kernel: VFS root — mount table, /system from the initrd, fs syscalls

system/kernel/vfs.zig is the resolve+redirect router: fs_resolve (#46)
walks the kernel mount table; a path under the kernel-backed /system
mount (the initrd, seeded by setInitialRamdisk with a derived directory
table) yields a permanent stateless node token served by fs_node (#47)
— read/status/readdir with copy-out, initrd reads lock-free — while a
path under a userspace mount yields the backend's endpoint (installed
in the caller's table, DEDUPLICATED so 16 slots can't be exhausted by
repeated resolves) plus the rewritten mount-relative path; the caller
then speaks the unchanged vfs-protocol rendezvous directly. The kernel
never blocks on a userspace filesystem, holds no open-file state, and
refuses create-intent on the immutable /system.

fs_mount (#48) is the syscall form of the old router's op-6 cap-pass
(possession of the backend handle is the capability; an optional
rewrite prefix maps the mount into the backend's namespace — how /var
will reach the flash volume); fs_unmount (#49) removes one. A dead
backend's mount clears lazily on resolve.

Dormant this milestone: the userspace vfs still serves runtime.fs
unchanged; the kvfs QEMU case covers the kernel side (resolution, ELF
magic read-through, /system listing, read-only + unknown refusals)
until the M-G cutover exercises the syscalls end-to-end.
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Daniel Samson
2026-07-21 16:15:05 +01:00
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@@ -624,6 +624,12 @@ CASES = [
"fail": r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: FAIL"},
# The user-space VFS: a client opens/writes/reads a file through the rt file
# API, which IPCs the VFS server process; the round trip must match.
# The kernel VFS root (M-F): the mount table serves the initrd at /system —
# path resolution, node status/read (an ELF magic), and directory listing,
# asserted kernel-side.
{"name": "kvfs",
"expect": r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: PASS",
"fail": r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: FAIL"},
{"name": "vfs",
"expect": r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: PASS",
"fail": r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: FAIL"},