process.c

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>.
 *
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FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL );
FILE_SECBOOT ( PERMITTED );

#include <ipxe/list.h>
#include <ipxe/init.h>
#include <ipxe/process.h>

/** @file
 *
 * Processes
 *
 * We implement a trivial form of cooperative multitasking, in which
 * all processes share a single stack and address space.
 */

/** Process run queue */
static LIST_HEAD ( run_queue );

/**
 * Get pointer to object containing process
 *
 * @v process           Process
 * @ret object          Containing object
 */
void * process_object ( struct process *process ) {
        return ( ( ( void * ) process ) - process->desc->offset );
}

/**
 * Add process to process list
 *
 * @v process           Process
 *
 * It is safe to call process_add() multiple times; further calls will
 * have no effect.
 */
void process_add ( struct process *process ) {
        if ( ! process_running ( process ) ) {
                DBGC ( PROC_COL ( process ), "PROCESS " PROC_FMT
                       " starting\n", PROC_DBG ( process ) );
                ref_get ( process->refcnt );
                list_add_tail ( &process->list, &run_queue );
        } else {
                DBGC ( PROC_COL ( process ), "PROCESS " PROC_FMT
                       " already started\n", PROC_DBG ( process ) );
        }
}

/**
 * Remove process from process list
 *
 * @v process           Process
 *
 * It is safe to call process_del() multiple times; further calls will
 * have no effect.
 */
void process_del ( struct process *process ) {
        if ( process_running ( process ) ) {
                DBGC ( PROC_COL ( process ), "PROCESS " PROC_FMT
                       " stopping\n", PROC_DBG ( process ) );
                list_del ( &process->list );
                INIT_LIST_HEAD ( &process->list );
                ref_put ( process->refcnt );
        } else {
                DBGC ( PROC_COL ( process ), "PROCESS " PROC_FMT
                       " already stopped\n", PROC_DBG ( process ) );
        }
}

/**
 * Single-step a single process
 *
 * This executes a single step of the first process in the run queue,
 * and moves the process to the end of the run queue.
 */
void step ( void ) {
        struct process *process;
        struct process_descriptor *desc;
        void *object;

        if ( ( process = list_first_entry ( &run_queue, struct process,
                                            list ) ) ) {
                ref_get ( process->refcnt ); /* Inhibit destruction mid-step */
                desc = process->desc;
                object = process_object ( process );
                if ( desc->reschedule ) {
                        list_del ( &process->list );
                        list_add_tail ( &process->list, &run_queue );
                } else {
                        process_del ( process );
                }
                DBGC2 ( PROC_COL ( process ), "PROCESS " PROC_FMT
                        " executing\n", PROC_DBG ( process ) );
                desc->step ( object );
                DBGC2 ( PROC_COL ( process ), "PROCESS " PROC_FMT
                        " finished executing\n", PROC_DBG ( process ) );
                ref_put ( process->refcnt ); /* Allow destruction */
        }
}

/**
 * Initialise processes
 *
 */
static void init_processes ( void ) {
        struct process *process;

        for_each_table_entry ( process, PERMANENT_PROCESSES )
                process_add ( process );
}

/** Process initialiser */
struct init_fn process_init_fn __init_fn ( INIT_NORMAL ) = {
        .name = "process",
        .initialise = init_processes,
};