source: trunk/hal/generic/hal_switch.h @ 454

Last change on this file since 454 was 408, checked in by alain, 6 years ago

Fix several bugs in the fork() syscall.

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[367]1/*
[407]2 * hal_switch.h - Generic architecture context switch function
[367]3 *
[407]4 * Authorg   Alain Greiner  (2017)
5 *
6 * Copyright (c) UPMC Sorbonne Universites
[367]7 *
[407]8 * This file is part of ALMOS-MKH.
[367]9 *
[407]10 * ALMOS-MKH is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
[367]11 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 * the Free Software Foundation; version 2.0 of the License.
13 *
[407]14 * ALMOS-MKH is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
[367]15 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
17 * General Public License for more details.
18 *
19 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
[407]20 * along with ALMOS-MKH; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
[367]21 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
22 */
23
24#ifndef _HAL_SWITCH_H_
25#define _HAL_SWITCH_H_
26
[407]27struct thread_s;
28
[367]29/*************************************************************************************
[407]30 * The hal_do_cpu_switch() function is an assembly level function, called by the
31 * sched_yield() function, to make a CPU context switch.
32 * The current thread CPU context is identified by the <ctx_current> pointer.
33 * The new thread CPU context is identified by the <ctx_next> pointer.
34 * The architecture specific hal_cpu_context_t structure used to store a CPU context
35 * is defined in the architecture specific hal_context.c file.
36 * This function does NOT modify any register before saving values into context.
37 * When the switch is completed, it jumps to address contained in the relevant
38 * register of the new thread CPU context.
[367]39 *************************************************************************************
[407]40 * @ ctx_current  : local pointer on current thread CPU context.
41 * @ ctx_next     : local pointer on new thread CPU context.
[367]42 ************************************************************************************/
[407]43void hal_do_cpu_switch( void * ctx_old,
44                        void * ctx_new );
[367]45
[407]46/*************************************************************************************
47 * The hal_do_cpu_save() function is an assembly level function, called by the
[408]48 * hal_cpu_context_save() functio to save the calling CPU register values to a
[407]49 * CPU context identified by the <ctx> pointer.
50 * This function does NOT modify any register before saving values into context.
51 * The architecture specific hal_cpu_context_t structure used to store a CPU context
52 * is defined in the architecture specific hal_context.c file.
53 * When the save is completed, it simply returns to the calling function.
54 *************************************************************************************
[408]55 * @ ctx     : local pointer on CPU context.
[407]56 ************************************************************************************/
[408]57void hal_do_cpu_save( void * ctx );
[367]58
59#endif  /* _HAL_SWITCH_H_ */
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