source: trunk/hal/generic/hal_uspace.h @ 23

Last change on this file since 23 was 23, checked in by alain, 7 years ago

Introduce syscalls.

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1/*
2 * hal_uspace.h - Generic User Space Access API definition
3 *
4 * Authors    Alain Greiner (2016,2017)
5 *
6 * Copyright (c)  UPMC Sorbonne Universites
7 *
8 * This file is part of ALMOS-MKH.
9 *
10 * ALMOS-MKH is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 *
14 * ALMOS-MKH is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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
20 * along with ALMOS-MKH; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
21 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
22 */
23
24#ifndef  _HAL_USPACE_H_
25#define  _HAL_USPACE_H_
26
27#include <hal_types.h>
28
29//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
30//           User space access API (implementation in hal_uspace.c)
31//
32// When moving data between user space and kernel space, the user address is always
33// a virtual address, but the kernel address can be a physical address, on some
34// architectures. For sake of portability, data transfers must use the following API.
35//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
36
37
38/*****************************************************************************************
39 * This function tranfers a data buffer from the user space to the kernel space.
40 * If the kernel uses physical addresses, it activates the MMU to access the user buffer.
41 *****************************************************************************************
42 * @ k_dst     : destination address in kernel space.
43 * @ u_src     : source buffer address in user space.
44 * @ size      : size (number of bytes).
45 ****************************************************************************************/
46extern void hal_copy_from_uspace( void     * k_dst,
47                                  void     * u_src,
48                                  uint32_t   size );
49
50/*****************************************************************************************
51 * This function tranfers a data buffer from the kernel space to the user space.
52 * If the kernel uses physical addresses, it activates the MMU to access the user buffer.
53 *****************************************************************************************
54 * @ u_dst     : destination buffer address in user space.
55 * @ k_src     : source address in kernel space.
56 * @ size      : size (number of bytes).
57 ****************************************************************************************/
58extern void hal_copy_to_uspace( void     * u_dst,
59                                void     * k_src,
60                                uint32_t   size );
61
62/*****************************************************************************************
63 * This function computes the length of a string in user space.
64 * If the kernel uses physical addresses, it activates the MMU to access the user buffer.
65 *****************************************************************************************
66 * @ u_str     : string address in user space.
67 * @ return length of the string.
68 ****************************************************************************************/
69uint32_t hal_strlen_from_uspace( char     * string );
70
71
72#endif  /* _HAL_USPACE_H_ */
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