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Author SHA1 Message Date
Norman Feske
3d7b92ea50 Generalize ABI mechanism to shared objects
This patch make the ABI mechanism available to shared libraries other
than Genode's dynamic linker. It thereby allows us to introduce
intermediate ABIs at the granularity of shared libraries. This is useful
for slow-moving ABIs such as the libc's interface but it will also
become handy for the package management.

To implement the feature, the build system had to be streamlined a bit.
In particular, archive dependencies and shared-lib dependencies are now
handled separately, and the global list of 'SHARED_LIBS' is no more.
Now, the variable with the same name holds the per-target list of shared
libraries used by the target.
2017-01-13 13:06:54 +01:00
Norman Feske
a360452a10 base: remove platform.mk and syscall.mk
The purpose of those libraries is now covered by the kernel-specific
syscall-<kernel> libraries.
2017-01-13 13:06:53 +01:00
Norman Feske
4da52517c1 Simpify startup of dynamically linked binaries
This patch removes the component_entry_point library, which used to
proved a hook for the libc to intercept the call of the
'Component::construct' function. The mechansim has several shortcomings
(see the discussion in the associated issue) and was complex. So we
eventually discarded the approach in favor of the explicit handling of
the startup.

A regular Genode component provides a 'Component::construct' function,
which is determined by the dynamic linker via a symbol lookup.
For the time being, the dynamic linker falls back to looking up a 'main'
function if no 'Component::construct' function could be found.

The libc provides an implementation of 'Component::construct', which
sets up the libc's task handling and finally call the function
'Libc::Component::construct' from the context of the appllication task.
This function is expected to be provided by the libc-using application.
Consequently, Genode components that use the libc have to implement the
'Libc::Component::construct' function.

The new 'posix' library provides an implementation of
'Libc::Component::construct' that calls a main function. Hence, POSIX
programs that merely use the POSIX API merely have to add 'posix' to the
'LIBS' declaration in their 'target.mk' file. Their execution starts at
'main'.

Issue 
2017-01-13 13:06:52 +01:00
Norman Feske
9ea4a491d6 ld: generate symbol map from base/lib/symbols/ld
This patch removes the manually maintained symbol map from the dynamic
linker. This way, the symbol map stays in sync with the ABI and - more
importantly - no longer uses wildcards. So the symbols exported by the
dynamic linker are strictly limited by the ABI.

Issue 
2016-12-23 16:53:17 +01:00
Norman Feske
c450ddcb3d Disambiguate kernel-specific file names
This patch removes possible ambiguities with respect to the naming of
kernel-dependent binaries and libraries. It also removes the use of
kernel-specific global side effects from the build system. The reach of
kernel-specific peculiarities has thereby become limited to the actual
users of the respective 'syscall-<kernel>' libraries.

Kernel-specific build artifacts are no longer generated at magic places
within the build directory (like okl4's includes, or the L4 build
directories of L4/Fiasco and Fiasco.OC, or the build directories of
various kernels). Instead, such artifacts have been largely moved to the
libcache. E.g., the former '<build-dir>/l4/' build directory for the L4
build system resides at '<build-dir>/var/libcache/syscall-foc/build/'.
This way, the location is unique to the kernel. Note that various tools
are still generated somewhat arbitrarily under '<build-dir>/tool/' as
there is no proper formalism for building host tools yet.

As the result of this work, it has become possible to use a joint Genode
build directory that is usable with all kernels of a given hardware
platform. E.g., on x86_32, one can now seamlessly switch between linux,
nova, sel4, okl4, fiasco, foc, and pistachio without rebuilding any
components except for core, the kernel, the dynamic linker, and the timer
driver. At the current stage, such a build directory must still be
created manually. A change of the 'create_builddir' tool will follow to
make this feature easily available.

This patch also simplifies various 'run/boot_dir' plugins by removing
the option for an externally hosted kernel. This option remained unused
for many years now.

