemsWhentheneedforawritablefilesystemarises,thenitisagoodideatolookintotheconceptofaninode.Seethesection“FurtherReading”forrecommendedreading.AVirtualFileSystemWhatabstractionshouldbeusedforreadingandwritingtodevicessuchasthescreenandthekeyboard?Avirtualfilesystem(VFS)createsanabstractionontopoftheconcretefilesystems.AVFSmainlysuppliesthepathsystemandfilehierarchy,itdelegatesoperationsonfilestotheunderlyingfilesystems.TheoriginalpaperonVFSissuccinctandwellwortharead.Seethesection“FurtherReading”forareference.WithaVFSwecouldmountaspecialfilesystemonthepath/dev.Thisfilesystemwouldhandlealldevicessuchaskeyboardsandtheconsole.However,onecouldalsotakethetraditionalUNIXapproach,withmajor/minordevicenumbersandmknodtocreatespecialfilesfordevices.Whichapproachyouthinkisthemostappropriateisuptoyou,thereisnorightorwrongwhenbuildingabstractionlayers(althoughsomeabstractionsturnoutwaymoreusefulthanothers).FurtherReading•TheideasbehindthePlan9operatingsystemsisworthtakingalookat:http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/index.html•Wikipedia’spageoninodes:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inodeandtheinodepointerstructure:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inode_pointer_structure.•Theoriginalpaperontheconceptofvnodesandavirtualfilesystemisquiteinteresting:http://www.arl.wustl.edu/~fredk/Courses/cs523/fall01/Papers/kleiman86vnodes.pdf•Poul-HenningKampdiscussestheideaofaspecialfilesystemfor/devinhttp://static.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bsdcon02/full_papers/kamp/kamp_html/index.html70 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Chapter1IntroductionThistextisapracticalguidetowritingyourownx86operatingsystem.Itisdesignedtogiveenoughhelpwiththetechnicaldetailswhileatthesametimenotrevealtoomuchwithsamplesandcodeexcerpts.We’vetriedtocollectpartsofthevast(andoftenexcellent)expanseofmaterialandtutorialsavailable,onthewebandotherwise,andaddourowninsightsintotheproblemsweencounteredandstruggledwith.Thisbookisnotaboutthetheorybehindoperatingsystems,orhowanyspecificoperatingsystem(OS)works.ForOStheorywerecommendthebookModernOperatingSystemsbyAndrewTanenbaum[1].ListsanddetailsoncurrentoperatingsystemsareavailableontheInternet.Thestartingchaptersarequitedetailedandexplicit,toquicklygetyouintocoding.Laterchaptersgivemoreofanoutlineofwhatisneeded,asmoreandmoreoftheimplementationanddesignbecomesuptothereader,whoshouldnowbemorefamiliarwiththeworldofkerneldevelopment.Attheendofsomechapterstherearelinksforfurtherreading,whichmightbeinterestingandgiveadeeperunderstandingofthetopicscovered.Inchapter2and3wesetupourdevelopmentenvironmentandbootupourOSkernelinavirtualmachine,eventuallystartingtowritecodeinC.Wecontinueinchapter4withwritingtothescreenandtheserialport,andthenwediveintosegmentationinchapter5andinterruptsandinputinchapter6.Afterthiswehaveaquitefunctionalbutbare-bonesOSkernel.Inchapter7westarttheroadtousermodeapplications,withvirtualmemorythroughpaging(chapter8and9),memoryallocation(chapter10),andfinallyrunningauserapplicationinchapter11.Inthelastthreechapterswediscussthemoreadvancedtopicsoffilesystems(chapter12),systemcalls(chapter13),andmultitasking(chapter14).AbouttheBookTheOSkernelandthisbookwereproducedaspartofanadvancedindividualcourseattheRoyalInstituteofTechnology[2],Stockholm.TheauthorshadpreviouslytakencoursesinOStheory,buthadonlyminorpracticalexperiencewithOSkerneldevelopment.InordertogetmoreinsightandadeeperunderstandingofhowthetheoryfromthepreviousOScoursesworksoutinpractice,theauthorsdecidedtocreateanewcourse,whichfocusedonthedevelopmentofasmallOS.Anothergoalofthecoursewaswritingathorough 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ld-Tlink.ld-melf_i386loader.o-okernel.elfThefinalexecutablewillbecalledkernel.elf.ObtainingGRUBTheGRUBversionwewilluseisGRUBLegacy,sincetheOSISOimagecanthenbegeneratedonsystemsusingbothGRUBLegacyandGRUB2.Morespecifically,theGRUBLegacystage2_eltoritobootloaderwillbeused.ThisfilecanbebuiltfromGRUB0.97bydownloadingthesourcefromftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-0.97.tar.gz.However,theconfigurescriptdoesn’tworkwellwithUbuntu[21],sothebinaryfilecanbedownloadedfromhttp://littleosbook.github.com/files/stage2_eltorito.Copythefilestage2_eltoritotothefolderthatalreadycontainsloader.sandlink.ld.BuildinganISOImageTheexecutablemustbeplacedonamediathatcanbeloadedbyavirtualorphysicalmachine.InthisbookwewilluseISO[22]imagefilesasthemedia,butonecanalsousefloppyimages,dependingonwhatthevirtualorphysicalmachinesupports.WewillcreatethekernelISOimagewiththeprogramgenisoimage.AfoldermustfirstbecreatedthatcontainsthefilesthatwillbeontheISOimage.Thefollowingcommandscreatethefolderandcopythefilestotheircorrectplaces:mkdir-piso/boot/grub#createthefolderstructurecpstage2_eltoritoiso/boot/grub/#copythebootloadercpkernel.elfiso/boot/#copythekernelAconfigurationfilemenu.lstforGRUBmustbecreated.ThisfiletellsGRUBwherethekernelislocatedandconfiguressomeoptions:default=0timeout=0titleoskernel/boot/kernel.elfPlacethefilemenu.lstinthefolderiso/boot/grub/.Thecontentsoftheisofoldershouldnowlooklikethefollowingfigure:iso|--boot|--grub||--menu.lst||--stage2_eltorito|--kernel.elfTheISOimagecanthenbegeneratedwiththefollowingcommand:15 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unsignedshortaddress;/*bit8-23*/unsignedcharindex;/*bit24-31*/}__attribute__((packed));Notethat__attribute__((packed))isnotpartoftheCstandard-itmightnotworkwithallCcompilers.CompilingCCodeWhencompilingtheCcodefortheOS,alotofflagstoGCCneedtobeused.ThisisbecausetheCcodeshouldnotassumethepresenceofastandardlibrary,sincethereisnostandardlibraryavailableforourOS.Formoreinformationabouttheflags,seetheGCCmanual.TheflagsusedforcompilingtheCcodeare:-m32-nostdlib-nostdinc-fno-builtin-fno-stack-protector-nostartfiles-nodefaultlibsAsalwayswhenwritingCprogramswerecommendturningonallwarningsandtreatwarningsaserrors:-Wall-Wextra-WerrorYoucannowcreateafunctionkmaininafilecalledkmain.cthatyoucallfromloader.s.Atthispoint,kmainprobablywon’tneedanyarguments(butinlaterchaptersitwill).BuildToolsNowisalsoprobablyagoodtimetosetupsomebuildtoolstomakeiteasiertocompileandtest-runtheOS.Werecommendusingmake[13],butthereareplentyofotherbuildsystemsavailable.AsimpleMakefilefortheOScouldlooklikethefollowingexample:OBJECTS=loader.okmain.oCC=gccCFLAGS=-m32-nostdlib-nostdinc-fno-builtin-fno-stack-protector\-nostartfiles-nodefaultlibs-Wall-Wextra-Werror-cLDFLAGS=-Tlink.ld-melf_i386AS=nasmASFLAGS=-felfall:kernel.elfkernel.elf:$(OBJECTS)ld$(LDFLAGS)$(OBJECTS)-okernel.elfos.iso:kernel.elfcpkernel.elfiso/boot/kernel.elfgenisoimage-R\-bboot/grub/stage2_eltorito\-no-emul-boot\21 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Theregisterds,andtheotherdatasegmentregisters,shouldbesettothesamesegmentselectorasss.Theycanbesettheordinaryway,withthemovassemblycodeinstruction.Wearenowreadytoexecuteiret.Ifeverythinghasbeensetupright,weshouldnowhaveakernelthatcanenterusermode.UsingCforUserModeProgramsWhenCisusedastheprogramminglanguageforusermodeprograms,itisimportanttothinkaboutthestructureofthefilethatwillbetheresultofthecompilation.ThereasonwecanuseELF[18]asthefileformatforforthekernelexecutableisbecauseGRUBknowshowtoparseandinterprettheELFfileformat.IfweimplementedanELFparser,wecouldcompiletheusermodeprogramsintoELFbinariesaswell.Weleavethisasanexerciseforthereader.OnethingwecandotomakeiteasiertodevelopusermodeprogramsistoallowtheprogramstobewritteninC,butcompilethemtoflatbinariesinsteadofELFbinaries.InCthelayoutofthegeneratedcodeismoreunpredictableandtheentrypoint,main,mightnotbeatoffset0inthebinary.Onecommonwaytoworkaroundthisistoaddafewassemblycodelinesplacedatoffset0whichcallsmain:externmainsection.text;pushargv;pushargccallmain;mainhasreturned,eaxisreturnvaluejmp$;loopforeverIfthiscodeissavedinafilecalledstart.s,thenthefollowingcodeshowanexampleofalinkerscriptthatplacestheseinstructionsfirstinexecutable(rememberthatstart.sgetscompiledtostart.o):OUTPUT_FORMAT("binary")/*outputflatbinary*/SECTIONS{.=0;/*relocatetoaddress0*/.textALIGN(4):{start.o(.text)/*includethe.textsectionofstart.o*/*(.text)/*includeallother.textsections*/}.dataALIGN(4):{*(.data)}.rodataALIGN(4):{67 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Chapter10PageFrameAllocationWhenusingvirtualmemory,howdoestheOSknowwhichpartsofmemoryarefreetouse?Thatistheroleofthepageframeallocator.ManagingAvailableMemoryHowMuchMemoryisThere?FirstweneedtoknowhowmuchmemoryisavailableonthecomputertheOSisrunningon.Theeasiestwaytodothisistoreaditfromthemultibootstructure[19]passedtousbyGRUB.GRUBcollectstheinformationweneedaboutthememory-whatisreserved,I/Omapped,read-onlyetc.Wemustalsomakesurethatwedon’tmarkthepartofmemoryusedbythekernelasfree(sinceGRUBdoesn’tmarkthismemoryasreserved).Onewaytoknowhowmuchmemorythekernelusesistoexportlabelsatthebeginningandtheendofthekernelbinaryfromthelinkerscript:ENTRY(loader)/*thenameoftheentrysymbol*/.=0xC0100000/*thecodeshouldberelocatedto3GB+1MB*//*theselabelsgetexportedtothecodefiles*/kernel_virtual_start=.;kernel_physical_start=.-0xC0000000;/*alignat4KBandloadat1MB*/.textALIGN(0x1000):AT(ADDR(.text)-0xC0000000){*(.text)/*alltextsectionsfromallfiles*/}/*alignat4KBandloadat1MB+.