source: mainline/kernel/generic/include/ipc/ipc.h@ 8b243f2

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Last change on this file since 8b243f2 was 8b243f2, checked in by Jakub Jermar <jakub@…>, 19 years ago

Greatly improve comments in the IPC layer.
Now I think I finally start to understand our IPC internals :-)

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1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2006 Ondrej Palkovsky
3 * All rights reserved.
4 *
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21 * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
22 * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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24 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
25 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
26 * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
27 */
28
29/** @addtogroup genericipc
30 * @{
31 */
32/** @file
33 */
34
35#ifndef KERN_IPC_H_
36#define KERN_IPC_H_
37
38/* Length of data being transfered with IPC call */
39/* - the uspace may not be able to utilize full length */
40#define IPC_CALL_LEN 4
41
42/** Maximum active async calls per thread */
43#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG
44#define IPC_MAX_ASYNC_CALLS 4
45#else
46#define IPC_MAX_ASYNC_CALLS 4000
47#endif
48
49/* Flags for calls */
50
51/** This is answer to a call */
52#define IPC_CALL_ANSWERED (1 << 0)
53/** This call will not be freed on error */
54#define IPC_CALL_STATIC_ALLOC (1 << 1)
55/** Answer will not be passed to userspace, will be discarded */
56#define IPC_CALL_DISCARD_ANSWER (1 << 2)
57/** Call was forwarded */
58#define IPC_CALL_FORWARDED (1 << 3)
59/** Identify connect_me_to answer */
60#define IPC_CALL_CONN_ME_TO (1 << 4)
61/** Interrupt notification */
62#define IPC_CALL_NOTIF (1 << 5)
63
64/*
65 * Bits used in call hashes.
66 * The addresses are aligned at least to 4 that is why we can use the 2 least
67 * significant bits of the call address.
68 */
69/** Type of this call is 'answer' */
70#define IPC_CALLID_ANSWERED 1
71/** Type of this call is 'notification' */
72#define IPC_CALLID_NOTIFICATION 2
73
74/* Return values from sys_ipc_call_async(). */
75#define IPC_CALLRET_FATAL -1
76#define IPC_CALLRET_TEMPORARY -2
77
78
79/* Macros for manipulating calling data */
80#define IPC_SET_RETVAL(data, retval) ((data).args[0] = (retval))
81#define IPC_SET_METHOD(data, val) ((data).args[0] = (val))
82#define IPC_SET_ARG1(data, val) ((data).args[1] = (val))
83#define IPC_SET_ARG2(data, val) ((data).args[2] = (val))
84#define IPC_SET_ARG3(data, val) ((data).args[3] = (val))
85
86#define IPC_GET_METHOD(data) ((data).args[0])
87#define IPC_GET_RETVAL(data) ((data).args[0])
88
89#define IPC_GET_ARG1(data) ((data).args[1])
90#define IPC_GET_ARG2(data) ((data).args[2])
91#define IPC_GET_ARG3(data) ((data).args[3])
92
93/* Well known phone descriptors */
94#define PHONE_NS 0
95
96/* System-specific methods - only through special syscalls
97 * These methods have special behaviour
98 */
99/** Protocol for CONNECT - TO - ME
100 *
101 * Calling process asks the callee to create a callback connection,
102 * so that it can start initiating new messages.
103 *
104 * The protocol for negotiating is:
105 * - sys_connect_to_me - sends a message IPC_M_CONNECTTOME
106 * - sys_wait_for_call - upon receipt tries to allocate new phone
107 * - if it fails, responds with ELIMIT
108 * - passes call to userspace. If userspace
109 * responds with error, phone is deallocated and
110 * error is sent back to caller. Otherwise
111 * the call is accepted and the response is sent back.
112 * - the allocated phoneid is passed to userspace
113 * (on the receiving sid) as ARG3 of the call.
114 * - the caller obtains taskid of the called thread
115 */
116#define IPC_M_CONNECT_TO_ME 1
117/** Protocol for CONNECT - ME - TO
118 *
119 * Calling process asks the callee to create for him a new connection.
120 * E.g. the caller wants a name server to connect him to print server.
121 *
122 * The protocol for negotiating is:
123 * - sys_connect_me_to - send a synchronous message to name server
