#ifndef _LINUX_SYSLET_H #define _LINUX_SYSLET_H /* * The syslet subsystem - asynchronous syscall execution support. * * Started by Ingo Molnar: * * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar * * User-space API/ABI definitions: */ #ifndef __user # define __user #endif /* * This is the 'Syslet Atom' - the basic unit of execution * within the syslet framework. A syslet always represents * a single system-call plus its arguments, plus has conditions * attached to it that allows the construction of larger * programs from these atoms. User-space variables can be used * (for example a loop index) via the special sys_umem*() syscalls. * * Arguments are implemented via pointers to arguments. This not * only increases the flexibility of syslet atoms (multiple syslets * can share the same variable for example), but is also an * optimization: copy_uatom() will only fetch syscall parameters * up until the point it meets the first NULL pointer. 50% of all * syscalls have 2 or less parameters (and 90% of all syscalls have * 4 or less parameters). * * [ Note: since the argument array is at the end of the atom, and the * kernel will not touch any argument beyond the final NULL one, atoms * might be packed more tightly. (the only special case exception to * this rule would be SKIP_TO_NEXT_ON_STOP atoms, where the kernel will * jump a full syslet_uatom number of bytes.) ] */ struct syslet_uatom { unsigned long flags; unsigned long nr; long __user *ret_ptr; struct syslet_uatom __user *next; unsigned long __user *arg_ptr[6]; /* * User-space can put anything in here, kernel will not * touch it: */ void __user *private; }; /* * Flags to modify/control syslet atom behavior: */ /* * Immediately queue this syslet asynchronously - do not even * attempt to execute it synchronously in the user context: */ #define SYSLET_ASYNC 0x00000001 /* * Never queue this syslet asynchronously - even if synchronous * execution causes a context-switching: */ #define SYSLET_SYNC 0x00000002 /* * Do not queue the syslet in the completion ring when done. * * ( the default is that the final atom of a syslet is queued * in the completion ring. ) * * Some syscalls generate implicit completion events of their * own. */ #define SYSLET_NO_COMPLETE 0x00000004 /* * Execution control: conditions upon the return code * of the just executed syslet atom. 'Stop' means syslet * execution is stopped and the atom is put into the * completion ring: */ #define SYSLET_STOP_ON_NONZERO 0x00000008 #define SYSLET_STOP_ON_ZERO 0x00000010 #define SYSLET_STOP_ON_NEGATIVE 0x00000020 #define SYSLET_STOP_ON_NON_POSITIVE 0x00000040 #define SYSLET_STOP_MASK \ ( SYSLET_STOP_ON_NONZERO | \ SYSLET_STOP_ON_ZERO | \ SYSLET_STOP_ON_NEGATIVE | \ SYSLET_STOP_ON_NON_POSITIVE ) /* * Special modifier to 'stop' handling: instead of stopping the * execution of the syslet, the linearly next syslet is executed. * (Normal execution flows along atom->next, and execution stops * if atom->next is NULL or a stop condition becomes true.) * * This is what allows true branches of execution within syslets. */ #define SYSLET_SKIP_TO_NEXT_ON_STOP 0x00000080 /* * This is the (per-user-context) descriptor of the async completion * ring. This gets passed in to sys_async_exec(): */ struct async_head_user { /* * Current completion ring index - managed by the kernel: */ unsigned long kernel_ring_idx; /* * User-side ring index: */ unsigned long user_ring_idx; /* * Ring of pointers to completed async syslets (i.e. syslets that * generated a cachemiss and went async, returning -EASYNCSYSLET * to the user context by sys_async_exec()) are queued here. * Syslets that were executed synchronously (cached) are not * queued here. * * Note: the final atom that generated the exit condition is * queued here. Normally this would be the last atom of a syslet. */ struct syslet_uatom __user **completion_ring; /* * Ring size in bytes: */ unsigned long ring_size_bytes; /* * The head task can become a cachemiss thread later on * too, if it blocks - so it needs its separate thread * stack and start address too: */ unsigned long head_stack; unsigned long head_eip; /* * Newly started async kernel threads will take their * user stack and user start address from here. User-space * code has to check for new_thread_stack going to NULL * and has to refill it with a new stack if that happens. */ unsigned long new_thread_stack; unsigned long new_thread_eip; }; #endif