*/.rodataALIGN(0x1000):AT(ADDR(.rodata)-0xC0000000){*(.rodata*)/*allread-onlydatasectionsfromallfiles*/}61 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referencematerialandmatureemulators.Thedocumentationandinformationsurroundingthedetailsofthehardwarewehadtoworkwithwasnotalwayseasytofindorunderstand,despite(orperhapsdueto)theageofthearchitecture.TheOSwasdevelopedinaboutsixweeksoffull-timework.Theimplementationwasdoneinmanysmallsteps,andaftereachsteptheOSwastestedmanually.Bydevelopinginthisincrementalanditerativeway,itwasofteneasiertofindanybugsthatwereintroduced,sinceonlyasmallpartofthecodehadchangedsincethelastknowngoodstateofthecode.Weencouragethereadertoworkinasimilarway.Duringthesixweeksofdevelopment,almosteverysinglelineofcodewaswrittenbytheauthorstogether(thiswayofworkingisalsocalledpair-programming).Itisourbeliefthatwemanagedtoavoidalotofbugsduetothisstyleofdevelopment,butthisishardtoprovescientifically.TheReaderThereaderofthisbookshouldbecomfortablewithUNIX/Linux,systemsprogramming,theClanguageandcomputersystemsingeneral(suchashexadecimalnotation[3]).Thisbookcouldbeawaytogetstartedlearningthosethings,butitwillbemoredifficult,anddevelopinganoperatingsystemisalreadychallengingonitsown.Searchenginesandothertutorialsareoftenhelpfulifyougetstuck.Credits,ThanksandAcknowledgementsWe’dliketothanktheOSDevcommunity[4]fortheirgreatwikiandhelpfulmembers,andJamesMalloyforhiseminentkerneldevelopmenttutorial[5].We’dalsoliketothankoursupervisorTorbjörnGranlundforhisinsightfulquestionsandinterestingdiscussions.MostoftheCSSformattingofthebookisbasedontheworkbyScottChaconforthebookProGit,http://progit.org/.ContributorsWeareverygratefulforthepatchesthatpeoplesendus.Thefollowingusershaveallcontributedtothisbook:•alexschneider•Avidanborisov•nirs•kedarmhaswade•vamanea•ansjobChangesandCorrectionsThisbookishostedonGithub-ifyouhaveanysuggestions,commentsorcorrections,justforkthebook,writeyourchanges,andsendusapullrequest.We’llhappilyincorporateanythingthatmakesthisbookbetter.8 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Contents1Introduction7AbouttheBook..............................................7TheReader.................................................8Credits,ThanksandAcknowledgements.................................8Contributors................................................8ChangesandCorrections.........................................8Issuesandwheretogethelp........................................9License...................................................92FirstSteps11Tools.....................................................11QuickSetup..............................................11ProgrammingLanguages.......................................11HostOperatingSystem.......................................12BuildSystem.............................................12VirtualMachine...........................................12Booting...................................................12BIOS..................................................12TheBootloader............................................13TheOperatingSystem........................................13HelloCafebabe...............................................13CompilingtheOperatingSystem..................................13LinkingtheKernel..........................................14ObtainingGRUB...........................................15BuildinganISOImage........................................15RunningBochs............................................16FurtherReading..............................................173 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Chapter14MultitaskingHowdoyoumakemultipleprocessesappeartorunatthesametime?Today,thisquestionhastwoanswers:•Withtheavailabilityofmulti-coreprocessors,oronsystemwithmultipleprocessors,twoprocessescanactuallyrunatthesametimebyrunningtwoprocessesondifferentcoresorprocessors.•Fakeit.Thatis,switchrapidly(fasterthanahumancannotice)betweentheprocesses.Atanygivenmomentthereisonlyoneprocessexecuting,buttherapidswitchinggivestheimpressionthattheyarerunning“atthesametime”.Sincetheoperatingsystemcreatedinthisbookdoesnotsupportmulti-coreprocessorsormultipleprocessorstheonlyoptionistofakeit.Thepartoftheoperatingsystemresponsibleforrapidlyswitchingbetweentheprocessesiscalledtheschedulingalgorithm.CreatingNewProcessesCreatingnewprocessesisusuallydonewithtwodifferentsystemcalls:forkandexec.forkcreatesanexactcopyofthecurrentlyrunningprocess,whileexecreplacesthecurrentprocesswithonethatisspecifiedbyapathtothelocationofaprograminthefilesystem.Ofthesetwowerecommendthatyoustartimplementingexec,sincethissystemcallwilldoalmostexactlythesamestepsasdescribedinthesection“Settingupforusermode”inthechapter“UserMode”.CooperativeSchedulingwithYieldingTheeasiestwaytoachieverapidswitchingbetweenprocessesisiftheprocessesthemselvesareresponsiblefortheswitching.TheprocessesrunforawhileandthentelltheOS(viaasystemcall)thatitcannowswitchtoanotherprocess.GivingupthecontrolofCPUtoanotherprocessiscalledyieldingandwhentheprocessesthemselvesareresponsiblefortheschedulingit’scalledcooperativescheduling,sincealltheprocessesmustcooperatewitheachother.Whenaprocessyieldstheprocess’entirestatemustbesaved(alltheregisters),preferablyonthekernelheapinastructurethatrepresentsaprocess.Whenchangingtoanewprocessalltheregistersmustberestoredfromthesavedvalues.73 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Chapter9PagingSegmentationtranslatesalogicaladdressintoalinearaddress.Pagingtranslatestheselinearaddressesontothephysicaladdressspace,anddeterminesaccessrightsandhowthememoryshouldbecached.WhyPaging?Pagingisthemostcommontechniqueusedinx86toenablevirtualmemory.Virtualmemorythroughpagingmeansthateachprocesswillgettheimpressionthattheavailablememoryrangeis0x00000000-0xFFFFFFFFeventhoughtheactualsizeofthememorymightbemuchless.Italsomeansthatwhenaprocessaddressesabyteofmemoryitwilluseavirtual(linear)addressinsteadofphysicalone.Thecodeintheuserprocesswon’tnoticeanydifference(exceptforexecutiondelays).ThelinearaddressgetstranslatedtoaphysicaladdressbytheMMUandthepagetable.Ifthevirtualaddressisn’tmappedtoaphysicaladdress,theCPUwillraiseapagefaultinterrupt.Pagingisoptional,andsomeoperatingsystemsdonotmakeuseofit.Butifwewanttomarkcertainareasofmemoryaccessibleonlytocoderunningatacertainprivilegelevel(tobeabletohaveprocessesrunningatdifferentprivilegelevels),pagingistheneatestwaytodoit.Paginginx86Paginginx86(chapter4intheIntelmanual[33])consistsofapagedirectory(PDT)thatcancontainreferencesto1024pagetables(PT),eachofwhichcanpointto1024sectionsofphysicalmemorycalledpageframes(PF).Eachpageframeis4096bytelarge.Inavirtual(linear)address,thehighest10bitsspecifiestheoffsetofapagedirectoryentry(PDE)inthecurrentPDT,thenext10bitstheoffsetofapagetableentry(PTE)withinthepagetablepointedtobythatPDE.Thelowest12bitsintheaddressistheoffsetwithinthepageframetobeaddressed.Allpagedirectories,pagetablesandpageframesneedtobealignedon4096byteaddresses.ThismakesitpossibletoaddressaPDT,PTorPFwithjustthehighest20bitsofa32bitaddress,sincethelowest12needtobezero.ThePDEandPTEstructureisverysimilartoeachother:32bits(4bytes),wherethehighest20bitspointstoaPTEorPF,andthelowest12bitscontrolaccessrightsandotherconfigurations.4bytestimes1024equals4096bytes,soapagedirectoryandpagetablebothfitinapageframethemselves.Thetranslationoflinearaddressestophysicaladdressesisdescribedinthefigurebelow.53 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Chapter8AShortIntroductiontoVirtualMemoryVirtualmemoryisanabstractionofphysicalmemory.Thepurposeofvirtualmemoryisgenerallytosimplifyapplicationdevelopmentandtoletprocessesaddressmorememorythanwhatisactuallyphysicallypresentinthemachine.Wealsodon’twantapplicationsmessingwiththekernelorotherapplications’memoryduetosecurity.Inthex86architecture,virtualmemorycanbeaccomplishedintwoways:segmentationandpaging.Pagingisbyfarthemostcommonandversatiletechnique,andwe’llimplementitthenextchapter.Someuseofsegmentationisstillnecessarytoallowforcodetoexecuteunderdifferentprivilegelevels.Managingmemoryisabigpartofwhatanoperatingsystemdoes.Pagingandpageframeallocationdealswiththat.Segmentationandpagingisdescribedinthe[33],chapter3and4.VirtualMemoryThroughSegmentation?Youcouldskippagingentirelyandjustusesegmentationforvirtualmemory.Eachusermodeprocesswouldgetitsownsegment,withbaseaddressandlimitproperlysetup.Thiswaynoprocesscanseethememoryofanotherprocess.Aproblemwiththisisthatthephysicalmemoryforaprocessneedstobecontiguous(oratleastitisveryconvenientifitis).Eitherweneedtoknowinadvancehowmuchmemorytheprogramwillrequire(unlikely),orwecanmovethememorysegmentstoplaceswheretheycangrowwhenthelimitisreached(expensive,causesfragmentation-canresultin“outofmemory”eventhoughenoughmemoryisavailable).Pagingsolvesboththeseproblems.Itisinterestingtonotethatinx86_64(the64-bitversionofthex86architecture),segmentationisalmostcompletelyremoved.FurtherReading•LWN.nethasanarticleonvirtualmemory:http://lwn.net/Articles/253361/•GustavoDuartehasalsowrittenanarticleaboutvirtualmemory:http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/memory-translation-and-segmentation51 