Issue 
2016-12-23 16:51:32 +01:00
Norman Feske
f54c85e045 Genode application binary interface (ABI)
This patch decouples the kernel-specific implementation of the dynamic
linker from its kernel-agnostic binary interface. The name of the
kernel-specific dynamic linker binary now corresponds to the kernel,
e.g., 'ld-linux.lib.so' or 'ld-nova.lib.so'. Applications are no longer
linked directly against a concrete instance of the dynamic linker but
against a shallow stub called 'ld.lib.so'. This stub contains nothing
but the symbols provided by the dynamic linker. It thereby represents
the Genode ABI.

At system-integration time, the kernel-specific run/boot_dir back ends
integrate the matching the kernel-specific variant of the dynamic linker
as 'ld.lib.so' into the boot image.

The ABI symbol file for the dynamic linker is located at
'base/lib/symbols/ld'. It contains the joint ABI of all supported
architectures. The new utility 'tool/abi_symbols' eases the creation of
such an ABI symbol file for a given shared library. Its result should be
manually inspected and edited as needed.

The patch removes the 'syscall' library from 'base_libs.mk' to avoid
polluting the kernel-agnostic ABI with kernel-specific interfaces.

Issue 
Issue 
2016-12-23 16:50:28 +01:00
Norman Feske
ccffbb0dfc Build dynamically linked executables by default
Fixes 
2016-12-14 11:22:27 +01:00
Norman Feske
cfdbccc5c2 Remove blocking calls from root and parent RPCs
This is a redesign of the root and parent interfaces to eliminate
blocking RPC calls.

- New session representation at the parent (base/session_state.h)
- base-internal root proxy mechanism as migration path
- Redesign of base/service.h
- Removes ancient 'Connection::KEEP_OPEN' feature
- Interface change of 'Child', 'Child_policy', 'Slave', 'Slave_policy'
- New 'Slave::Connection'
- Changed child-construction procedure to be compatible with the
  non-blocking parent interface and to be easier to use
- The child's initial LOG session, its binary ROM session, and the
  linker ROM session have become part of the child's envirenment.
- Session upgrading must now be performed via 'env.upgrade' instead
  of performing a sole RPC call the parent. To make RAM upgrades
  easier, the 'Connection' provides a new 'upgrade_ram' method.

Issue 
2016-11-25 16:06:42 +01:00
Norman Feske
baf61df0fd base: new 'Registry' data structure
This data structure is meant as a safe alternative for a list wherever
the list is solely used to remember objects and iterate through them in
an unspecified order. One use case is the 'Service_registry'.
2016-11-25 15:30:58 +01:00
Norman Feske
784e728727 Clean ldso from using deprecated APIs
Issue 
2016-11-08 15:26:32 +01:00
Norman Feske
2cbef82b61 ldso-startup: support build from non-base repos
By always fetching the source relative to BASE_DIR, we can
include the ldso-startup.mk file from other repositories, i.e.,
API packages.
2016-07-15 11:38:27 +02:00
Norman Feske
2030ae678e Supplement base/log.h with raw output function
This patch introduces the Genode::raw function that prints output
directly via a low-level kernel mechanism, if available.

On base-linux, it replaces the former 'raw_write_str' function.
On base-hw, it replaces the former kernel/log.h interface.

Fixes 
2016-06-22 12:21:42 +02:00
Norman Feske
1f395ae780 base: new interface for textual output
Issue 
2016-05-09 13:25:01 +02:00
Norman Feske
40a5af42eb Clean up base-library structure
This patch moves the base library from src/base to src/lib/base,
flattens the library-internal directory structure, and moves the common
parts of the library-description files to base/lib/mk/base.inc and
base/lib/mk/base-common.inc.

Furthermore, the patch fixes a few cosmetic issues (whitespace and
comments only) that I encountered while browsing the result.