124 * indicating that it wants to be connected to some
125 * service
126 * - arg1/2 are user specified, arg3 contains
127 * address of the phone that should be connected
128 * (TODO: it leaks to userspace)
129 * recipient - if ipc_answer == 0, then accept connection
130 * - otherwise connection refused
131 * - recepient may forward message. Forwarding
132 * system message
133 *
134 */
135#define IPC_M_CONNECT_ME_TO 2
136/** This message is sent to answerbox when the phone
137 * is hung up
138 */
139#define IPC_M_PHONE_HUNGUP 3
140
141/** Send as_area over IPC
142 * - ARG1 - src as_area base address
143 * - ARG2 - size of src as_area (filled automatically by kernel)
144 * - ARG3 - flags of the as_area being sent
145 *
146 * on answer:
147 * - ARG1 - dst as_area base adress
148 */
149#define IPC_M_AS_AREA_SEND 5
150
151/** Get as_area over IPC
152 * - ARG1 - dst as_area base address
153 * - ARG2 - dst as_area size
154 * - ARG3 - user defined argument
155 *
156 * on answer, the server must set:
157 *
158 * - ARG1 - src as_area base address
159 * - ARG2 - flags that will be used for sharing
160 */
161#define IPC_M_AS_AREA_RECV 6
162
163
164/* Well-known methods */
165#define IPC_M_LAST_SYSTEM 511
166#define IPC_M_PING 512
167/* User methods */
168#define FIRST_USER_METHOD 1024
169
170#ifdef KERNEL
171
172#define IPC_MAX_PHONES 16
173
174#include <synch/waitq.h>
175
176struct answerbox;
177struct task;
178
179typedef enum {
180 /** Phone is free and can be allocated */
181 IPC_PHONE_FREE = 0,
182 /** Phone is connecting somewhere */
183 IPC_PHONE_CONNECTING,
184 /** Phone is connected */
185 IPC_PHONE_CONNECTED,
186 /** Phone is hung up, waiting for answers to come */
187 IPC_PHONE_HUNGUP,
188 /** Phone was hungup from server */
189 IPC_PHONE_SLAMMED
190} ipc_phone_state_t;
191
192/** Structure identifying phone (in TASK structure) */
193typedef struct {
194 SPINLOCK_DECLARE(lock);
195 link_t link;
196 struct answerbox *callee;
197 ipc_phone_state_t state;
198 atomic_t active_calls;
199} phone_t;
200
201typedef struct answerbox {
202 SPINLOCK_DECLARE(lock);
203
204 struct task *task;
205
206 waitq_t wq;
207
208 /** Phones connected to this answerbox. */
209 link_t connected_phones;
210 /** Received calls. */
211 link_t calls;
212 link_t dispatched_calls; /* Should be hash table in the future */
213
214 /** Answered calls. */
215 link_t answers;
216
217 SPINLOCK_DECLARE(irq_lock);
218 /** Notifications from IRQ handlers. */
219 link_t irq_notifs;
220 /** IRQs with notifications to this answerbox. */
221 link_t irq_head;
222} answerbox_t;
223
224typedef struct {
225 unative_t args[IPC_CALL_LEN];
226 phone_t *phone;
227} ipc_data_t;
228
229typedef struct {
230 link_t link;
231
232 int flags;
233
234 /** Identification of the caller. */
235 struct task *sender;
236 /** The caller box is different from sender->answerbox for synchronous
237 * calls. */
238 answerbox_t *callerbox;
239
240 /** Private data to internal IPC. */
241 unative_t priv;
242
243 /** Data passed from/to userspace. */
244 ipc_data_t data;
245} call_t;
246
247extern void ipc_init(void);
248extern call_t * ipc_wait_for_call(answerbox_t *box, uint32_t usec, int flags);
249extern void ipc_answer(answerbox_t *box, call_t *request);
250extern int ipc_call(phone_t *phone, call_t *call);
251extern void ipc_call_sync(phone_t *phone, call_t *request);
252extern void ipc_phone_init(phone_t *phone);
253extern void ipc_phone_connect(phone_t *phone, answerbox_t *box);
254extern void ipc_call_free(call_t *call);
255extern call_t * ipc_call_alloc(int flags);
256extern void ipc_answerbox_init(answerbox_t *box);
257extern void ipc_call_static_init(call_t *call);
258extern void task_print_list(void);
259extern int ipc_forward(call_t *call, phone_t *newphone, answerbox_t *oldbox);
260void ipc_cleanup(void);
261int ipc_phone_hangup(phone_t *phone);
262extern void ipc_backsend_err(phone_t *phone, call_t *call, unative_t err);
263extern void ipc_print_task(task_id_t taskid);
264
265extern answerbox_t *ipc_phone_0;
266
267#endif
268
269#endif
270
271/** @}
272 */
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