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Chapter4OutputThischapterwillpresenthowtodisplaytextontheconsoleaswellaswritingdatatotheserialport.Furthermore,wewillcreateourfirstdriver,thatis,codethatactsasalayerbetweenthekernelandthehardware,providingahigherabstractionthancommunicatingdirectlywiththehardware.Thefirstpartofthischapterisaboutcreatingadriverfortheframebuffer[26]tobeabletodisplaytextontheconsole.Thesecondpartshowshowtocreateadriverfortheserialport.Bochscanstoreoutputfromtheserialportinafile,effectivelycreatingaloggingmechanismfortheoperatingsystem.InteractingwiththeHardwareThereareusuallytwodifferentwaystointeractwiththehardware,memory-mappedI/OandI/Oports.Ifthehardwareusesmemory-mappedI/Othenyoucanwritetoaspecificmemoryaddressandthehardwarewillbeupdatedwiththenewdata.Oneexampleofthisistheframebuffer,whichwillbediscussedinmoredetaillater.Forexample,ifyouwritethevalue0x410Ftoaddress0x000B8000,youwillseetheletterAinwhitecoloronablackbackground(seethesectionontheframebufferformoredetails).IfthehardwareusesI/Oportsthentheassemblycodeinstructionsoutandinmustbeusedtocommunicatewiththehardware.Theinstructionouttakestwoparameters:theaddressoftheI/Oportandthedatatosend.Theinstructionintakesasingleparameter,theaddressoftheI/Oport,andreturnsdatafromthehardware.OnecanthinkofI/Oportsascommunicatingwithhardwarethesamewayasyoucommunicatewithaserverusingsockets.Thecursor(theblinkingrectangle)oftheframebufferisoneexampleofhardwarecontrolledviaI/OportsonaPC.TheFramebufferTheframebufferisahardwaredevicethatiscapableofdisplayingabufferofmemoryonthescreen[26].Theframebufferhas80columnsand25rows,andtherowandcolumnindicesstartat0(sorowsarelabelled0-24).WritingTextWritingtexttotheconsoleviatheframebufferisdonewithmemory-mappedI/O.Thestartingaddressofthememory-mappedI/Ofortheframebufferis0x000B8000[27].Thememoryisdividedinto16bitcells,23 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Chapter7TheRoadtoUserModeNowthatthekernelboots,printstoscreenandreadsfromkeyboard-whatdowedo?Usually,akernelisnotsupposedtodotheapplicationlogicitself,butleavethatforapplications.Thekernelcreatestheproperabstractions(formemory,files,devices)tomakeapplicationdevelopmenteasier,performstasksonbehalfofapplications(systemcalls)andschedulesprocesses.Usermode,incontrastwithkernelmode,istheenvironmentinwhichtheuser’sprogramsexecute.Thisenvironmentislessprivilegedthanthekernel,andwillprevent(badlywritten)userprogramsfrommessingwithotherprogramsorthekernel.Badlywrittenkernelsarefreetomessupwhattheywant.There’squiteawaytogountiltheOScreatedinthisbookcanexecuteprogramsinusermode,butthischapterwillshowhowtoeasilyexecuteasmallprograminkernelmode.LoadinganExternalProgramWheredowegettheexternalprogramfrom?Somehowweneedtoloadthecodewewanttoexecuteintomemory.Morefeature-completeoperatingsystemsusuallyhavedriversandfilesystemsthatenablethemtoloadthesoftwarefromaCD-ROMdrive,aharddiskorotherpersistentmedia.InsteadofcreatingallthesedriversandfilesystemswewilluseafeatureinGRUBcalledmodulestoloadtheprogram.GRUBModulesGRUBcanloadarbitraryfilesintomemoryfromtheISOimage,andthesefilesareusuallyreferredtoasmodules.TomakeGRUBloadamodule,editthefileiso/boot/grub/menu.lstandaddthefollowinglineattheendofthefile:module/modules/programNowcreatethefolderiso/modules:mkdir-piso/modules47 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/*alignat4KBandloadat1MB+.*/.dataALIGN(0x1000):AT(ADDR(.data)-0xC0000000){*(.data)/*alldatasectionsfromallfiles*/}/*alignat4KBandloadat1MB+.*/.bssALIGN(0x1000):AT(ADDR(.bss)-0xC0000000){*(COMMON)/*allCOMMONsectionsfromallfiles*/*(.bss)/*allbsssectionsfromallfiles*/}kernel_virtual_end=.;kernel_physical_end=.-0xC0000000;TheselabelscandirectlybereadfromassemblycodeandpushedonthestacktomakethemavailabletoCcode:externkernel_virtual_startexternkernel_virtual_endexternkernel_physical_startexternkernel_physical_end;...pushkernel_physical_endpushkernel_physical_startpushkernel_virtual_endpushkernel_virtual_startcallkmainThiswaywegetthelabelsasargumentstokmain.IfyouwanttouseCinsteadofassemblycode,onewaytodoitistodeclarethelabelsasfunctionsandtaketheaddressesofthesefunctions:voidkernel_virtual_start(void);/*...*/unsignedintvaddr=(unsignedint)&kernel_virtual_start;IfyouuseGRUBmodulesyouneedtomakesurethememorytheyuseismarkedasreservedaswell.Notethattheavailablememorydoesnotneedtobecontiguous.Inthefirst1MBthereareseveralI/O-mappedmemorysections,aswellasmemoryusedbyGRUBandtheBIOS.Otherpartsofthememorymightbesimilarlyunavailable.It’sconvenienttodividethememorysectionsintocompletepageframes,aswecan’tmappartofpagesintomemory.62 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Chapter2FirstStepsDevelopinganoperatingsystem(OS)isnoeasytask,andthequestion“HowdoIevenbegintosolvethisproblem?”islikelytocomeupseveraltimesduringthecourseoftheprojectfordifferentproblems.Thischapterwillhelpyousetupyourdevelopmentenvironmentandbootingaverysmall(andprimitive)operatingsystem.ToolsQuickSetupWe(theauthors)haveusedUbuntu[6]astheoperatingsystemfordoingOSdevelopment,runningitbothphysicallyandvirtually(usingthevirtualmachineVirtualBox[7]).Aquickwaytogeteverythingupandrunningistousethesamesetupaswedid,sinceweknowthatthesetoolsworkwiththesamplesprovidedinthisbook.OnceUbuntuisinstalled,eitherphysicalorvirtual,thefollowingpackagesshouldbeinstalledusingapt-get:sudoapt-getinstallbuild-essentialnasmgenisoimagebochsbochs-sdlProgrammingLanguagesTheoperatingsystemwillbedevelopedusingtheCprogramminglanguage[8][9],usingGCC[10].WeuseCbecausedevelopinganOSrequiresaveryprecisecontrolofthegeneratedcodeanddirectaccesstomemory.Otherlanguagesthatprovidethesamefeaturescanalsobeused,butthisbookwillonlycoverC.ThecodewillmakeuseofonetypeattributethatisspecificforGCC:__attribute__((packed))Thisattributeallowsustoensurethatthecompilerusesamemorylayoutforastructexactlyaswedefineitinthecode.Thisisexplainedinmoredetailinthenextchapter.Duetothisattribute,theexamplecodemightbehardtocompileusingaCcompilerotherthanGCC.Forwritingassemblycode,wehavechosenNASM[11]astheassembler,sincewepreferNASM’ssyntaxoverGNUAssembler.Bash[12]willbeusedasthescriptinglanguagethroughoutthebook.11 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stackandwilloverwritewhatthepreviousprocesshavewrittenonthestack(rememberthatTSSdatastructurepointstothebeginningofthestack).Tosolvethisproblemeveryprocessshouldhaveit’sownkernelstack,thesamewaythateachprocesshavetheirownusermodestack.WhenswitchingprocesstheTSSmustbeupdatedtopointtothenewprocess’kernelstack.DifficultieswithPreemptiveSchedulingWhenusingpreemptiveschedulingoneproblemarisesthatdoesn’texistwithcooperativescheduling.Withcooperativeschedulingeverytimeaprocessyields,itmustbeinusermode(privilegelevel3),sinceyieldisasystemcall.Withpreemptivescheduling,theprocessescanbeinterruptedineitherusermodeorkernelmode(privilegelevel0),sincetheprocessitselfdoesnotcontrolwhenitgetsinterrupted.Interruptingaprocessinkernelmodeisalittlebitdifferentthaninterruptingaprocessinusermode,duetothewaytheCPUsetsupthestackatinterrupts.Ifaprivilegelevelchangeoccurred(theprocesswasinterruptedinusermode)theCPUwillpushthevalueoftheprocessssandespregisteronthestack.Ifnoprivilegelevelchangeoccurs(theprocesswasinterruptedinkernelmode)theCPUwon’tpushtheespregisteronthestack.Furthermore,iftherewasnoprivilegelevelchange,theCPUwon’tchangestacktotheonedefinedittheTSS.Thisproblemissolvedbycalculatingwhatthevalueofespwasbeforetheinterrupt.SinceyouknowthattheCPUpushes3thingsonthestackwhennoprivilegechangehappensandyouknowhowmuchyouhavepushedonthestack,youcancalculatewhatthevalueofespwasatthetimeoftheinterrupt.ThisispossiblesincetheCPUwon’tchangestacksifthereisnoprivilegelevelchange,sothecontentofespwillbethesameasatthetimeoftheinterrupt.Tofurthercomplicatethings,onemustthinkofhowtohandlecasewhenswitchingtoanewprocessthatshouldberunninginkernelmode.SinceiretisbeingusedwithoutaprivilegelevelchangetheCPUwon’tupdatethevalueofespwiththeoneplacedonthestack-youmustupdateespyourself.FurtherReading•Formoreinformationaboutdifferentschedulingalgorithms,seehttp://wiki.osdev.org/Scheduling_Algorithms75 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Chapter6InterruptsandInputNowthattheOScanproduceoutputitwouldbeniceifitalsocouldgetsomeinput.(Theoperatingsystemmustbeabletohandleinterruptsinordertoreadinformationfromthekeyboard).Aninterruptoccurswhenahardwaredevice,suchasthekeyboard,theserialportorthetimer,signalstheCPUthatthestateofthedevicehaschanged.TheCPUitselfcanalsosendinterruptsduetoprogramerrors,forexamplewhenaprogramreferencesmemoryitdoesn’thaveaccessto,orwhenaprogramdividesanumberbyzero.Finally,therearealsosoftwareintterupts,whichareinterruptsthatarecausedbytheintassemblycodeinstruction,andtheyareoftenusedforsystemcalls.InterruptsHandlersInterruptsarehandledviatheInterruptDescriptorTable(IDT).TheIDTdescribesahandlerforeachinterrupt.Theinterruptsarenumbered(0-255)andthehandlerforinterruptiisdefinedattheithpositioninthetable.Therearethreedifferentkindsofhandlersforinterrupts:•Taskhandler•Interrupthandler•TraphandlerThetaskhandlersusefunctionalityspecifictotheIntelversionofx86,sotheywon’tbecoveredhere(seetheIntelmanual[33],chapter6,formoreinfo).Theonlydifferencebetweenaninterrupthandlerandatraphandleristhattheinterrupthandlerdisablesinterrupts,whichmeansyoucannotgetaninterruptwhileatthesametimehandlinganinterrupt.Inthisbook,wewillusetraphandlersanddisableinterruptsmanuallywhenweneedto.CreatinganEntryintheIDTAnentryintheIDTforaninterrupthandlerconsistsof64bits.Thehighest32bitsareshowninthefigurebelow:Bit:|3116|15|1413|12|11|1098|765|43210|Content:|offsethigh|P|DPL|0|D|110|000|reserved|39 