sortix--sortix/sortix/syscall.h

/******************************************************************************

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	syscall.h
	Handles system calls from userspace safely.

******************************************************************************/

#ifndef SORTIX_SYSCALL_H
#define SORTIX_SYSCALL_H

#include "syscallnum.h"

namespace Sortix
{
	class Thread;

	namespace Syscall
	{
		void Init();
		void Register(size_t index, void* funcptr);

		// Aborts the current system call such that the current thread is marked
		// as blocking, and control is transferred to the next runnable thread.
		// This allows the thread to wait for an condition that makes the thread
		// runnable again and stores the return value in the proper register.
		// Once called, you may safely return from the system call in good faith
		// that its return value shall be discarded.
		void Incomplete();

		// For when you want the syscall exit code not to modify registers.
		void AsIs();

		// Retries a system call by making the thread runnable and then calling
		// the system call code whenever the thread is scheduled to run.
		void ScheduleResumption(Thread* thread);

		// Retries a system call based on the Thread::sc* values of the current
		// thread and if it succeeds, sets the proper registers.
		void Resume(CPU::InterruptRegisters* regs);

		CPU::InterruptRegisters* InterruptRegs();
		CPU::SyscallRegisters* SyscallRegs();
	}
}

extern "C" void syscall_handler();

#endif