Fixes 
2016-05-09 13:24:11 +02:00
Martin Stein
9508f397a2 ldso: use get_page_size_log2 instead of "12"
Ref 
2016-04-25 10:48:01 +02:00
Norman Feske
051e84c4b4 Move server API concept to base framework
This commit introduces the new `Component` interface in the form of the
headers base/component.h and base/entrypoint.h. The os/server.h API
has become merely a compatibilty wrapper and will eventually be removed.
The same holds true for os/signal_rpc_dispatcher.h. The mechanism has
moved to base/signal.h and is now called 'Signal_handler'.

Since the patch shuffles headers around, please do a 'make clean' in the
build directory.

Issue 
2016-04-11 11:51:46 +02:00
Norman Feske
7f73e5e879 base: hide internals of the Thread API
This patch moves details about the stack allocation and organization
the base-internal headers. Thereby, I replaced the notion of "thread
contexts" by "stacks" as this term is much more intuitive. The fact that
we place thread-specific information at the bottom of the stack is not
worth introducing new terminology.

Issue 
2016-03-07 12:34:46 +01:00
Norman Feske
e6729316ff base: uniform base-internal header structure
This patch establishes a common organization of header files
internal to the base framework. The internal headers are located at
'<repository>/src/include/base/internal/'. This structure has been
choosen to make the nature of those headers immediately clear when
included:

  #include <base/internal/lock_helper.h>

Issue 
2016-03-07 12:34:45 +01:00
Sebastian Sumpf
d17134baef ldso: Support for RISC-V
issue 
2016-02-26 11:36:51 +01:00
Sebastian Sumpf
d424134073 cxx: Simplify C++ exception wrapper functions
The wrapper functions (e.g., 'Unwind_*' and friends) now have the same signature
as the original function in 'libgcc', reside in a separate C file which is
archived to cxx.lib.a. In supc++.o we prefix the wrapped functions with '_cxx_'.

This also enables support for riscv.

related to 
2016-02-16 14:38:02 +01:00
Sebastian Sumpf
41b9f6bd03 ldso: Make truly self relocatable
On Linux the linker can now be loaded at arbitrary addresses, this became
necessary for newer kernel versions. The 'linux_arm' target is not supported.

Issue 
2015-12-10 13:16:25 +01:00
Stefan Kalkowski
ed52d5a211 Introduce 'spec' subdirectories to outline aspects
Instead of holding SPEC-variable dependent files and directories inline
within the repository structure, move them into 'spec' subdirectories
at the corresponding levels, e.g.:

  repos/base/include/spec
  repos/base/mk/spec
  repos/base/lib/mk/spec
  repos/base/src/core/spec
  ...

Moreover, this commit removes the 'platform' directories. That term was
used in an overloaded sense. All SPEC-relative 'platform' directories are
now named 'spec'. Other files, like for instance those related to the
kernel/architecture specific startup library, where moved from 'platform'
directories to explicit, more meaningful places like e.g.: 'src/lib/startup'.

Fix 
2015-09-16 13:58:50 +02:00
Christian Prochaska
4cae6c0d12 cxx: report names of uncaught exceptions again
Fixes 
2015-06-22 14:43:37 +02:00
Christian Prochaska
72e31090ee tool_chain: update GCC to version 4.9.2
Fixes 
2015-05-26 09:39:49 +02:00
Christian Prochaska
2706e4cd75 tool_chain: cleanup
Fixes 
2015-05-26 09:39:49 +02:00
Sebastian Sumpf
36e01b720e ldso: Refactor dynamic linker
Issue 
2015-03-19 08:57:22 +01:00
Sebastian Sumpf
5a821d4c92 base: Genode's dynamic linker
Issue 
2014-11-12 14:44:15 +01:00
Norman Feske
ca971bbfd8 Move repositories to 'repos/' subdirectory
This patch changes the top-level directory layout as a preparatory
step for improving the tools for managing 3rd-party source codes.
The rationale is described in the issue referenced below.

Issue 
2014-05-14 16:08:00 +02:00