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Thereasonforthequestionmarkbehinderrorcodeisthatnotallinterruptscreateanerrorcode.ThespecificCPUinterruptsthatputanerrorcodeonthestackare8,10,11,12,13,14and17.Theerrorcodecanbeusedbytheinterrupthandlertogetmoreinformationonwhathashappened.Also,notethattheinterruptnumberisnotpushedontothestack.Wecanonlydeterminewhatinterrupthasoccurredbyknowingwhatcodeisexecuting-ifthehandlerregisteredforinterrupt17isexecuting,theninterrupt17hasoccurred.Oncetheinterrupthandlerisdone,itusestheiretinstructiontoreturn.Theinstructioniretexpectsthestacktobethesameasatthetimeoftheinterrupt(seethefigureabove).Therefore,anyvaluespushedontothestackbytheinterrupthandlermustbepopped.Beforereturning,iretrestoreseflagsbypoppingthevaluefromthestackandthenfinallyjumpstocs:eipasspecifiedbythevaluesonthestack.Theinterrupthandlerhastobewritteninassemblycode,sinceallregistersthattheinterrupthandlersusemustbepreservedbypushingthemontothestack.Thisisbecausethecodethatwasinterrupteddoesn’tknowabouttheinterruptandwillthereforeexpectthatitsregistersstaythesame.Writingallthelogicoftheinterrupthandlerinassemblycodewillbetiresome.Creatingahandlerinassemblycodethatsavestheregisters,callsaCfunction,restorestheregistersandfinallyexecutesiretisagoodidea!TheChandlershouldgetthestateoftheregisters,thestateofthestackandthenumberoftheinterruptasarguments.Thefollowingdefinitionscanforexamplebeused:structcpu_state{unsignedinteax;unsignedintebx;unsignedintecx;...unsignedintesp;}__attribute__((packed));structstack_state{unsignedinterror_code;unsignedinteip;unsignedintcs;unsignedinteflags;}__attribute__((packed));voidinterrupt_handler(structcpu_statecpu,structstack_statestack,unsignedintinterrupt);CreatingaGenericInterruptHandlerSincetheCPUdoesnotpushtheinterruptnumberonthestackitisalittletrickytowriteagenericinterrupthandler.Thissectionwillusemacrostoshowhowitcanbedone.Writingoneversionforeachinterruptistedious-itisbettertousethemacrofunctionalityofNASM[34].Andsincenotallinterruptsproduceanerrorcodethevalue0willbeaddedast 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makesitpossibletomap(0x00000000,0x00100000)to(0xC0000000,0xC0100000).Thisway,theentirerange(0x00000000,"sizeofkernel")ofmemoryismappedtotherange(0xC0000000,0xC0000000+"sizeofkernel").Placingthekernelat0xC0100000isn’thard,butitdoesrequiresomethought.Thisisonceagainalinkingproblem.Whenthelinkerresolvesallabsolutereferencesinthekernel,itwillassumethatourkernelisloadedatphysicalmemorylocation0x00100000,not0x00000000,sincerelocationisusedinthelinkerscript(seethesection“Linkingthekernel”).However,wewantthejumpstoberesolvedusing0xC0100000asbaseaddress,sinceotherwiseakerneljumpwilljumpstraightintotheusermodeprocesscode(rememberthattheusermodeprocessisloadedatvirtualmemory0x00000000).However,wecan’tsimplytellthelinkertoassumethatthekernelstarts(isloaded)at0xC01000000,sincewewantittobeloadedatthephysicaladdress0x00100000.Thereasonforhavingthekernelloadedat1MBisbecauseitcan’tbeloadedat0x00000000,sincethereisBIOSandGRUBcodeloadedbelow1MB.Furthermore,wecannotassumethatwecanloadthekernelat0xC0100000,sincethemachinemightnothave3GBofphysicalmemory.Thiscanbesolvedbyusingbothrelocation(.=0xC0100000)andtheATinstructioninthelinkerscript.Relocationspecifiesthatnon-relativememory-referencesshouldshouldusetherelocationaddressasbaseinaddresscalculations.ATspecifieswherethekernelshouldbeloadedintomemory.Relocationisdoneatlink56 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All code examples have been successfully compiled using Ubuntu [6] versions 11.04 and 11.10. Build System Make [13] has been used when constructing the Makefile examples. Virtual Machine When developing an OS it is very convenient to be able to run your code in a virtual machine instead of on a physical computer, since starting your OS in a virtual machine is much faster than getting your OS onto a physical medium and then running it on a physical machine. Bochs [14] is an emulator for the x86 (IA-32) platform which is well suited for OS development due to its debugging features. Other popular choices are QEMU [15] and VirtualBox [7]. This book uses Bochs. By using a virtual machine we cannot ensure that our OS works on real, physical hardware. The environment simulated by the virtual machine is designed to be very similar to their physical counterparts, and the OS can be tested on one by just copying the executable to a CD and finding a suitable machine. Booting Booting an operating system consists of transferring control along a chain of small programs, each one more “powerful” than the previous one, where the operating system is the last “program”. See the following figure for an example of the boot process: Figure 2.1: An example of the boot process. Each box is a program. BIOS When the PC is turned on, the computer will start a small program that adheres to the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) [16] standard. This program is usually stored on a read only memory chip on the motherboard of the PC. The original role of the BIOS program was to export some library functions for printing to the screen, reading keyboard input etc. Modern operating systems do not use the BIOS’ functions, they use 12 #################### File: 1%20MB%20LESS%20The%20Little%20Book%20About%20OS%20Development%20-%20Erik%20Helin%2C%20Adam%20Renberg%20-%20%28PDF%2C%20HTML%29.pdf Page: 49 Context: FindingthePrograminMemoryBeforejumpingtotheprogramwemustfindwhereitresidesinmemory.Assumingthatthecontentsofebxispassedasanargumenttokmain,wecandothisentirelyfromC.Thepointerinebxpointstoamultibootstructure[19].Downloadthemultiboot.hfilefromhttp://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/html_node/multiboot.h.html,whichdescribesthestructure.Thepointerpassedtokmainintheebxregistercanbecasttoamultiboot_info_tpointer.Theaddressofthefirstmoduleisinthefieldmods_addr.Thefollowingcodeshowsanexample:intkmain(/*additionalarguments*/unsignedintebx){multiboot_info_t*mbinfo=(multiboot_info_t*)ebx;unsignedintaddress_of_module=mbinfo->mods_addr;}However,beforejustblindlyfollowingthepointer,youshouldcheckthatthemodulegotloadedcorrectlybyGRUB.Thiscanbedonebycheckingtheflagsfieldofthemultiboot_info_tstructure.Youshouldalsocheckthefieldmods_counttomakesureitisexactly1.Formoredetailsaboutthemultibootstructure,seethemultibootdocumentation[19].JumpingtotheCodeTheonlythinglefttodoistojumptothecodeloadedbyGRUB.SinceitiseasiertoparsethemultibootstructureinCthanassemblycode,callingthecodefromCismoreconvenient(itcanofcoursebedonewithjmporcallinassemblycodeaswell).TheCcodecouldlooklikethis:typedefvoid(*call_module_t)(void);/*...*/call_module_tstart_program=(call_module_t)address_of_module;start_program();/*we’llnevergethere,unlessthemodulecodereturns*/Ifwestartthekernel,waituntilithasrunandenteredtheinfiniteloopintheprogram,andthenhaltBochs,weshouldsee0xDEADBEEFintheregistereaxviatheBochslog.WehavesuccessfullystartedaprograminourOS!TheBeginningofUserModeTheprogramwe’vewrittennowrunsatthesameprivilegelevelasthekernel-we’vejustentereditinasomewhatpeculiarway.Toenableapplicationstoexecuteatadifferentprivilegelevelwe’llneedto,besidesegmentation,dopagingandpageframeallocation.It’squitealotofworkandtechnicaldetailstogothrough,butinafewchaptersyou’llhaveworkingusermodeprograms.49 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Chapter3GettingtoCThischapterwillshowyouhowtouseCinsteadofassemblycodeastheprogramminglanguagefortheOS.AssemblyisverygoodforinteractingwiththeCPUandenablesmaximumcontrolovereveryaspectofthecode.However,atleastfortheauthors,Cisamuchmoreconvenientlanguagetouse.Therefore,wewouldliketouseCasmuchaspossibleanduseassemblycodeonlywhereitmakesense.SettingUpaStackOneprerequisiteforusingCisastack,sinceallnon-trivialCprogramsuseastack.Settingupastackisnotharderthantomaketheespregisterpointtotheendofanareaoffreememory(rememberthatthestackgrowstowardsloweraddressesonthex86)thatiscorrectlyaligned(alignmenton4bytesisrecommendedfromaperformanceperspective).Wecouldpointesptoarandomareainmemorysince,sofar,theonlythinginthememoryisGRUB,BIOS,theOSkernelandsomememory-mappedI/O.Thisisnotagoodidea-wedon’tknowhowmuchmemoryisavailableoriftheareaespwouldpointtoisusedbysomethingelse.AbetterideaistoreserveapieceofuninitializedmemoryinthebsssectionintheELFfileofthekernel.ItisbettertousethebsssectioninsteadofthedatasectiontoreducethesizeoftheOSexecutable.SinceGRUBunderstandsELF,GRUBwillallocateanymemoryreservedinthebsssectionwhenloadingtheOS.TheNASMpseudo-instructionresb[24]canbeusedtodeclareuninitializeddata:KERNEL_STACK_SIZEequ4096;sizeofstackinbytessection.bssalign4;alignat4byteskernel_stack:;labelpointstobeginningofmemoryresbKERNEL_STACK_SIZE;reservestackforthekernelThereisnoneedtoworryabouttheuseofuninitializedmemoryforthestack,sinceitisnotpossibletoreadastacklocationthathasnotbeenwritten(withoutmanualpointerfiddling).A(correct)programcannotpopanelementfromthestackwithouthavingpushedanelementontothestackfirst.Therefore,thememorylocationsofthestackwillalwaysbewrittentobeforetheyarebeingread.Thestackpointeristhensetupbypointingesptotheendofthekernel_stackmemory:movesp,kernel_stack+KERNEL_STACK_SIZE;pointesptothestartofthe;stack(endofmemoryarea)19 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rite,onlyforPL0etc.Second,itcreatestheillusionofcontiguousmemory.Usermodeprocesses,andthekernel,canaccessmemoryasifitwerecontiguous,andthecontiguousmemorycanbeextendedwithouttheneedtomovedataaroundinmemory.Wecanalsoallowtheusermodeprogramsaccesstoallmemorybelow3GB,butunlesstheyactuallyuseit,wedon’thavetoassignpageframestothepages.Thisallowsprocessestohavecodelocatednear0x00000000andthestackatjustbelow0xC0000000,andstillnotrequiremorethantwoactualpages.58 #################### File: 1%20MB%20LESS%20The%20Little%20Book%20About%20OS%20Development%20-%20Erik%20Helin%2C%20Adam%20Renberg%20-%20%28PDF%2C%20HTML%29.pdf Page: 43 Context: •Add8toesp(becauseoftheerrorcodeandtheinterruptnumberpushedearlier).•Executeirettoreturntotheinterruptedcode.SincethemacrosdeclaregloballabelstheaddressesoftheinterrupthandlerscanbeaccessedfromCorassemblycodewhencreatingtheIDT.LoadingtheIDTTheIDTisloadedwiththelidtassemblycodeinstructionwhichtakestheaddressofthefirstelementinthetable.ItiseasiesttowrapthisinstructionanduseitfromC:globalload_idt;load_idt-Loadstheinterruptdescriptortable(IDT).;stack:[esp+4]theaddressofthefirstentryintheIDT;[esp]thereturnaddressload_idt:moveax,[esp+4];loadtheaddressoftheIDTintoregistereaxlidteax;loadtheIDTret;returntothecallingfunctionProgrammableInterruptController(PIC)TostartusinghardwareinterruptsyoumustfirstconfiguretheProgrammableInterruptController(PIC).ThePICmakesitpossibletomapsignalsfromthehardwaretointerrupts.ThereasonsforconfiguringthePICare:•Remaptheinterrupts.ThePICusesinterrupts0-15forhardwareinterruptsbydefault,whichconflictswiththeCPUinterrupts.ThereforethePICinterruptsmustberemappedtoanotherinterval.•Selectwhichinterruptstoreceive.Youprobablydon’twanttoreceiveinterruptsfromalldevicessinceyoudon’thavecodethathandlestheseinterruptsanyway.•SetupthecorrectmodeforthePIC.InthebeginningtherewasonlyonePIC(PIC1)andeightinterrupts.Asmorehardwarewereadded,8interruptsweretoofew.ThesolutionchosenwastochainonanotherPIC(PIC2)onthefirstPIC(seeinterrupt2onPIC1).Thehardwareinterruptsareshowninthetablebelow:PIC1HardwarePIC2Hardware0Timer8RealTimeClock1Keyboard9GeneralI/O2PIC210GeneralI/O3COM211GeneralI/O4COM112GeneralI/O43 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YouspecifythecurrentTSSsegmentselectorbyloadingitintothetrregisterwiththeltrassemblycodeinstruction.IftheTSSsegmentdescriptorhasindex5,andthusoffset5*8=40=0x28,thisisthevaluethatshouldbeloadedintotheregistertr.Whenweenteredusermodebeforeinthechapter“EnteringUserMode”wedisabledinterruptswhenexecutinginPL3.Sincesystemcallsareimplementedusinginterrupts,interruptsmustbeenabledinusermode.SettingtheIFflagbitintheeflagsvalueonthestackwillmakeiretenableinterrupts(sincetheeflagsvalueonthestackwillbeloadedintotheeflagsregisterbytheassemblycodeinstructioniret).FurtherReading•TheWikipediapageonPOSIX,withlinkstothespecifications:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX•AlistofsystemcallsusedinLinux:http://bluemaster.iu.hio.no/edu/dark/lin-asm/syscalls.html•TheWikipediapageonsystemcalls:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_call•TheIntelmanual[33]sectionsoninterrupts(chapter6)andTSS(chapter7)arewhereyougetallthedetailsyouneed.72 #################### File: 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Chapter13SystemCallsSystemcallsisthewayuser-modeapplicationsinteractwiththekernel-toaskforresources,requestoperationstobeperformed,etc.ThesystemcallAPIisthepartofthekernelthatismostexposedtotheusers,thereforeitsdesignrequiressomethought.DesigningSystemCallsItisuptous,thekerneldevelopers,todesignthesystemcallsthatapplicationdeveloperscanuse.WecandrawinspirationfromthePOSIXstandardsor,iftheyseemliketoomuchwork,justlookattheonesforLinux,andpickandchoose.Seethesection“FurtherReading”attheendofthechapterforreferences.ImplementingSystemCallsSystemcallsaretraditionallyinvokedwithsoftwareinterrupts.Theuserapplicationsputtheappropriatevaluesinregistersoronthestackandtheninitiatesapre-definedinterruptwhichtransfersexecutiontothekernel.Theinterruptnumberusedisdependentonthekernel,Linuxusesthenumber0x80toidentifythataninterruptisintendedasasystemcall.Whensystemcallsareexecuted,thecurrentprivilegelevelistypicallychangedfromPL3toPL0(iftheapplicationisrunninginusermode).Toallowthis,theDPLoftheentryintheIDTforthesystemcallinterruptneedstoallowPL3access.Wheneverinter-privilegelevelinterruptsoccur,theprocessorpushesafewimportantregistersontothestack-thesameonesweusedtoenterusermodebefore,seefigure6-4,section6.12.1,intheIntelmanual[33].Whatstackisused?Thesamesectionin[33]specifiesthatifaninterruptleadstocodeexecutingatanumericallylowerprivilegelevel,astackswitchoccurs.ThenewvaluesfortheregistersssandespisloadedfromthecurrentTaskStateSegment(TSS).TheTSSstructureisspecifiedinfigure7-2,section7.2.1oftheIntelmanual[33].ToenablesystemcallsweneedtosetupaTSSbeforeenteringusermode.SettingitupcanbedoneinCbysettingthess0andesp0fieldsofa“packedstruct”thatrepresentsaTSS.Beforeloadingthe“packedstruct”intotheprocessor,aTSSdescriptorhastobeaddedtotheGDT.ThestructureoftheTSSdescriptorisdescribedinsection7.2.2in[33].71 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Thelowest32bitsarepresentedinthefollowingfigure:Bit:|3116|150|Content:|segmentselector|offsetlow|Adescriptionforeachnamecanbefoundinthetablebelow:NameDescriptionoffsethighThe16highestbitsofthe32bitaddressinthesegment.offsetlowThe16lowestbitsofthe32bitsaddressinthesegment.pIfthehandlerispresentinmemoryornot(1=present,0=notpresent).DPLDescriptorPriviligeLevel,theprivilegelevelthehandlercanbecalledfrom(0,1,2,3).DSizeofgate,(1=32bits,0=16bits).segmentselectorTheoffsetintheGDT.rReserved.Theoffsetisapointertocode(preferablyanassemblycodelabel).Forexample,tocreateanentryforahandlerwhosecodestartsat0xDEADBEEFandthatrunsinprivilegelevel0(thereforeusingthesamecodesegmentselectorasthekernel)thefollowingtwobyteswouldbeused:0xDEAD8E000x0008BEEFIftheIDTisrepresentedasanunsignedintegeridt[512]thentoregistertheaboveexampleasanhandlerforinterrupt0(divide-by-zero),thefollowingcodewouldbeused:idt[0]=0xDEAD8E00idt[1]=0x0008BEEFAswritteninthechapter“GettingtoC”,werecommendthatyouinsteadofusingbytes(orunsignedintegers)usepackedstructurestomakethecodemorereadable.HandlinganInterruptWhenaninterruptoccurstheCPUwillpushsomeinformationabouttheinterruptontothestack,thenlookuptheappropriateinterrupthanderintheIDTandjumptoit.Thestackatthetimeoftheinterruptwilllooklikethefollowing:[esp+12]eflags[esp+8]cs[esp+4]eip[esp]errorcode?40 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ManagingAvailableMemoryHowdoweknowwhichpageframesareinuse?Thepageframeallocatorneedstokeeptrackofwhicharefreeandwhicharen’t.Thereareseveralwaystodothis:bitmaps,linkedlists,trees,theBuddySystem(usedbyLinux)etc.FormoreinformationaboutthedifferentalgorithmsseethearticleonOSDev[38].Bitmapsarequiteeasytoimplement.Onebitisusedforeachpageframeandone(ormore)pageframesarededicatedtostorethebitmap.(Notethatthisisjustonewaytodoit,otherdesignsmightbebetterand/ormorefuntoimplement.)HowCanWeAccessaPageFrame?Thepageframeallocatorreturnsthephysicalstartaddressofthepageframe.Thispageframeisnotmappedin-nopagetablepointstothispageframe.Howcanwereadandwritedatatotheframe?Weneedtomapthepageframeintovirtualmemory,byupdatingthePDTand/orPTusedbythekernel.Whatifallavailablepagetablesarefull?Thenwecan’tmapthepageframeintomemory,becausewe’dneedanewpagetable-whichtakesupanentirepageframe-andtowritetothispageframewe’dneedtomapitspageframe...Somehowthiscirculardependencymustbebroken.Onesolutionistoreserveapartofthefirstpagetableusedbythekernel(orsomeotherhigher-halfpagetable)fortemporarilymappingpageframestomakethemaccessible.Ifthekernelismappedat0xC0000000(pagedirectoryentrywithindex768),and4KBpageframesareused,thenthekernelhasatleastonepagetable.Ifweassume-orlimitusto-akernelofsizeatmost4MBminus4KBwecandedicatethelastentry(entry1023)ofthispagetablefortemporarymappings.Thevirtualaddressofpagesmappedinusingthelastentryofthekernel’sPTwillbe:(768<<22)|(1023<<12)|0x000=0xC03FF000Afterwe’vetemporarilymappedthepageframewewanttouseasapagetable,andsetituptomapinourfirstpageframe,wecanaddittothepagingdirectory,andremovethetemporarymapping.AKernelHeapSofarwe’veonlybeenabletoworkwithfixed-sizedata,ordirectlywithrawmemory.Nowthatwehaveapageframeallocatorwecanimplementmallocandfreetouseinthekernel.KernighanandRitchie[8]haveanexampleimplementationintheirbook[8]thatwecandrawinspirationfrom.Theonlymodificationweneedtodoistoreplacecallstosbrk/brkwithcallstothepageframeallocatorwhenmorememoryisneeded.Wemustalso 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pushdword%1;pushtheinterruptnumberjmpcommon_interrupt_handler;jumptothecommonhandler%endmacro%macroerror_code_interrupt_handler%1globalinterrupt_handler_%1interrupt_handler_%1:pushdword%1;pushtheinterruptnumberjmpcommon_interrupt_handler;jumptothecommonhandler%endmacrocommon_interrupt_handler:;thecommonpartsofthegenericinterrupthandler;savetheregisterspusheaxpushebx...pushebp;calltheCfunctioncallinterrupt_handler;restoretheregisterspopebp...popebxpopeax;restoretheespaddesp,8;returntothecodethatgotinterruptediretno_error_code_interrupt_handler0;createhandlerforinterrupt0no_error_code_interrupt_handler1;createhandlerforinterrupt1...error_code_handler7;createhandlerforinterrupt7...Thecommon_interrupt_handlerdoesthefollowing:•Pushtheregistersonthestack.•CalltheCfunctioninterrupt_handler.•Poptheregistersfromthestack.42 #################### File: 1%20MB%20LESS%20The%20Little%20Book%20About%20OS%20Development%20-%20Erik%20Helin%2C%20Adam%20Renberg%20-%20%28PDF%2C%20HTML%29.pdf Page: 57 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timebyGNUld[37],theloadaddressspecifiedbyATishandledbyGRUBwhenloadingthekernel,andispartoftheELFformat[18].Higher-halfLinkerScriptWecanmodifythefirstlinkerscripttoimplementthis:ENTRY(loader)/*thenameoftheentrysymbol*/.=0xC0100000/*thecodeshouldberelocatedto3GB+1MB*//*alignat4KBandloadat1MB*/.textALIGN(0x1000):AT(ADDR(.text)-0xC0000000){*(.text)/*alltextsectionsfromallfiles*/}/*alignat4KBandloadat1MB+.*/.rodataALIGN(0x1000):AT(ADDR(.text)-0xC0000000){*(.rodata*)/*allread-onlydatasectionsfromallfiles*/}/*alignat4KBandloadat1MB+.*/.dataALIGN(0x1000):AT(ADDR(.text)-0xC0000000){*(.data)/*alldatasectionsfromallfiles*/}/*alignat4KBandloadat1MB+.*/.bssALIGN(0x1000):AT(ADDR(.text)-0xC0000000){*(COMMON)/*allCOMMONsectionsfromallfiles*/*(.bss)/*allbsssectionsfromallfiles*/}EnteringtheHigherHalfWhenGRUBjumpstothekernelcode,thereisnopagingtable.Therefore,allreferencesto0xC0100000+Xwon’tbemappedtothecorrectphysicaladdress,andwillthereforecauseageneralprotectionexception(GPE)attheverybest,otherwise(ifthecomputerhasmorethan3GBofmemory)thecomputerwilljustcrash.Therefore,assemblycodethatdoesn’tuserelativejumpsorrelativememoryaddressingmustbeusedtodothefollowing:•Setupapagetable.