threads(M2): thread_spawn/thread_exit + runtime.Thread.spawn

A thread is a task sharing the caller's address space. New private syscalls
thread_spawn(entry, stack_top, arg)=37 and thread_exit=38: thread_spawn goes
through scheduler.spawnThread (retains the shared aspace), thread_exit ends the
task like a process exit(0) (terminateCurrent -> releaseAspace, so the space
survives while siblings hold it). The closure pointer reaches the new thread in
rdi via a new jump_to_user_arg asm path and a per-task user_arg (0 for a normal
process, whose _start ignores it) - so the runtime trampoline is a plain C-ABI
Zig function, no naked asm.

runtime.Thread (library/runtime/thread.zig) mirrors std.Thread.spawn: mmap a
stack, heap-allocate the args closure, hand the kernel the trampoline + closure.
addThreadedUserBinary opts a binary into single_threaded=false; thread-test is
the first, and proves a worker runs in the shared address space via a shared
global the main thread polls.

Gate thread-spawn PASS; 16 guardrail cases green (incl. args/init/process on the
new jump_to_user_arg path) + aspace-refcount; build + host tests clean.
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commit 73df864fd2
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@@ -69,6 +69,36 @@ fn addUserBinary(
acpi_ids_module: *std.Build.Module,
name: []const u8,
root: []const u8,
) *std.Build.Step.Compile {
return addUserBinaryImpl(b, target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, name, root, false);
}
/// As `addUserBinary`, but built multi-threaded (`single_threaded = false`) so real
/// atomics/TLS work — required before a binary may call `runtime.Thread.spawn`
/// (docs/threading.md). Threads are a deliberate per-binary opt-in.
fn addThreadedUserBinary(
b: *std.Build,
target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget,
runtime_module: *std.Build.Module,
mmio_module: *std.Build.Module,
xkeyboard_config_module: *std.Build.Module,
acpi_ids_module: *std.Build.Module,
name: []const u8,
root: []const u8,
) *std.Build.Step.Compile {
return addUserBinaryImpl(b, target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, name, root, true);
}
fn addUserBinaryImpl(
b: *std.Build,
target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget,
runtime_module: *std.Build.Module,
mmio_module: *std.Build.Module,
xkeyboard_config_module: *std.Build.Module,
acpi_ids_module: *std.Build.Module,
name: []const u8,
root: []const u8,
threaded: bool,
) *std.Build.Step.Compile {
// Settings (target, optimize, code model, ...) live on the root module only;
// the program and runtime modules leave theirs null and inherit them.
@@ -93,7 +123,7 @@ fn addUserBinary(
.target = target,
.optimize = .ReleaseSmall,
.code_model = .large,
.single_threaded = true,
.single_threaded = !threaded, // a threaded binary needs real atomics/TLS
.sanitize_c = .off,
.stack_check = false,
.stack_protector = false,
@@ -548,6 +578,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
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");
// The first multi-threaded binary: exercises runtime.Thread over the thread ABI
// (docs/threading.md). Built threaded so its shared-memory poll is real.
const thread_test_exe = addThreadedUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "thread-test", "system/services/thread-test/thread-test.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:
@@ -591,6 +624,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
mk_run.addFileArg(pci_bus_exe.getEmittedBin());
mk_run.addArg("crash-test");
mk_run.addFileArg(crash_test_exe.getEmittedBin());
mk_run.addArg("thread-test");
mk_run.addFileArg(thread_test_exe.getEmittedBin());
mk_run.addArg("device-list");
mk_run.addFileArg(device_list_exe.getEmittedBin());
mk_run.addArg("discovery");