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Phase 1a: add the native runtime.fs, retire the posix shim

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The first step of the Zig self-hosting roadmap (docs/zig-self-hosting.md): give
danos programs a danos-native file API and remove the premature POSIX compatibility
shim. This also resolves the earlier misplacement of a full-write helper into the
compat layer — that behaviour now lives natively in runtime.fs.File.writeAll.

- library/runtime/fs.zig: the danos-native file client over the VFS (open/read/
  write/writeAll/seekTo/attributes/close, directory listing, mount). Handles are
  *values* — a File/Directory owns its VFS node id and byte offset — so there is no
  per-process fd table or descriptor limit, unlike the POSIX fd model the shim
  emulated. This is where the operations that later become std.os.danos are staged.
- Retire library/posix/ (unistd, stdio): only five call sites used it, all file
  operations, all migrated to runtime.fs — fat (mount), the vfs-test and fat-test
  clients, and init/log-flush (the boot-log flush). stdio was already dead.
- build.zig: drop the posix module, its addUserBinary parameter, the per-binary
  import, and the ~26 call-site arguments.
- Docs: the VFS protocol's client is now runtime.fs; the docs index and
  coding-standards note posix is retired and the foreign-ABI naming exception now
  applies to the future std.os.danos seam; the process-lifecycle note points the
  future musl layer at that same seam rather than the deleted directory.

Deferred by design (see the roadmap): the C-ABI runtime.os errno seam is built at
fork time (its shape must match std/os/danos.zig); truncate/mkdir/rename are
Phase 2; stdio-byte fds and cwd are later slices.

