Kernel can just use raw threads, pretty muchs the only thing that
process provides is syscalls which kernel threads of course don't
need.
Also this makes init process have pid 1 :D
All block functions now take an optional mutex parameter that is
atomically unlocked instead of having the user unlock it before hand.
This prevents a ton of race conditions everywhere in the code!
Change Semaphore -> ThreadBlocker
This was not a semaphore, I just named it one because I didn't know
what semaphore was. I have meant to change this sooner, but it was in
no way urgent :D
Implement SMP events. Processors can now be sent SMP events through
IPIs. SMP events can be sent either to a single processor or broadcasted
to every processor.
PageTable::{map_page,map_range,unmap_page,unmap_range}() now send SMP
event to invalidate TLB caches for the changed pages.
Scheduler no longer uses a global run queue. Each processor has its own
scheduler that keeps track of the load on the processor. Once every
second schedulers do load balancing. Schedulers have no access to other
processors' schedulers, they just see approximate loads. If scheduler
decides that it has too much load, it will send a thread to another
processor through a SMP event.
Schedulers are currently run using the timer interrupt on BSB. This
should be not the case, and each processor should use its LAPIC timer
for interrupts. There is no reason to broadcast SMP event to all
processors when BSB gets timer interrupt.
Old scheduler only achieved 20% idle load on qemu. That was probably a
very inefficient implementation. This new scheduler seems to average
around 1% idle load. This is much closer to what I would expect. On my
own laptop idle load seems to be only around 0.5% on each processor.
/dev/keyboard and /dev/mouse can be read for events from any attached
keyboard or mouse respectively. This makes device hot-plugging support
pretty much automatic for TTY, GUI, and whatever takes input.
PS/2 code is now kind of messed up, but it works. Keyboards and mice are
now an abstract class that is automatically exposed to userspace. This
will make adding USB input much nicer.
Use this new FramebufferTerminalDriver for terminal instead of the
old VesaTerminalDriver. Only drawback with this is that framebuffer
device can only be intialized after DevFS is initialized.
RamInode is now a general RamInode with no data. RamFileInode is now
a inode for regular files. This is much cleaner and more intuitive
since there is no reason for most non-regular inodes to hold data
Vector.
Serial monitors can now be used as a output. This requires editing
init code for the stdio opening. Serial input is not supported, so qemu
still needs graphical window for ps/2 keyboard.
We now have DevFileSystem which is derived from RamFileSystem. All
devices are RamInodes. We don't have separate DeviceManager anymore.
To iterate over devices, you can loop througn every inode in devfs.
