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xv6 Code Examples

xv6 is MIT's re-implementation of Unix V6, used for teaching operating systems. Here are some classic examples from the codebase:

## 1. Process Structure (`proc.h`)

```c
struct proc {
  uint sz;                     // Size of process memory (bytes)
  pagetable_t pagetable;       // User page table
  struct trapframe *trapframe; // data page for trampoline.S
  struct context context;      // swtch() here to run process
  struct file *ofile[NOFILE];  // Open files
  struct inode *cwd;           // Current directory
  char name[16];               // Process name (debugging)
  int pid;                     // Process ID
  enum procstate state;        // Process state
};

2. Scheduler (proc.c)

void
scheduler(void)
{
  struct proc *p;
  struct cpu *c = mycpu();

  c->proc = 0;
  for(;;){
    // Avoid deadlock by enabling interrupts.
    intr_on();

    for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++) {
      acquire(&p->lock);
      if(p->state == RUNNABLE) {
        p->state = RUNNING;
        c->proc = p;
        swtch(&c->context, &p->context);
        c->proc = 0;
      }
      release(&p->lock);
    }
  }
}

3. Fork System Call (proc.c)

int
fork(void)
{
  int i, pid;
  struct proc *np;
  struct proc *p = myproc();

  // Allocate process.
  if((np = allocproc()) == 0)
    return -1;

  // Copy user memory from parent to child.
  if(uvmcopy(p->pagetable, np->pagetable, p->sz) < 0){
    freeproc(np);
    release(&np->lock);
    return -1;
  }
  np->sz = p->sz;

  // copy saved user registers.
  *(np->trapframe) = *(p->trapframe);

  // Cause fork to return 0 in the child.
  np->trapframe->a0 = 0;

  // increment reference counts on open file descriptors.
  for(i = 0; i < NOFILE; i++)
    if(p->ofile[i])
      np->ofile[i] = filedup(p->ofile[i]);
  np->cwd = idup(p->cwd);

  safestrcpy(np->name, p->name, sizeof(p->name));

  pid = np->pid;

  release(&np->lock);

  acquire(&wait_lock);
  np->parent = p;
  release(&wait_lock);

  acquire(&np->lock);
  np->state = RUNNABLE;
  release(&np->lock);

  return pid;
}

4. Trampoline: User → Kernel Transition (trampoline.S)

.globl uservec
uservec:
        # save user a0 in sscratch so
        # a0 can be used to get at TRAPFRAME.
        csrw sscratch, a0

        # each process has a separate p->trapframe memory area,
        # but it's mapped where uservec will need it.
        li a0, TRAPFRAME

        # save the user registers in TRAPFRAME
        sd ra, 40(a0)
        sd sp, 48(a0)
        sd gp, 56(a0)
        # ... more saves

        # restore kernel stack pointer from p->trapframe->kernel_sp
        ld sp, 8(a0)

        # make tp hold the current hartid
        ld tp, 32(a0)

        # load the address of usertrap(), from p->trapframe->kernel_trap
        ld t0, 16(a0)

        # restore kernel page table from p->trapframe->kernel_satp
        ld t1, 0(a0)
        csrw satp, t1

        # jump to usertrap(), which does not return
        jr t0

5. Page Table Walk (vm.c)

pte_t *
walk(pagetable_t pagetable, uint64 va, int alloc)
{
  if(va >= MAXVA)
    panic("walk");

  for(int level = 2; level > 0; level--) {
    pte_t *pte = &pagetable[PX(level, va)];
    if(*pte & PTE_V) {
      pagetable = (pagetable_t)PTE2PA(*pte);
    } else {
      if(!alloc || (pagetable = (pde_t*)kalloc()) == 0)
        return 0;
      memset(pagetable, 0, PGSIZE);
      *pte = PA2PTE(pagetable) | PTE_V;
    }
  }
  return &pagetable[PX(0, va)];
}

6. Spinlock (spinlock.c)

void
acquire(struct spinlock *lk)
{
  push_off(); // disable interrupts to avoid deadlock.

  if(holding(lk))
    panic("acquire");

  // On RISC-V, sync_lock_test_and_set turns into an atomic swap:
  //   a5 = 1
  //   s1 = &lk->locked
  //   amoswap.w.aq a5, a5, (s1)
  while(__sync_lock_test_and_set(&lk->locked, 1) != 0)
    ;

  // Tell the C compiler and the processor to not move loads or stores
  // past this point.
  __sync_synchronize();

  // Record info about lock acquisition for holding() and debugging.
  lk->cpu = mycpu();
}

7. Sleep/Wakeup (proc.c)

void
sleep(void *chan, struct spinlock *lk)
{
  struct proc *p = myproc();

  acquire(&p->lock);  // DOC: sleeplock1
  release(lk);

  // Go to sleep.
  p->chan = chan;
  p->state = SLEEPING;

  sched();

  // Tidy up.
  p->chan = 0;

  // Reacquire original lock.
  release(&p->lock);
  acquire(lk);
}

void
wakeup(void *chan)
{
  struct proc *p;

  for(p = proc; p < &proc[NPROC]; p++) {
    acquire(&p->lock);
    if(p->state == SLEEPING && p->chan == chan) {
      p->state = RUNNABLE;
    }
    release(&p->lock);
  }
}

8. User-Space Example (user/sh.c — simple shell)

int
main(void)
{
  static char buf[100];
  int fd;

  // Ensure that three file descriptors are open.
  while((fd = open("console", O_RDWR)) >= 0){
    if(fd >= 3){
      close(fd);
      break;
    }
  }

  // Read and run input commands.
  while(getcmd(buf, sizeof(buf)) >= 0){
    if(buf[0] == 'c' && buf[1] == 'd' && buf[2] == ' '){
      // Chdir must be called by the parent, not the child.
      buf[strlen(buf)-1] = 0;  // chop \n
      if(chdir(buf+3) < 0)
        fprintf(2, "cannot cd %s\n", buf+3);
      continue;
    }
    if(fork1() == 0)
      runcmd(parsecmd(buf));
    wait(0);
  }
  exit(0);
}

Getting the Full Source

You can clone xv6:

git clone https://github.com/mit-pdos/xv6-riscv.git
cd xv6-riscv

Key files to explore: - kernel/proc.c — processes, scheduler, system calls - kernel/vm.c — virtual memory - kernel/trap.c — traps and interrupts - kernel/spinlock.c — synchronization - kernel/fs.c — file system - kernel/syscall.c — syscall dispatch - user/ — user-space programs

Want me to dive deeper into any specific area (e.g., the file system, page faults, or syscall entry)? win@DESKTOP-MEIH88T:~/webdev-projects/git$ ```