While implementing TSC calibration in #5215, the issue of properly serializing
TSC reads came up. Some learnings of the discussion were noted in #5430.
Using `cpuid` for serialization as in Trace::timestamp() is portable,
but will cause VM exits on VMX and SVM and is therefore unsuitable to
retain a roughly working calibration loop while running virtualized.
On the other hand on most AMD systems, dispatch serializing `lfence`
needs to be explicitly enabled via a non-architectural MSR.
Enable setting up dispatch serializing lfence on AMD systems and always
serialize rdtsc accesses in Hw::Tsc::rdtsc() for maximum reliability.
Issues #5215, #5430
Upto now, bootstrap used the Programmable Interval Timer to set a
suitable divider and determine the frequency of the Local APIC.
The PIT is not available on recent x86_64 hardware anymore.
Move Local APIC calibration to bootstrap and use the ACPI timer as a
reference. Clean up hw's timer implementation a little and disable the
PIT in bootstrap.
Fixes#5215
To get the Time Stamp Counter's frequency, hw relied on a complex and
incomplete algorithm.
Since this is a one-time initialization issue, move TSC calibration to
bootstrap and implement it using the ACPI timer.
Issue #5215
* Move all Kernel::Signal_* structures to kernel/signal.*
* Remove return value of kill_signal_context, which wasn't evaluated
* Remove Kernel::Signal_context::can_kill
* Remove Kernel::Signal_context::can_submit
* Remove Kernel::Signal_receiver::can_add_handler
* Turn nullptr into cxx nullptr instead of just zero
* Turn boolean values into true/false instead of one/zero
* Always add to signal FIFO also if submit counter
cannot get increased enough
Fixgenodelabs/genode#5416
Instead of blocking in case of exceptions and MMU faults, delegate
the faulter's scheduling context to the assigned pager thread.
Fixgenodelabs/genode#5318
Instatiate a separate pager thread for each cpu core. Every time a pager
object gets managed by the Pager_entrypoint, assign it to the pager thread
on the same cpu core.
Ref genodelabs/genode#5318
* Rename Kernel::Cpu_job to Kernel::Cpu_context (alias Kernel::Cpu::Context)
* State first Cpu affinity of Cpu::Context at construction time
* Move cpu affinity argument from kernel syscall create_thread to start_thread
* Ensure that Cpu pointer is always valid
Fixgenodelabs/genode#5319
On x86, the `Vm_session_component` obscured the differences between SVM
and VMX.
Separate the implementations, factor out common functionality and
address a number of long-standing issues in the process:
- Allocate nested page tables from Core_ram_allocator as a more suitable
abstraction and account for the required memory, subtract the
necessary amount of RAM from the session's `Ram_quota` *before*
constructing the session object, to make sure that the memory
allocated from the `Core_ram_allocator` is available from the VMM's
RAM quota.
- Move the allocation of Vcpu_state and Vcpu_data into the Core::Vcpu
class and use the Core RAM Allocator to allocate memory with a known
physical address.
- Remove the fixed number of virtual CPUs and the associated reservation
of memory by using a Registry for a flexible amount of vCPUs.
Issue #5221
This patch replaces the use of 'core_env()' in 'platform_services.cc' by
the function arguments 'core_ram', 'core_rm', and 'io_port_ranges'.
It also removes the 'Pd_session' argument from 'Io_port_root' and
'Irq_root' to avoid the reliance on the 'Pd_session' interface within
core,
Issue #5408
Replace the use of the global 'core_env()' accessor by the explicit
delegation of interfaces.
- For allocating UTCBs in base-hw, 'Platform_thread' requires
a way to allocate dataspaces ('Ram_allocator') accounted to the
corresponding CPU session, a way to locally map the allocated
dataspaces (core's 'Region_map'), and a way to determine the
physical address (via 'Rpc_entrypoint') used for the initial
UTCB mapping of main threads. Hence those interfaces must be
passed to 'Platform_thread'.
- NOVA's pager code needs to look up 'Cpu_thread_component'
objects using a map item as key. The lookup requires the
'Rpc_entrypoint' that hold the 'Cpu_thread_component' objects.
To make this 'Rpc_entrypoint' available, this patch adds
the 'init_page_fault_handing' function.
- The 'Region_map_mmap' for Linux requires a way to look up
'Linux_dataspace' objects for given dataspace capabilities.
This lookup requires the 'Rpc_entrypoint' holding the dataspaces,
which is now passed to 'platform.cc' via the new Linux-specific
'Core_region_map::init' function.
Issue #5408
`Vm_session_component::create_vcpu()` is present across all supported
kernels, yet until now it was not part of the `Vm_session` interface.
Add the method to the `Vm_session` interface. This unifies calls in the
base library and is the basis to remove the need for a common base class
for separate `Vm_session` implementations for SVM and VMX on x86_64.
Issue #5221
If one of core's threads is causing an MMU fault, dump the
register state and stack backtrace of the faulting stack to
aid debugging.
Fixgenodelabs/genode#5387
This patch removes the only residual C++ exception from the kernel part
of core, eliminating the risk of the kernel thread trying to enter the
kernel itself via the C++ exception-handling path. When throwing an
exception, __cxa_allocate_exception invokes the cxx_heap, which
synchronizes accesses via a Genode::Mutex. In the contention case,
the blocking of the mutex issues a syscall to pause the caller.
The patch fixes the problem by replacing the exception with a return
value.
Fixes#5382
Issue #5245
over rsdp v1. The multiboot2 provided rsdp_v1 version may not contain the
xsdt pointer, but may have the very same acpi revision as the acpi rsdp v2
version of multiboot2.
Fixes#5332
This patch tightens the coupling of the 'Platform_thread' objects
with their corresponding 'Platform_pd' objects by specifying the
'Platform_pd' as constructor argument, keeping the relationship
as a reference (instead of a pointer), and constraining the
lifetime of 'Platform_pd' objects to the lifetime of the PD.
It thereby clears the way to simplify the thread creation since all
PD-related information (like quota budgets) are now known at the
construction time of the 'Platform_thread'.
The return value of 'Platform_thread::start' has been removed because it
is not evaluated by 'Cpu_thread_component'.
Related to #5256
For consistency reasons, remove the cortex_a8, cortex_a9, and cortex_a15
spec directories. Such SPEC variables do not exist since a while.
Also rename remaining translation_table.h header to page_table.h to
stay consistent with the class names inside.
Fixgenodelabs/genode#5253
- 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 'Thread_creation_failed' error is now reflected as
'Thread::Start_result' return value. This change also removes the
use of 'Invalid_thread' within core as this exception is an alias
of Cpu_session::Thread_creation_failed.
Issue #5245