Verified: zig build, zig build test, zig build check-fat-image, and a sequential
QEMU sweep — vfs, vfs-client-death (the park/hold-handle path), fat-mount, log-flush,
orderly-shutdown, initial-ramdisk (log-flush silent in the bare sweep), smoke, init,
usb-storage, device-manager — all green.
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Daniel Samson
2026-07-13 19:43:56 +01:00
parent 53e42837e0
commit 347a041d85
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@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ fn addUserBinary(
b: *std.Build,
target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget,
runtime_module: *std.Build.Module,
posix_module: *std.Build.Module,
mmio_module: *std.Build.Module,
xkeyboard_config_module: *std.Build.Module,
acpi_ids_module: *std.Build.Module,
@@ -78,9 +77,6 @@ fn addUserBinary(
.stack_protector = false,
.imports = &.{
.{ .name = "runtime", .module = runtime_module },
// POSIX/C compatibility layer, available to any program that wants it
// (danos-native code uses `runtime` directly). See library/posix/.
.{ .name = "posix", .module = posix_module },
// Typed volatile MMIO + memory barriers, for drivers. See library/mmio/.
.{ .name = "mmio", .module = mmio_module },
// Keyboard layouts (keycode + modifiers -> keysym/character), available
@@ -280,18 +276,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
},
});
// The POSIX / C compatibility layer, a separate library layered strictly over the
// runtime (it calls the runtime's IPC/heap, never system calls directly). This is
// the one place POSIX/C spellings are allowed verbatim — see docs/coding-standards.md
// and library/posix/posix.zig.
const posix_module = b.addModule("posix", .{
.root_source_file = b.path("library/posix/posix.zig"),
.imports = &.{
.{ .name = "runtime", .module = runtime_module },
.{ .name = "vfs-protocol", .module = vfs_protocol_module },
},
});
// The initial_ramdisk container format, shared by the kernel (unpacks it) and the
// build-time packer tools/make-initial-ramdisk.py (produces it). No dependencies.
const initial_ramdisk_module = b.addModule("initial-ramdisk", .{
@@ -363,7 +347,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
// Built by the shared user-binary recipe (see addUserBinary): freestanding,
// linked into the kernel's user region against the `runtime` runtime library, and
// started in ring 3 by the kernel's user-ELF loader.
const init_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "init", "system/services/init/init.zig");
const init_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "init", "system/services/init/init.zig");
const init_install = b.addInstallArtifact(init_exe, .{ .dest_dir = .{ .override = .{ .custom = "system/services" } } });
b.getInstallStep().dependOn(&init_install.step);
@@ -371,12 +355,12 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
// Each is built by the same user-binary recipe, then packed into one image by
// the host-side make-initial-ramdisk tool. The bootloader ferries the image to the kernel,
// which unpacks it and spawns each program (system/initial-ramdisk.zig).
const vfs_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "vfs", "system/services/vfs/vfs.zig");
const vfstest_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "vfs-test", "system/services/vfs/vfs-test.zig");
const ps2_bus_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "ps2-bus", "system/drivers/ps2-bus/ps2-bus.zig");
const ps2_keyboard_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "ps2-keyboard", "system/drivers/ps2-bus/keyboard.zig");
const ps2_mouse_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "ps2-mouse", "system/drivers/ps2-bus/mouse.zig");
const usb_xhci_bus_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-xhci-bus", "system/drivers/usb-xhci-bus/usb-xhci-bus.zig");
const vfs_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "vfs", "system/services/vfs/vfs.zig");
const vfstest_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "vfs-test", "system/services/vfs/vfs-test.zig");
const ps2_bus_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "ps2-bus", "system/drivers/ps2-bus/ps2-bus.zig");
const ps2_keyboard_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "ps2-keyboard", "system/drivers/ps2-bus/keyboard.zig");
const ps2_mouse_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "ps2-mouse", "system/drivers/ps2-bus/mouse.zig");
const usb_xhci_bus_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-xhci-bus", "system/drivers/usb-xhci-bus/usb-xhci-bus.zig");
// The xHCI bus driver builds chapter-9 requests and decodes descriptors from
// usb-abi, and reports each interface's (class,subclass,protocol) identity via
// usb-ids.packTriple.
@@ -386,26 +370,26 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
// The USB HID class drivers: keyboard and mouse. They own no hardware — each
// opens its device through runtime.usb (the transfer protocol) and publishes to
// the input service. They build chapter-9 class requests from usb-abi.
const usb_hid_keyboard_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-hid-keyboard", "system/drivers/usb-hid/keyboard.zig");
const usb_hid_keyboard_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-hid-keyboard", "system/drivers/usb-hid/keyboard.zig");
usb_hid_keyboard_exe.root_module.addImport("usb-abi", usb_abi_module);
const usb_hid_mouse_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-hid-mouse", "system/drivers/usb-hid/mouse.zig");
const usb_hid_mouse_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-hid-mouse", "system/drivers/usb-hid/mouse.zig");
usb_hid_mouse_exe.root_module.addImport("usb-abi", usb_abi_module);
// The USB mass-storage class driver: opens its device via runtime.usb, drives it
// with Bulk-Only Transport + SCSI, and serves the block protocol under `.block`.
const usb_storage_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-storage", "system/drivers/usb-storage/usb-storage.zig");
const usb_storage_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-storage", "system/drivers/usb-storage/usb-storage.zig");
usb_storage_exe.root_module.addImport("block-protocol", block_protocol_module);
// The FAT filesystem server: mounts the block device and serves it into the VFS
// at /mnt/usb. Its engine (engine.zig / on-disk.zig) is imported relatively.
const fat_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "fat", "system/services/fat/fat.zig");
const fat_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "fat-test", "system/services/fat/fat-test.zig");
const pci_bus_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "pci-bus", "system/drivers/pci-bus/pci-bus.zig");
const fat_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "fat", "system/services/fat/fat.zig");
const fat_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "fat-test", "system/services/fat/fat-test.zig");
const pci_bus_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "pci-bus", "system/drivers/pci-bus/pci-bus.zig");
// The PCI bus driver decodes each function's class triple to human names in its
// boot log (class/subclass/prog-IF), so pull in the shared pci-class reference.
pci_bus_exe.root_module.addImport("pci-class", pci_class_module);
// A test fixture, not a real driver: hellos to the device manager, then faults —
// what the driver-restart scenario drives the crash-loop cap with.
const crash_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "crash-test", "system/services/crash-test/crash-test.zig");
const device_list_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "device-list", "system/services/device-list/device-list.zig");
const crash_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "crash-test", "system/services/crash-test/crash-test.zig");
const device_list_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "device-list", "system/services/device-list/device-list.zig");
// The discovery service: one swappable process per firmware
// (docs/discovery.md), bundled under the neutral ramdisk name
// "discovery" so the device manager never learns which firmware it is on.
@@ -419,9 +403,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
.acpi => "system/services/acpi/acpi.zig",
.fdt => "system/services/fdt/fdt.zig",
};
const discovery_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "discovery", discovery_source);
const discovery_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "discovery", discovery_source);
if (discovery == .acpi) discovery_exe.root_module.addImport("aml", aml_module);
const device_manager_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "device-manager", "system/services/device-manager/device-manager.zig");
const device_manager_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "device-manager", "system/services/device-manager/device-manager.zig");
// Names the xHCI PCI class triple from the shared taxonomy instead of a bare 0x0C0330.
device_manager_exe.root_module.addImport("pci-class", pci_class_module);
// The manager matches reported USB interfaces by their (class,subclass,protocol)
@@ -429,12 +413,12 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
device_manager_exe.root_module.addImport("usb-ids", usb_ids_module);
// The input service and its exercisers: the fan-out server, a hardware-free synthetic
// source, and a subscriber that doubles as the `input` test's oracle. See docs/input.md.
const input_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "input", "system/services/input/input.zig");
const input_source_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "input-source", "system/services/input-source/input-source.zig");
const input_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "input-test", "system/services/input-test/input-test.zig");
const args_echo_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "args-echo", "system/services/args-echo/args-echo.zig");
const process_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "process-test", "system/services/process-test/process-test.zig");
const log_flush_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "log-flush", "system/services/log-flush/log-flush.zig");
const input_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "input", "system/services/input/input.zig");
const input_source_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "input-source", "system/services/input-source/input-source.zig");
const input_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "input-test", "system/services/input-test/input-test.zig");
const args_echo_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "args-echo", "system/services/args-echo/args-echo.zig");
const process_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "process-test", "system/services/process-test/process-test.zig");
const log_flush_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "log-flush", "system/services/log-flush/log-flush.zig");
// Pack the user binaries into the initial_ramdisk image with the host-side Python tool
// (the container format is trivial, and Python sidesteps std API churn). Args: