void *heap_malloc(struct Heap* h, size_t size)
{
size_t *mem;
size += sizeof(size_t);
if ((mem = (size_t*)heap_allocmem(h, size)))
*mem++ = size;
return mem;
}
/**
* Create a new process, starting at the provided entry point.
*
*
* \note The function
* \code
* proc_new(entry, data, stacksize, stack)
* \endcode
* is a more convenient way to create a process, as you don't have to specify
* the name.
*
* \return Process structure of new created process
* if successful, NULL otherwise.
*/
struct Process *proc_new_with_name(UNUSED_ARG(const char *, name), void (*entry)(void), iptr_t data, size_t stack_size, cpu_stack_t *stack_base)
{
Process *proc;
LOG_INFO("name=%s", name);
#if CONFIG_KERN_HEAP
bool free_stack = false;
/*
* Free up resources of a zombie process.
*
* We're implementing a kind of lazy garbage collector here for
* efficiency reasons: we can avoid to introduce overhead into another
* kernel task dedicated to free up resources (e.g., idle) and we're
* not introducing any overhead into the scheduler after a context
* switch (that would be *very* bad, because the scheduler runs with
* IRQ disabled).
*
* In this way we are able to release the memory of the zombie tasks
* without disabling IRQs and without introducing any significant
* overhead in any other kernel task.
*/
proc_freeZombies();
/* Did the caller provide a stack for us? */
if (!stack_base)
{
/* Did the caller specify the desired stack size? */
if (!stack_size)
stack_size = KERN_MINSTACKSIZE;
/* Allocate stack dinamically */
PROC_ATOMIC(stack_base =
(cpu_stack_t *)heap_allocmem(&proc_heap, stack_size));
if (stack_base == NULL)
return NULL;
free_stack = true;
}
#else // CONFIG_KERN_HEAP
/* Stack must have been provided by the user */
ASSERT_VALID_PTR(stack_base);
ASSERT(stack_size);
#endif // CONFIG_KERN_HEAP
#if CONFIG_KERN_MONITOR
/*
* Fill-in the stack with a special marker to help debugging.
* On 64bit platforms, CONFIG_KERN_STACKFILLCODE is larger
* than an int, so the (int) cast is required to silence the
* warning for truncating its size.
*/
memset(stack_base, (int)CONFIG_KERN_STACKFILLCODE, stack_size);
#endif
/* Initialize the process control block */
if (CPU_STACK_GROWS_UPWARD)
{
proc = (Process *)stack_base;
proc->stack = stack_base + PROC_SIZE_WORDS;
// On some architecture stack should be aligned, so we do it.
proc->stack = (cpu_stack_t *)((uintptr_t)proc->stack + (sizeof(cpu_aligned_stack_t) - ((uintptr_t)proc->stack % sizeof(cpu_aligned_stack_t))));
if (CPU_SP_ON_EMPTY_SLOT)
proc->stack++;
}
else
{
proc = (Process *)(stack_base + stack_size / sizeof(cpu_stack_t) - PROC_SIZE_WORDS);
// On some architecture stack should be aligned, so we do it.
proc->stack = (cpu_stack_t *)((uintptr_t)proc - ((uintptr_t)proc % sizeof(cpu_aligned_stack_t)));
if (CPU_SP_ON_EMPTY_SLOT)
proc->stack--;
}
/* Ensure stack is aligned */
ASSERT((uintptr_t)proc->stack % sizeof(cpu_aligned_stack_t) == 0);
stack_size -= PROC_SIZE_WORDS * sizeof(cpu_stack_t);
proc_initStruct(proc);
proc->user_data = data;
#if CONFIG_KERN_HEAP | CONFIG_KERN_MONITOR
proc->stack_base = stack_base;
proc->stack_size = stack_size;
#if CONFIG_KERN_HEAP
if (free_stack)
proc->flags |= PF_FREESTACK;
#endif
#endif
proc->user_entry = entry;
CPU_CREATE_NEW_STACK(proc->stack);
#if CONFIG_KERN_MONITOR
monitor_add(proc, name);
#endif
/* Add to ready list */
ATOMIC(SCHED_ENQUEUE(proc));
return proc;
}