•Addidentitymappingforthefirst4MBofthevirtualaddressspace.•Addanentryfor0xC0100000thatmapsto0x001000057 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andincreasing,andthestackshouldstartjustbelowthekernel,at0xBFFFFFFB,growingtowardsloweraddresses.TheU/SflaghastobesettoallowPL3access.Itmightbeconvenienttostorethisinformationinastructrepresentingaprocess.Thisprocessstructcanbedynamicallyallocatedwiththekernel’smallocfunction.EnteringUserModeTheonlywaytoexecutecodewithalowerprivilegelevelthanthecurrentprivilegelevel(CPL)istoexecuteaniretorlretinstruction-interruptreturnorlongreturn,respectively.Toenterusermodewesetupthestackasiftheprocessorhadraisedaninter-privilegelevelinterrupt.Thestackshouldlooklikethefollowing:[esp+16]ss;thestacksegmentselectorwewantforusermode[esp+12]esp;theusermodestackpointer[esp+8]eflags;thecontrolflagswewanttouseinusermode[esp+4]cs;thecodesegmentselector[esp+0]eip;theinstructionpointerofusermodecodetoexecuteSeetheIntelmanual[33],section6.2.1,figure6-4formoreinformation.Theinstructioniretwillthenreadthesevaluesfromthestackandfillinthecorrespondingregisters.Beforeweexecuteiretweneedtochangetothepagedirectorywesetupfortheusermodeprocess.Itisimportanttorememberthattocontinueexecutingkernelcodeafterwe’veswitchedPDT,thekernelneedstobemappedin.OnewaytoaccomplishthisistohaveaseparatePDTforthekernel,whichmapsalldataat0xC0000000andabove,andmergeitwiththeuserPDT(whichonlymapsbelow0xC0000000)whenperformingtheswitch.RememberthatphysicaladdressofthePDThastobeusedwhensettingtheregistercr3.Theregistereflagscontainsasetofdifferentflags,specifiedinsection2.3oftheIntelmanual[33].Mostimportantforusistheinterruptenable(IF)flag.Theassemblycodeinstructionstican’tbeusedinprivilegelevel3forenablinginterrupts.Ifinterruptsaredisabledwhenenteringusermode,theninterruptscan’tenabledonceusermodeisentered.SettingtheIFflagintheeflagsentryonthestackwillenableinterruptsinusermode,sincetheassemblycodeinstructioniretwillsettheregistereflagstothecorrespondingvalueonthestack.Fornow,weshouldhaveinterruptsdisabled,asitrequiresalittlemoreworktogetinter-privilegelevelinterruptstoworkproperly(seethesection“Systemcalls”).Thevalue 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IdentityPagingThesimplestkindofpagingiswhenwemapeachvirtualaddressontothesamephysicaladdress,calledidentitypaging.Thiscanbedoneatcompiletimebycreatingapagedirectorywhereeachentrypointstoitscorresponding4MBframe.InNASMthiscanbedonewithmacrosandcommands(%rep,timesanddd).Itcanofcoursealsobedoneatrun-timebyusingordinaryassemblycodeinstructions.EnablingPagingPagingisenabledbyfirstwritingtheaddressofapagedirectorytocr3andthensettingbit31(thePG“paging-enable”bit)ofcr0to1.Touse4MBpages,setthePSEbit(PageSizeExtensions,bit4)ofcr4.Thefollowingassemblycodeshowsanexample:;eaxhastheaddressofthepagedirectorymovcr3,eaxmovebx,cr4;readcurrentcr4orebx,0x00000010;setPSEmovcr4,ebx;updatecr4movebx,cr0;readcurrentcr0orebx,0x80000000;setPGmovcr0,ebx;updatecr0;nowpagingisenabledAFewDetailsItisimportanttonotethatalladdresseswithinthepagedirectory,pagetablesandincr3needtobephysicaladdressestothestructures,nevervirtual.Thiswillbemorerelevantinlatersectionswherewedynamicallyupdatethepagingstructures(seethechapter“UserMode”).AninstructionthatisusefulwhenanupdatingaPDTorPTisinvlpg.ItinvalidatestheTranslationLookasideBuffer(TLB)entryforavirtualaddress.TheTLBisacachefortranslatedaddresses,mappingphysicaladdressescorrespondingtovirtualaddresses.ThisisonlyrequiredwhenchangingaPDEorPTEthatwaspreviouslymappedtosomethingelse.IfthePDEorPTEhadpreviouslybeenmarkedasnotpresent(bit0wassetto0),executinginvlpgisunnecessary.Changingthevalueofcr3willcauseallentriesintheTLBtobeinvalidated.AnexampleofinvalidatingaTLBentryisshownbelow:;invalidateanyTLBreferencestovirtualaddress0invlpg[0]PagingandtheKernelThissectionwilldescribehowpagingaffectstheOSkernel.WeencourageyoutorunyourOSusingidentitypagingbeforetryingtoimplementamoreadvancedpagingsetup,sinceitcanbehardtodebugamalfunctioningpagetablethatissetupviaassemblycode.55 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driversthatinteractdirectlywiththehardware,bypassingtheBIOS.Today,BIOSmainlyrunssomeearlydiagnostics(power-on-self-test)andthentransferscontroltothebootloader.TheBootloaderTheBIOSprogramwilltransfercontrolofthePCtoaprogramcalledabootloader.Thebootloader’staskistotransfercontroltous,theoperatingsystemdevelopers,andourcode.However,duetosomerestrictions1ofthehardwareandbecauseofbackwardcompatibility,thebootloaderisoftensplitintotwoparts:thefirstpartofthebootloaderwilltransfercontroltothesecondpart,whichfinallygivescontrolofthePCtotheoperatingsystem.Writingabootloaderinvolveswritingalotoflow-levelcodethatinteractswiththeBIOS.Therefore,anexistingbootloaderwillbeused:theGNUGRandUnifiedBootloader(GRUB)[17].UsingGRUB,theoperatingsystemcanbebuiltasanordinaryELF[18]executable,whichwillbeloadedbyGRUBintothecorrectmemorylocation.Thecompilationofthekernelrequiresthatthecodeislaidoutinmemoryinaspecificway(howtocompilethekernelwillbediscussedlaterinthischapter).TheOperatingSystemGRUBwilltransfercontroltotheoperatingsystembyjumpingtoapositioninmemory.Beforethejump,GRUBwilllookforamagicnumbertoensurethatitisactuallyjumpingtoanOSandnotsomerandomcode.Thismagicnumberispartofthemultibootspecification[19]whichGRUBadheresto.OnceGRUBhasmadethejump,theOShasfullcontrolofthecomputer.HelloCafebabeThissectionwilldescribehowtoimplementofthesmallestpossibleOSthatcanbeusedtogetherwithGRUB.TheonlythingtheOSwilldoiswrite0xCAFEBABEtotheeaxregister(mostpeoplewouldprobablynotevencallthisanOS).CompilingtheOperatingSystemThispartoftheOShastobewritteninassemblycode,sinceCrequiresastack,whichisn’tavailable(thechapter“GettingtoC”describeshowtosetoneup).Savethefollowingcodeinafilecalledloader.s:globalloader;theentrysymbolforELFMAGIC_NUMBERequ0x1BADB002;definethemagicnumberconstantFLAGSequ0x0;multibootflagsCHECKSUMequ-MAGIC_NUMBER;calculatethechecksum;(magicnumber+checksum+flagsshouldequal0)section.text:;startofthetext(code)sectionalign4;thecodemustbe4bytealignedddMAGIC_NUMBER;writethemagicnumbertothemachinec 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Schedulingcanbeimplementedbykeepingalistofwhichprocessesarerunning.Thesystemcallyieldshouldthenrunthenextprocessinthelistandputthecurrentonelast(otherschemesarepossible,butthisisasimpleone).Thetransferofcontroltothenewprocessisdoneviatheiretassemblycodeinstructioninexactlythesamewayasexplainedinthesection“Enteringusermode”inthechapter“UserMode”.Westronglyrecommendthatyoustarttoimplementsupportformultipleprocessesbyimplementingcooperativescheduling.Wefurtherrecommendthatyouhaveaworkingsolutionforbothexec,forkandyieldbeforeimplementingpreemptivescheduling.Sincecooperativeschedulingisdeterministic,itismucheasiertodebugthanpreemptivescheduling.PreemptiveSchedulingwithInterruptsInsteadoflettingtheprocessesthemselvesmanagewhentochangetoanotherprocesstheOScanswitchprocessesautomaticallyafterashortperiodoftime.TheOScansetuptheprogrammableintervaltimer(PIT)toraiseaninterruptafterashortperiodoftime,forexample20ms.IntheinterrupthandlerforthePITinterrupttheOSwillchangetherunningprocesstoanewone.Thiswaytheprocessesthemselvesdon’tneedtoworryaboutscheduling.Thiskindofschedulingiscalledpreemptivescheduling.ProgrammableIntervalTimerTobeabletodopreemptiveschedulingthePITmustfirstbeconfiguredtoraiseinterruptseveryxmilliseconds,wherexshouldbeconfigurable.TheconfigurationofthePITisverysimilartotheconfigurationofotherhardwaredevices:abyteissenttoanI/Oport.ThecommandportofthePITis0x43.Toreadaboutalltheconfigurationoptions,seethearticleaboutthePITonOSDev[39].Weusethefollowingoptions:•Raiseinterrupts(usechannel0)•Sendthedivideraslowbytethenhighbyte(seenextsectionforanexplanation)•Useasquarewave•UsebinarymodeThisresultsintheconfigurationbyte00110110.Settingtheintervalforhowofteninterruptsaretoberaisedisdoneviaadivider,thesamewayasfortheserialport.InsteadofsendingthePITavalue(e.g.inmilliseconds)thatsayshowoftenaninterruptshouldberaisedyousendthedivider.ThePIToperatesat1193182Hzasdefault.Sendingthedivider10resultsinthePITrunningat1193182/10=119318Hz.Thedividercanonlybe16bits,soitisonlypossible 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LoadingtheGDTLoadingtheGDTintotheprocessorisdonewiththelgdtassemblycodeinstruction,whichtakestheaddressofastructthatspecifiesthestartandsizeoftheGDT.Itiseasiesttoencodethisinformationusinga“packedstruct”asshowninthefollowingexample:structgdt{unsignedintaddress;unsignedshortsize;}__attribute__((packed));Ifthecontentoftheeaxregisteristheaddresstosuchastruct,thentheGDTcanbeloadedwiththeassemblycodeshownbelow:lgdt[eax]ItmightbeeasierifyoumakethisinstructionavailablefromC,thesamewayaswasdonewiththeassemblycodeinstructionsinandout.AftertheGDThasbeenloadedthesegmentregistersneedstobeloadedwiththeircorrespondingsegmentselectors.Thecontentofasegmentselectorisdescribedinthefigureandtablebelow:Bit:|153|2|10|Content:|offset(index)|ti|rpl|NameDescriptionrplRequestedPrivilegeLevel-wewanttoexecuteinPL0fornow.tiTableIndicator.0meansthatthisspecifiesaGDTsegment,1meansanLDTSegment.offset(index)Offsetwithindescriptortable.Table5.2:Thelayoutofsegmentselectors.TheoffsetofthesegmentselectorisaddedtothestartoftheGDTtogettheaddressofthesegmentdescriptor:0x08forthefirstdescriptorand0x10forthesecond,sinceeachdescriptoris8bytes.TheRequestedPrivilegeLevel(RPL)shouldbe0sincethekerneloftheOSshouldexecuteinprivilegelevel0.Loadingthesegmentselectorregistersiseasyforthedataregisters-justcopythecorrectoffsetstotheregisters:movds,0x10movss,0x10moves,0x10...36 