This patch changes the 'Timestamp' type of the VFS and file-system
session to an unsigned 64-bit value holding the number of milliseconds
since the UNIX epoch (beginning of 1970).
The special case of an invalid timestamp has been removed as it was
never consistently handled anyway.
In contrast to the POSIX timespec, which represents tv_sec and tv_nsec
both as signed values, this patch uses an unsigned value because the
interpretation of negative tv_sec and tv_nsec values is muddy.
Hypothetical modification times older that 1970 are capped at 1970.
Fixes#3511
- Remove exceptions
- Use 'Attr' struct for attach arguments
- Let 'attach' return 'Range' instead of 'Local_addr'
- Renamed 'Region_map::State' to 'Region_map::Fault'
Issue #5245Fixes#5070
The plugin used to call open with the create flag set at rump without file
permissions for create leading to undefined behavior regarding the file
permissions.
Ref #5148
This patch caps the busyness of the rump kernel, which normally calls
sleep with timeouts between 0 and 10 ms even when idle. On Sculpt
running on a x250 laptop, this patch saves 0.4% CPU load, which is
almost the half of the idle load.
Issue #5140
Following Github support removal for svn [1], dde_rump port fails to
prepare. This commit introduces a new install rule for ports,
'.sparse-git'. It performs a sparse-checkout on the port repository, only
fetching required files.
[1] https://github.blog/2023-01-20-sunsetting-subversion-support/
Co-authored-by: Benjamin Lamowski <benjamin.lamowski@genode-labs.com>
Issue genodelabs#5072
Issue genodelabs/goa#28
The 'file_size' type denotes the size of files on disk in bytes. On
32-bit architectures it is larger than the size_t, which refers to
in-memory object sizes.
Whereas the use of 'file_size' is appropriate for ftruncate and seek, it
is not a suitable type for the parameters of read/write operations
because those operations refer to in-memory buffers.
This patch replaces the use of 'file_size' by size_t. However, since it
affects all sites where the read/write interface is uses, it takes the
opportunity to replace the C-style (pointer, size) arguments by
'Byte_range_ptr' and 'Const_byte_range_ptr'.
Issue #4706
By adding a 'write_ready' interface following the lines of the existing
'read_ready', VFS plugins become able to propagate the (de-)saturation
of I/O buffers to the VFS user. This information is important when using
a non-blocking file descriptor for writing into a TCP socket. Once the
application observes EAGAIN, it expects a subsequent 'select' call to
return as soon as new I/O buffer space becomes available.
Before this patch, the select call would always return under this
condition, causing an unnecessarily busy write loop.
Issue #4697
This patch removes the 'Insufficient_buffer' exception by returning the
WRITE_ERR_WOULD_BLOCK result value instead. It also eliminates the
superfluous WRITE_ERR_AGAIN and WRITE_ERR_INTERRUPT codes.
Issue #4697
This patch facilitates the batching of I/O operations in the VFS library
by replacing the implicit wakeup of remote peer (via the traditional
packet-stream interface like 'submit_packet') by explicit wakeup
signalling.
The wakeup signalling is triggered not before the VFS user settles down.
E.g., for libc-based applications, this is the case if the libc goes
idle, waiting for external I/O.
In the case of a busy writer to a non-blocking file descriptor or socket
(e.g., lighttpd), the remote peers are woken up once a write operation
yields an out-count of 0.
The deferring of wakeup signals is accommodated by the new 'Remote_io'
mechanism (vfs/remote_io.h) that is designated to be used by all VFS
plugins that interact with asynchronous Genode services for I/O.
Issue #4697
