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Daniel Samson a581712b09 M13: IPC capability passing
ipc_call and ipc_reply_wait grow a `send_cap` argument (r9) and a `received_cap`
return (r8): an endpoint travels alongside a message, installed into the receiver's
handle table. The transfer is a share, not a move — the endpoint's refcount is bumped
and the sender keeps its handle. If the receiver's table is full the call fails
-ENOSPC and the message is NOT delivered (a half-delivered capability is worse than a
failed send); a bad handle fails -EBADF. Both directions carry a cap: a client's call
hands one to the server (seen in the server's replyWait), and the server's reply hands
one back (seen in the client's call return).

This is the "open" primitive the driver model was blocked on: a bus driver mints a
per-device endpoint and hands it to a class driver, giving it a private channel to one
device without the 8-slot global name registry.

Kernel: shareCapability in ipc-synchronous.zig at both copy points; new
setSystemCallResult3 (r8, saved/restored by the syscall stub); Task gains
ipc_send_cap / ipc_received_cap. Runtime: callCap + Reply, replyWait gains send_cap
and Received.cap; plain call/replyWait delegate with no_cap. New abi.no_cap.

New ipc-cap test (two kernel tasks exercise both directions, each verifying the
endpoint it received is the same object shared, refcount bumped to 2). No class driver
consumes callCap yet — it lands with the first one. Suite 37/37 plus host tests.
2026-07-10 19:23:19 +01:00

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//! Synchronous IPC: the microkernel message backbone. An `Endpoint` is a
//! rendezvous point; a client `call`s it (send a message, block for a reply) and
//! a server `replyWait`s on it (reply to the last client, then block for the next
//! request). This is the substrate the user-space VFS server and device drivers
//! are reached through — `open`/`read`/`write` become user-space wrappers that
//! marshal a request into a `call`.
//!
//! Design (see docs/syscall.md, the plan):
//! - **Copy method, no bounce buffer.** Payloads are copied frame-to-frame
//! through the physmap (`copyAcross`), which is mapped in every address space's
//! shared kernel half — so the kernel reads/writes either process's user memory
//! without a CR3 switch, and an unmapped page fails the copy instead of #PF-ing.
//! - **Reply routing on the server.** IPC is synchronous, so a server owes a reply
//! to exactly one client at a time; that caller is held in `Task.ipc_client`.
//! - **Sender FIFO on the endpoint.** A blocked caller must be *received without
//! becoming runnable*, which a WaitQueue can't express, so callers queue on the
//! endpoint's own FIFO (threaded through the otherwise-idle `Task.next`); servers
//! waiting for work use a normal WaitQueue.
//!
//! Trust model (bring-up): copies honour only page presence and a user-half bound,
//! not the leaf U/S or R/W bits and not SMAP — a #PF-tolerant, permission-checked
//! copy is a later security-track item, matching the existing debug_write gap.
const std = @import("std");
const boot_handoff = @import("boot-handoff");
const abi = @import("abi");
const architecture = @import("architecture");
const scheduler = @import("scheduler.zig");
const sync = @import("sync.zig");
const heap = @import("heap.zig");
const page_size = abi.page_size;
const Task = scheduler.Task;
/// Largest message a single call/reply may carry. Bumping it is trivial; kept
/// small because the copy runs under the big kernel lock.
pub const MESSAGE_MAXIMUM: usize = 256;
pub const maximum_handles = scheduler.ipc_maximum_handles;
pub const maximum_services = 8;
/// Errno-style failures, returned as `-value` in the system_call result register.
pub const EBADF: i64 = 1; // bad handle
pub const E2BIG: i64 = 2; // message exceeds MESSAGE_MAXIMUM
pub const EFAULT: i64 = 3; // buffer unmapped / out of the user half
pub const ENOENT: i64 = 4; // no such registered service
pub const ENOSPC: i64 = 5; // handle table or registry full
pub const ENOMEM: i64 = 6; // out of memory
/// A badge with this bit set is an asynchronous notification (e.g. an IRQ), not a
/// message from a client — there is no reply owed. The low bits carry the source
/// (a GSI for IRQs). Posted by `notifyFromIsr`, from the ISR in system/kernel/irq.zig;
/// the message path uses a plain task-id badge with this bit clear. Defined in the
/// shared kernel↔user ABI (system/abi.zig), because ring 3 has to test the same bit.
pub const notify_badge_bit: u64 = abi.notify_badge_bit;
/// End of the user (low) canonical half — user buffers must lie below it.
const user_half_end: u64 = 0x0000_8000_0000_0000;
/// A rendezvous endpoint. Allocated from the kernel heap; referenced by handle
/// (per process) and/or by a registry slot, counted by `refcount`.
pub const Endpoint = struct {
refcount: u32 = 1,
// Callers blocked in `call`, awaiting receive, in FIFO order (threaded via
// Task.next; each such task is .blocked and in no scheduler queue).
sender_head: ?*Task = null,
sender_tail: ?*Task = null,
// Servers blocked in `replyWait` awaiting a request.
receive_wait_queue: scheduler.WaitQueue = .{},
// Pending asynchronous notifications (badges), a small coalescing ring.
notify_buffer: [8]u64 = undefined,
notify_head: u8 = 0,
notify_tail: u8 = 0,
};
pub fn createEndpoint() ?*Endpoint {
const endpoint = heap.allocator().create(Endpoint) catch return null;
endpoint.* = .{};
return endpoint;
}
/// Drop a reference; free the endpoint when the last one goes. (Frames are leaked
/// today like other kernel objects — but the refcount bookkeeping lands now.)
pub fn dropRef(endpoint: *Endpoint) void {
if (endpoint.refcount > 1) {
endpoint.refcount -= 1;
} else {
heap.allocator().destroy(endpoint);
}
}
// --- sender FIFO (endpoint-local, via Task.next) ----------------------------
fn enqueueSender(endpoint: *Endpoint, t: *Task) void {
t.next = null;
if (endpoint.sender_tail) |tail| tail.next = t else endpoint.sender_head = t;
endpoint.sender_tail = t;
}
fn dequeueSender(endpoint: *Endpoint) ?*Task {
const t = endpoint.sender_head orelse return null;
endpoint.sender_head = t.next;
if (endpoint.sender_head == null) endpoint.sender_tail = null;
t.next = null;
return t;
}
// --- cross-address-space copy ----------------------------------------------
/// Copy `len` bytes from `source_va` in address space `source_as` to `destination_va` in
/// `destination_as`, walking each side's page tables through the physmap (no CR3 switch).
/// `*_as == 0` means the kernel address space (for kernel-task endpoints). User
/// buffers must lie in the low half. Returns false — never #PFs — if any page is
/// unmapped or out of range. Handles page-straddling buffers.
fn copyAcross(source_as: u64, source_va: u64, destination_as: u64, destination_va: u64, len: usize) bool {
const source_root = if (source_as != 0) source_as else architecture.kernelPageTable();
const destination_root = if (destination_as != 0) destination_as else architecture.kernelPageTable();
if (source_as != 0 and (source_va >= user_half_end or source_va + len > user_half_end)) return false;
if (destination_as != 0 and (destination_va >= user_half_end or destination_va + len > user_half_end)) return false;
var off: usize = 0;
while (off < len) {
const s = architecture.translate(source_root, source_va + off) orelse return false;
const d = architecture.translate(destination_root, destination_va + off) orelse return false;
const s_left = page_size - ((source_va + off) & (page_size - 1));
const d_left = page_size - ((destination_va + off) & (page_size - 1));
const n = @min(@min(s_left, d_left), len - off);
const source: [*]const u8 = @ptrFromInt(boot_handoff.physicalToVirtual(s));
const destination: [*]u8 = @ptrFromInt(boot_handoff.physicalToVirtual(d));
@memcpy(destination[0..n], source[0..n]);
off += n;
}
return true;
}
/// Copy `destination.len` bytes from `user_va` in address space `user_as` into the kernel
/// buffer `destination`, walking the user page tables through the physmap. Returns false if
/// the range escapes the user half or any source page is unmapped — so a bad user
/// pointer *fails the system_call* rather than faulting the kernel (danos has no
/// fault-recovering copy-in, so a raw dereference of an unmapped user page would halt
/// the machine). The correct way to pull a fixed-size struct in from user space, and
/// a single fetch: no TOCTOU against a hostile pointer.
pub fn copyFromUser(user_as: u64, user_va: u64, destination: []u8) bool {
if (user_as == 0) return false; // not a user address space
if (user_va >= user_half_end or user_va + destination.len > user_half_end) return false;
var off: usize = 0;
while (off < destination.len) {
const s = architecture.translate(user_as, user_va + off) orelse return false;
const s_left = page_size - ((user_va + off) & (page_size - 1));
const n = @min(s_left, destination.len - off);
const source: [*]const u8 = @ptrFromInt(boot_handoff.physicalToVirtual(s));
@memcpy(destination[off..][0..n], source[0..n]);
off += n;
}
return true;
}
// --- the two IPC operations -------------------------------------------------
/// Share the capability named by handle `cap` in `from`'s table into `to`'s table,
/// bumping the endpoint's refcount (the sender keeps its handle — this is a copy, not
/// a move). Returns the handle it landed at in `to` (>= 0), or `-EBADF` if `cap` names
/// no live handle, or `-ENOSPC` if `to`'s table is full. Callers only invoke this when
/// `cap != no_cap`. Used by both IPC directions to carry an endpoint with a message.
fn shareCapability(from: *Task, to: *Task, cap: u64) i64 {
const endpoint = resolveHandle(from, cap) orelse return -EBADF;
endpoint.refcount += 1;
const handle = installHandle(to, endpoint);
if (handle < 0) {
dropRef(endpoint); // undo the bump; the receiver had no room
return -ENOSPC;
}
return handle;
}
/// Client side of IPC_Call: send `[message_ptr, message_len)` to `endpoint` and block until a
/// server replies into `[reply_ptr, reply_cap)`. Returns the reply length, or a
/// negative errno. `send_cap` (a handle, or `no_cap`) is an endpoint transferred to the
/// server with the request; `out_received_cap` receives the handle of an endpoint the
/// server sent back in its reply, or `no_cap`. Runs as the current task.
pub fn call(endpoint: *Endpoint, message_ptr: u64, message_len: u64, reply_ptr: u64, reply_cap: u64, send_cap: u64, out_received_cap: *u64) i64 {
if (message_len > MESSAGE_MAXIMUM or reply_cap > MESSAGE_MAXIMUM) return -E2BIG;
const flags = sync.enter();
defer sync.leave(flags);
const me = scheduler.current();
me.ipc_send_ptr = message_ptr;
me.ipc_send_len = message_len;
me.ipc_reply_ptr = reply_ptr;
me.ipc_reply_cap = reply_cap;
me.ipc_send_cap = send_cap;
me.ipc_received_cap = abi.no_cap;
me.ipc_status = 0;
enqueueSender(endpoint, me); // join the FIFO, then...
scheduler.wakeLocked(&endpoint.receive_wait_queue); // ...wake a waiting server (no-op if none)
scheduler.blockCurrentLocked(); // block until the reply readies us again
out_received_cap.* = me.ipc_received_cap; // a capability the replier sent back, or no_cap
return me.ipc_status; // reply length or -errno, written by the replier
}
/// Server side of IPC_ReplyWait: deliver `[reply_ptr, reply_len)` to the client
/// we currently owe (if any), then receive the next request into
/// `[receive_ptr, receive_cap)`, blocking until one arrives. Writes the sender's badge
/// to `out_badge` and returns the request length, or a negative errno. A pending
/// notification is delivered ahead of client requests (length 0, badge with
/// `notify_badge_bit` set, no reply owed).
pub fn replyWait(endpoint: *Endpoint, reply_ptr: u64, reply_len: u64, receive_ptr: u64, receive_cap: u64, send_cap: u64, out_badge: *u64, out_received_cap: *u64) i64 {
if (reply_len > MESSAGE_MAXIMUM or receive_cap > MESSAGE_MAXIMUM) return -E2BIG;
const flags = sync.enter();
defer sync.leave(flags);
const me = scheduler.current();
out_received_cap.* = abi.no_cap; // no capability received unless a request delivers one
// (1) Reply to the client we're still holding, if any — carrying `send_cap` to it.
if (me.ipc_client) |client| {
me.ipc_client = null;
const n = @min(reply_len, client.ipc_reply_cap);
client.ipc_received_cap = abi.no_cap;
if (!copyAcross(me.aspace, reply_ptr, client.aspace, client.ipc_reply_ptr, n)) {
client.ipc_status = -EFAULT;
} else if (send_cap != abi.no_cap) {
// Transfer the reply's capability into the client. A failure fails the
// client's `call` rather than delivering a reply without its promised cap.
const shared = shareCapability(me, client, send_cap);
if (shared < 0) {
client.ipc_status = shared; // -EBADF (bad handle) or -ENOSPC (client table full)
} else {
client.ipc_received_cap = @intCast(shared);
client.ipc_status = @intCast(n);
}
} else {
client.ipc_status = @intCast(n);
}
scheduler.readyLocked(client); // its `call` now returns
}
// (2) Receive the next request (or notification), blocking until one is ready.
while (true) {
if (popNotify(endpoint)) |badge| {
out_badge.* = badge | notify_badge_bit;
return 0; // notification: no payload, no reply owed, no cap
}
if (dequeueSender(endpoint)) |caller| {
const n = @min(caller.ipc_send_len, receive_cap);
if (!copyAcross(caller.aspace, caller.ipc_send_ptr, me.aspace, receive_ptr, n)) {
caller.ipc_status = -EFAULT; // bad sender buffer: fail it, keep serving
scheduler.readyLocked(caller);
continue;
}
// Install the capability the caller sent, if any, into my table. A failure
// fails the caller's `call` and does not deliver — no half-delivered cap.
if (caller.ipc_send_cap != abi.no_cap) {
const shared = shareCapability(caller, me, caller.ipc_send_cap);
if (shared < 0) {
caller.ipc_status = shared; // -EBADF or -ENOSPC
scheduler.readyLocked(caller);
continue;
}
out_received_cap.* = @intCast(shared);
}
me.ipc_client = caller; // remember who to reply to
out_badge.* = caller.id;
return @intCast(n);
}
scheduler.waitLocked(&endpoint.receive_wait_queue); // nothing yet — sleep until woken, then retry
}
}
// --- asynchronous notification (for IRQ-as-message, M10) --------------------
fn popNotify(endpoint: *Endpoint) ?u64 {
if (endpoint.notify_head == endpoint.notify_tail) return null;
const badge = endpoint.notify_buffer[endpoint.notify_head % endpoint.notify_buffer.len];
endpoint.notify_head +%= 1;
return badge;
}
/// Post an asynchronous notification carrying `badge` to `endpoint` and wake a waiting
/// receiver. Precondition: the big kernel lock is held.
///
/// The lock must already cover whatever produced `endpoint` — an ISR that looked the
/// endpoint up in a table and *then* took the lock could be racing a process exit
/// that unbinds and frees it in between. See irq.dispatch, which holds one lock
/// region across the table read and this call.
///
/// A full ring drops the notification. That is the correct semantics, not a
/// concession: a notification is a *level* ("this device wants attention"), and the
/// driver re-reads device state on wake. It is never a count of events.
pub fn notifyLocked(endpoint: *Endpoint, badge: u64) void {
if (endpoint.notify_tail -% endpoint.notify_head < endpoint.notify_buffer.len) {
endpoint.notify_buffer[endpoint.notify_tail % endpoint.notify_buffer.len] = badge;
endpoint.notify_tail +%= 1;
}
scheduler.wakeLocked(&endpoint.receive_wait_queue);
}
/// `notifyLocked` as a self-contained ISR critical section, for a caller that holds
/// `endpoint` by some means other than a table the lock protects. Releases the lock without
/// touching the interrupt flag (the ISR's iretq restores it), like the timer tick.
pub fn notifyFromIsr(endpoint: *Endpoint, badge: u64) void {
_ = sync.enter();
notifyLocked(endpoint, badge);
sync.leaveIsr();
}
// --- per-process handle table + name registry -------------------------------
/// Install `endpoint` in task `t`'s handle table; returns the small-int handle or
/// -ENOSPC. The caller has already taken/holds the reference the slot represents.
pub fn installHandle(t: *Task, endpoint: *Endpoint) i64 {
for (&t.handles, 0..) |*slot, i| {
if (slot.* == null) {
slot.* = @ptrCast(endpoint);
return @intCast(i);
}
}
return -ENOSPC;
}
/// Resolve a handle to its endpoint, or null if out of range / unused.
pub fn resolveHandle(t: *Task, h: u64) ?*Endpoint {
if (h >= t.handles.len) return null;
const slot = t.handles[@intCast(h)] orelse return null;
return @ptrCast(@alignCast(slot));
}
/// Drop every endpoint reference an exiting task holds. Called from the scheduler
/// exit path so a dead server's endpoints don't linger referenced.
pub fn closeHandles(t: *Task) void {
for (&t.handles) |*slot| {
if (slot.*) |p| {
dropRef(@ptrCast(@alignCast(p)));
slot.* = null;
}
}
}
var registry: [maximum_services]?*Endpoint = .{null} ** maximum_services;
/// Publish `endpoint` under well-known `id` (takes a reference). Returns 0 or -errno.
pub fn register(id: u32, endpoint: *Endpoint) i64 {
if (id >= maximum_services) return -ENOENT;
if (registry[id]) |old| dropRef(old);
endpoint.refcount += 1;
registry[id] = endpoint;
return 0;
}
/// Find the endpoint published under `id`, taking a reference for the caller to
/// install in its handle table. Null if nothing is registered there.
pub fn lookup(id: u32) ?*Endpoint {
if (id >= maximum_services) return null;
const endpoint = registry[id] orelse return null;
endpoint.refcount += 1;
return endpoint;
}