source: mainline/uspace/lib/c/include/loader/loader.h@ 613d644

lfn serial ticket/834-toolchain-update topic/msim-upgrade topic/simplify-dev-export
Last change on this file since 613d644 was 1c635d6, checked in by Martin Sucha <sucha14@…>, 11 years ago

Do not hold a task's return value after it has disconnected.

Holding the task's return value meant that if nobody waited
for task's result, it polluted NS's memory. This was apparently
done because of a race between spawning a task and waiting for it.

We solve this problem in another way: ns discards the return value
as soon as the task disconnects from it. This typically happens
when the task finishes its execution. In order to avoid the race,
we send the wait request to ns while spawning the task (i.e. when
we talk to the loader), but before we allow the loaded program
to run.

Fixes #132

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1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2008 Jiri Svoboda
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
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27 */
28
29/** @addtogroup fs
30 * @{
31 */
32/** @file
33 * @brief Program loader interface.
34 */
35
36#ifndef LIBC_LOADER_H_
37#define LIBC_LOADER_H_
38
39#include <abi/proc/task.h>
40
41/** Forward declararion */
42struct loader;
43typedef struct loader loader_t;
44
45extern int loader_spawn(const char *);
46extern loader_t *loader_connect(void);
47extern int loader_get_task_id(loader_t *, task_id_t *);
48extern int loader_set_cwd(loader_t *);
49extern int loader_set_pathname(loader_t *, const char *);
50extern int loader_set_args(loader_t *, const char *const[]);
51extern int loader_set_files(loader_t *, int *const[]);
52extern int loader_load_program(loader_t *);
53extern int loader_run(loader_t *);
54extern void loader_abort(loader_t *);
55
56#endif
57
58/**
59 * @}
60 */
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