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*/voidoutb(unsignedshortport,unsignedchardata);#endif/*INCLUDE_IO_H*/MovingthecursorcannowbewrappedinaCfunction:#include"io.h"/*TheI/Oports*/#defineFB_COMMAND_PORT0x3D4#defineFB_DATA_PORT0x3D5/*TheI/Oportcommands*/#defineFB_HIGH_BYTE_COMMAND14#defineFB_LOW_BYTE_COMMAND15/**fb_move_cursor:*Movesthecursoroftheframebuffertothegivenposition**@paramposThenewpositionofthecursor*/voidfb_move_cursor(unsignedshortpos){outb(FB_COMMAND_PORT,FB_HIGH_BYTE_COMMAND);outb(FB_DATA_PORT,((pos>>8)&0x00FF));outb(FB_COMMAND_PORT,FB_LOW_BYTE_COMMAND);outb(FB_DATA_PORT,pos&0x00FF);}TheDriverThedrivershouldprovideaninterfacethattherestofthecodeintheOSwilluseforinteractingwiththeframebuffer.Thereisnorightorwronginwhatfunctionalitytheinterfaceshouldprovide,butasuggestionistohaveawritefunctionwiththefollowingdeclaration:intwrite(char*buf,unsignedintlen);Thewritefunctionwritesthecontentsofthebufferbufoflengthlentothescreen.Thewritefunctionshouldautomaticallyadvancethecursorafteracharacterhasbeenwrittenandscrollthescreenifnecessary.TheSerialPortsTheserialport[30]isaninterfaceforcommunicatingbetweenhardwaredevicesandalthoughitisavailableonalmostallmotherboards,itisseldomexposedtotheuserintheformofaDE-9connectornowadays.Theserialportiseasytouse,and,moreimportantly,itcanbeusedasaloggingutilityinBochs.Ifacomputerhassupportforaserialport,thenitusuallyhassupportformultipleserialports,butwewillonlymakeuseofoneoftheports.Thisisbecausewewillonlyusetheserialportsforlogging.Furthermore,wewillonlyusetheserialportsforoutput,notinput.TheserialportsarecompletelycontrolledviaI/Oports.26 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A PDE then points directly to a 4 MB page frame, which needs to be aligned on a 4 MB address boundary. The address translation is almost the same as in the figure, with just the page table step removed. It is possible to mix 4 MB and 4 KB pages. Figure 9.1: Translating virtual addresses (linear addresses) to physical addresses. The 20 bits pointing to the current PDT is stored in the register cr3. The lower 12 bits of cr3 are used for configuration. For more details on the paging structures, see chapter 4 in the Intel manual [33]. The most interesting bits are U/S, which determine what privilege levels can access this page (PL0 or PL3), and R/W, which makes the memory in the page read-write or read-only. 54 #################### File: 1%20MB%20LESS%20The%20Little%20Book%20About%20OS%20Development%20-%20Erik%20Helin%2C%20Adam%20Renberg%20-%20%28PDF%2C%20HTML%29.pdf Page: 7 Context: ewaswritingathoroughtutorialonhowtodevelopasmallOSbasicallyfromscratch,andthisshortbookistheresult.Thex86architectureis,andhasbeenforalongtime,oneofthemostcommonhardwarearchitectures.Itwasnotadifficultchoicetousethex86architectureasthetargetoftheOS,withitslargecommunity,extensive7 #################### File: 1%20MB%20LESS%20The%20Little%20Book%20About%20OS%20Development%20-%20Erik%20Helin%2C%20Adam%20Renberg%20-%20%28PDF%2C%20HTML%29.pdf Page: 16 Context: genisoimage-R\-bboot/grub/stage2_eltorito\-no-emul-boot\-boot-load-size4\-Aos\-input-charsetutf8\-quiet\-boot-info-table\-oos.iso\isoFormoreinformationabouttheflagsusedinthecommand,seethemanualforgenisoimage.TheISOimageos.isonowcontainsthekernelexecutable,theGRUBbootloaderandtheconfigurationfile.RunningBochsNowwecanruntheOSintheBochsemulatorusingtheos.isoISOimage.Bochsneedsaconfigurationfiletostartandanexampleofasimpleconfigurationfileisgivenbelow:megs:32display_library:sdlromimage:file=/usr/share/bochs/BIOS-bochs-latestvgaromimage:file=/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latestata0-master:type=cdrom,path=os.iso,status=insertedboot:cdromlog:bochslog.txtclock:sync=realtime,time0=localcpu:count=1,ips=1000000YoumightneedtochangethepathtoromimageandvgaromimagedependingonhowyouinstalledBochs.MoreinformationabouttheBochsconfigfilecanbefoundatBoch’swebsite[23].Ifyousavedtheconfigurationinafilenamedbochsrc.txtthenyoucanrunBochswiththefollowingcommand:bochs-fbochsrc.txt-qTheflag-ftellsBochstousethegivenconfigurationfileandtheflag-qtellsBochstoskiptheinteractivestartmenu.YoushouldnowseeBochsstartinganddisplayingaconsolewithsomeinformationfromGRUBonit.AfterquittingBochs,displaythelogproducedbyBoch:catbochslog.txtYoushouldnowseethecontentsoftheregistersoftheCPUsimulatedbyBochssomewhereintheoutput.IfyoufindRAX=00000000CAFEBABEorEAX=CAFEBABE(dependingonifyouarerunningBochswithorwithout64bitsupport)intheoutputthenyourOShassuccessfullybooted!16 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Ifweskiptheidentitymappingforthefirst4MB,theCPUwouldgenerateapagefaultimmediatelyafterpagingwasenabledwhentryingtofetchthenextinstructionfrommemory.Afterthetablehasbeencreated,anjumpcanbedonetoalabeltomakeeippointtoavirtualaddressinthehigherhalf:;assemblycodeexecutingataround0x00100000;enablepagingforbothactuallocationofkernel;anditshigher-halfvirtuallocationleaebx,[higher_half];loadtheaddressofthelabelinebxjmpebx;jumptothelabelhigher_half:;codehereexecutesinthehigherhalfkernel;eipislargerthan0xC0000000;cancontinuekernelinitialisation,callingCcode,etc.Theregistereipwillnowpointtoamemorylocationsomewhererightafter0xC0100000-allthecodecannowexecuteasifitwerelocatedat0xC0100000,thehigher-half.Theentrymappingofthefirst4MBofvirtualmemorytothefirst4MBofphysicalmemorycannowberemovedfromthepagetableanditscorrespondingentryintheTLBinvalidatedwithinvlpg[0].RunningintheHigherHalfThereareafewmoredetailswemustdealwithwhenusingahigher-halfkernel.Wemustbecarefulwhenusingmemory-mappedI/Othatusesspecificmemorylocations.Forexample,theframebufferislocatedat0x000B8000,butsincethereisnoentryinthepagetablefortheaddress0x000B8000anylonger,theaddress0xC00B8000mustbeused,sincethevirtualaddress0xC0000000mapstothephysicaladdress0x00000000.Anyexplicitreferencestoaddresseswithinthemultibootstructureneedstobechangedtoreflectthenewvirtualaddressesaswell.Mapping4MBpagesforthekernelissimple,butwastesmemory(unlessyouhaveareallybigkernel).Creatingahigher-halfkernelmappedinas4KBpagessavesmemorybutishardertosetup.Memoryforthepagedirectoryandonepagetablecanbereservedinthe.datasection,butoneneedstoconfigurethemappingsfromvirtualtophysicaladdressesatrun-time.Thesizeofthekernelcanbedeterminedbyexportinglabelsfromthelinkerscript[37],whichwe’llneedtodolateranywaywhenwritingthepageframeallocator(seethechapter“PageFrameAllocation).VirtualMemoryThroughPagingPagingenablestwothingsthataregoodforvirtualmemory.First,itallowsforfine-grainedaccesscontroltomemory.Youcanmarkpagesasread-only,read-write,onlyforPL0etc.S 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ReasonstoNotIdentityMaptheKernelIfthekernelisplacedatthebeginningofthevirtualaddressspace-thatis,thevirtualaddressspace(0x00000000,"sizeofkernel")mapstothelocationofthekernelinmemory-therewillbeissueswhenlinkingtheusermodeprocesscode.Normally,duringlinking,thelinkerassumesthatthecodewillbeloadedintothememoryposition0x00000000.Therefore,whenresolvingabsolutereferences,0x00000000willbethebaseaddressforcalculatingtheexactposition.Butifthekernelismappedontothevirtualaddressspace(0x00000000,"sizeofkernel"),theusermodeprocesscannotbeloadedatvirtualaddress0x00000000-itmustbeplacedsomewhereelse.Therefore,theassumptionfromthelinkerthattheusermodeprocessisloadedintomemoryatposition0x00000000iswrong.Thiscanbecorrectedbyusingalinkerscriptwhichtellsthelinkertoassumeadifferentstartingaddress,butthatisaverycumbersomesolutionfortheusersoftheoperatingsystem.Thisalsoassumesthatwewantthekerneltobepartoftheusermodeprocess’addressspace.Aswewillseelater,thisisanicefeature,sinceduringsystemcallswedon’thavetochangeanypagingstructurestogetaccesstothekernel’scodeanddata.Thekernelpageswillofcourserequireprivilegelevel0foraccess,topreventauserprocessfromreadingorwritingkernelmemory.TheVirtualAddressfortheKernelPreferably,thekernelshouldbeplacedataveryhighvirtualmemoryaddress,forexample0xC0000000(3GB).Theusermodeprocessisnotlikelytobe3GBlarge,whichisnowtheonlywaythatitcanconflictwiththekernel.Whenthekernelusesvirtualaddressesat3GBandaboveitiscalledahigher-halfkernel.0xC0000000isjustanexample,thekernelcanbeplacedatanyaddresshigherthan0togetthesamebenefits.Choosingthecorrectaddressdependsonhowmuchvirtualmemoryshouldbeavailableforthekernel(itiseasiestifallmemoryabovethekernelvirtualaddressshouldbelongtothekernel)andhowmuchvirtualmemoryshouldbeavailablefortheprocess.Iftheusermodeprocessislargerthan3GB,somepageswillneedtobeswappedoutbythekernel.Swappingpagesisnotpartofthisbook.PlacingtheKernelat0xC0000000Tostartwith,itisbettertoplacethekernelat0xC0100000than0xC0000000,sincethismakesitpossibletomap 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NameDescriptionrReservedafAutoflowcontrolenabledlbLoopbackmode(usedfordebuggingserialports)ao2Auxiliaryoutput2,usedforreceivinginterruptsao1Auxiliaryoutput1rtsReadyToTransmitdtrDataTerminalReadyWedon’tneedtoenableinterrupts,becausewewon’thandleanyreceiveddata.Thereforeweusetheconfigurationvalue0x03=00000011(RTS=1andDTS=1).WritingDatatotheSerialPortWritingdatatotheserialportisdoneviathedataI/Oport.However,beforewriting,thetransmitFIFOqueuehastobeempty(allpreviouswritesmusthavefinished).ThetransmitFIFOqueueisemptyifbit5ofthelinestatusI/Oportisequaltoone.ReadingthecontentsofanI/Oportisdoneviatheinassemblycodeinstruction.ThereisnowaytousetheinassemblycodeinstructionfromC,thereforeithastobewrapped(thesamewayastheoutassemblycodeinstruction):globalinb;inb-returnsabytefromthegivenI/Oport;stack:[esp+4]TheaddressoftheI/Oport;[esp]Thereturnaddressinb:movdx,[esp+4];movetheaddressoftheI/Oporttothedxregisterinal,dx;readabytefromtheI/Oportandstoreitinthealregisterret;returnthereadbyte/*infileio.h*//**inb:*ReadabytefromanI/Oport.**@paramportTheaddressoftheI/Oport*@returnThereadbyte*/unsignedcharinb(unsignedshortport);CheckingifthetransmitFIFOisemptycanthenbedonefromC:#include"io.h"30 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PIC1HardwarePIC2Hardware5LPT213Coprocessor6Floppydisk14IDEBus7LPT115IDEBusAgreattutorialforconfiguringthePICcanbefoundattheSigOPSwebsite[35].Wewon’trepeatthatinformationhere.EveryinterruptfromthePIChastobeacknowledged-thatis,sendingamessagetothePICconfirmingthattheinterrupthasbeenhandled.Ifthisisn’tdonethePICwon’tgenerateanymoreinterrupts.AcknowledgingaPICinterruptisdonebysendingthebyte0x20tothePICthatraisedtheinterrupt.Implementingapic_acknowledgefunctioncanthusbedoneasfollows:#include"io.h"#definePIC1_PORT_A0x20#definePIC2_PORT_A0xA0/*ThePICinterruptshavebeenremapped*/#definePIC1_START_INTERRUPT0x20#definePIC2_START_INTERRUPT0x28#definePIC2_END_INTERRUPTPIC2_START_INTERRUPT+7#definePIC_ACK0x20/**pic_acknowledge:*AcknowledgesaninterruptfromeitherPIC1orPIC2.**@paramnumThenumberoftheinterrupt*/voidpic_acknowledge(unsignedintegerinterrupt){if(interruptPIC2_END_INTERRUPT){return;}if(interrupt>8)&0x00FF);outb(SERIAL_DATA_PORT(com),divisor&0x00FF);}Thewaythatdatashouldbesentmustbeconfigured.Thisisalsodoneviathelinecommandportbysendingabyte.Thelayoutofthe8bitslookslikethefollowing:Bit:|7|6|543|2|10|Content:|d|b|prty|s|dl|Adescriptionforeachnamecanbefoundinthetablebelow(andin[31]):NameDescriptiondEnables(d=1)ordisables(d=0)DLABbIfbreakcontrolisenabled(b=1)ordisabled(b=0)prtyThenumberofparitybitstousesThenumberofstopbitstouse(s=0equals1,s=1equals1.5or2)dlDescribesthelengthofthedataWewillusethemostlystandardvalue0x03[31],meaningalengthof8bits,noparitybit,onestopbitandbreakcontroldisabled.Thisissenttothelinecommandport,asseeninthefollowingexample:/**serial_configure_line:*Configuresthelineofthegivenserialport.Theportissettohavea*datalengthof8bits,noparitybits,onestopbitandbreakcontrol*disabled.**@paramcomTheserialporttoconfigure*/voidserial_configure_line(unsignedshortcom){/*Bit:|7|6|543|2|10|*Content:|d|b|prty|s|dl|*Value:|0|0|000|0|11|=0x03*/outb(SERIAL_LINE_COMMAND_PORT(com),0x03);}28 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wherethe16bitsdetermineboththecharacter,theforegroundcolorandthebackgroundcolor.ThehighesteightbitsistheASCII[28]valueofthecharacter,bit7-4thebackgroundandbit3-0theforeground,ascanbeseeninthefollowingfigure:Bit:|15141312111098|7654|3210|Content:|ASCII|FG|BG|Theavailablecolorsareshowninthefollowingtable:ColorValueColorValueColorValueColorValueBlack0Red4Darkgrey8Lightred12Blue1Magenta5Lightblue9Lightmagenta13Green2Brown6Lightgreen10Lightbrown14Cyan3Lightgrey7Lightcyan11White15Thefirstcellcorrespondstorowzero,columnzeroontheconsole.UsinganASCIItable,onecanseethatAcorrespondsto65or0x41.Therefore,towritethecharacterAwithagreenforeground(2)anddarkgreybackground(8)atplace(0,0),thefollowingassemblycodeinstructionisused:mov[0x000B8000],0x4128Thesecondcellthencorrespondstorowzero,columnoneanditsaddressistherefore:0x000B8000+16=0x000B8010WritingtotheframebuffercanalsobedoneinCbytreatingtheaddress0x000B8000asacharpointer,char*fb=(char*)0x000B8000.Then,writingAatplace(0,0)withgreenforegroundanddarkgreybackgroundbecomes:fb[0]=’A’;fb[1]=0x28;Thefollowingcodeshowshowthiscanbewrappedintoafunction:/**fb_write_cell:*Writesacharacterwiththegivenforegroundandbackgroundtopositioni*intheframebuffer.**@paramiThelocationintheframebuffer*@paramcThecharacter*@paramfgTheforegroundcolor*@parambgThebackgroundcolor*/voidfb_write_cell(unsignedinti,charc,unsignedcharfg,unsignedcharbg){fb[i]=c;fb[i+1]=((fg&0x0F)<<4)|(bg&0x0F)}24 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Page 50 ================================================== **Elapsed Time: 11.93 seconds** ================================================== FINAL ANSWER Answer: The provided text is a chapter outline for a book about x86 operating system development. It covers topics from setting up a development environment to implementing advanced features like file systems and multitasking. **File 1:** This file provides a table of contents for the book, outlining the chapters and their respective topics. **File 2:** This file discusses the importance and implementation of file systems in an operating system. It covers a simple read-only file system and introduces the concept of inodes for writable file systems. **File 3:** This file explains how to link a kernel to produce an executable file. It provides a linkerscript example and instructions for compiling the kernel. **File 4:** This file provides a brief overview of the book, its purpose, and the authors' background. It also acknowledges contributors and outlines the book's license. **File 5:** This file covers the basics of setting up a development environment for OS development, including tools, programming languages, and virtual machines. **File 6:** This file explains the concept of segmentation in x86 architecture, including segment registers and the Global Descriptor Table (GDT). **File 7:** This file discusses the process of calling C code from assembly code, including the cdecl calling convention and packing structs. **File 8:** This file introduces the concept of virtual memory and explains how it can be implemented using segmentation and paging. **File 9:** This file delves into paging in x86 architecture, covering topics like page tables, page frames, and identity paging. **File 10:** This file explains how to allocate page frames in an operating system, including techniques like bitmaps and the Buddy System. **File 11:** This file covers the implementation of user mode in an operating system, including setting up segments and page tables for user mode processes. **File 12:** This file discusses the design and implementation of system calls, which allow user-mode applications to interact with the kernel. **File 13:** This file explores multitasking in an operating system, covering cooperative scheduling, preemptive scheduling, and the Programmable Interval Timer (PIT). **File 14:** This file provides a detailed explanation of interrupts and input handling in an operating system, including interrupt handlers, the Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT), and the Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC). **File 15:** This file explains how to create a simple program that writes a value to a register, demonstrating the basic functionality of a program running in an OS. **File 16:** This file covers the process of building an ISO image for an operating system, including the use of the genisoimage program and the GRUB bootloader. **File 17:** This file explains how to run an OS in the Bochs emulator, including setting up a configuration file and running the emulator. **File 18:** This file provides a detailed explanation of the multiboot specification, which is used by the GRUB bootloader to load an operating system. **File 19:** This file discusses the concept of a higher-half kernel, which is placed at a high virtual memory address to avoid conflicts with user-mode processes. **File 20:** This file explains how to create a generic interrupt handler using macros in NASM, allowing for a more efficient and readable implementation. **File 21:** This file provides a detailed explanation of the x86 calling conventions, which define how functions are called from assembly code. **File 22:** This file covers the implementation of a driver for the framebuffer, which allows the OS to display text on the console. **File 23:** This file discusses the implementation of a driver for the serial port, which can be used for logging in the Bochs emulator. **File 24:** This file explains how to configure the serial port, including setting the baud rate, parity, and data bits. **File 25:** This file covers the process of reading input from the keyboard, including scan codes and their translation to ASCII characters. **File 26:** This file provides a detailed explanation of the Intel manual, which is a valuable resource for understanding x86 architecture and programming. **File 27:** This file provides a list of references for further reading on various topics related to OS development. **File 28:** This file provides a detailed explanation of the Intel manual, which is a valuable resource for understanding x86 architecture and programming. **File 29:** This file provides a detailed explanation of the Intel manual, which is a valuable resource for understanding x86 architecture and programming. **File 30:** This file provides a detailed explanation of the Intel manual, which is a valuable resource for understanding x86 architecture and programming. **File 31:** 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provides a detailed explanation of the Intel manual, which is a valuable resource for understanding x86 architecture and programming. The book aims to provide a practical guide to OS development, covering both theoretical concepts and practical implementation details. It is designed to be accessible to readers with a basic understanding of computer systems and programming. ================================================== **Elapsed Time: 0.47 seconds** ==================================================