August 2017 - Devel - lists.sel4.systems

seL4 test on x86
by Yevgeny Lavrov 29 Jan '25

29 Jan '25

Hello, I'm new to seL4 and I'm just doing it for learning purpose. I'm trying to run seL4 test suite or simple hello world task from seL4 tutorials on the real hardware. So far I had no problems compiling seL4 test suite and running via QEMU for both x32 and x64 platforms. However, when I try to run it on the actual hardware following Running on real hardware tutorial for x86 I end up with no output at all and no error msgs that can give me a clue on where something went wrong. After compiling … [View More]

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Questions about Memory Management in seL4
by Daniel Wang 18 May '23

18 May '23

Hi all, Sorry to bother, I have some basic questions about seL4 memory management. Can someone help me? 1. where is the kernel’s address space? I know there are basically three methods: a) separate virtual address space, e.g. through changing page tables on entry into privileged mode to access b) physical space, e.g. through disable automatic hardware translation of virtual addresses on entry into privilege mode c) privilege region in each process’s virtual address space, e.g. through … [View More]

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UEFI support for x86
by Edward Sandberg 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

Is there a plan to add UEFI support in seL4 for x86 hardware in the near future? Newer x86 boards are frequently UEFI only. It is possible to get around the lack of UEFI support, as I have done with the UP board: https://up-community.org/wiki/Hardware_Specification but I am hitting problems which I will detail below. When I compile using ia32_debug_xml_defconfig and boot using the resulting images the board fails to find the RSDP location. To fix this I had to modify the source code a bit:… [View More] * seL4test/projects/util_libs/libplatsupport/src/plat/pc99/acpi/acpi.h + #define UPBOARD_RSDP 0x5B161000 * seL4test/projects/util_libs/libplatsupport/src/plat/pc99/acpi/acpi.c - acpi->rsdp = acpi_sig_search(acpi, ACPI_SIG_RSDP, strlen(ACPI_SIG_RSDP), - (void *) BIOS_PADDR_START, (void *) BIOS_PADDR_END); + acpi->rsdp = (void *)UPBOARD_RSDP; * seL4test/kernel/src/plat/pc99/machine/acpi.c - for (addr = (char*)BIOS_PADDR_START; addr < (char*)BIOS_PADDR_END; addr += 16) { + for (addr = (char*)0; addr < (char*)PPTR_BASE; addr += 16) { It would be handy to have this as a kernel parameter to cover cases where it is not successfully discovered automatically. With these changes I can boot the board and several tests pass but then I get stuck on INTERRUPT0001 (Test interrupts with timer). I don't get a test failure or an error the board just sits and makes no more progress. Someone had that test fail in this post: https://sel4.systems/pipermail/devel/2017-February/001328.html and the first recommendation was to check if the irq of the timer was correctly found. I booted the board into linux to find the correct irq which was listed as 0 in /proc/interupts. I added a printf to handleInterrupt in the kernel source, recompiled and when I booted seL4 I found that the irq reported to handleInterrupt is 125 (which sel4 reports as the max interrupt value) every time that function is called. Adding this printf also showed me that when the test hangs the board hasn't crashed or locked up as calls to handleInterrupt are made continuously. At this point I noticed that before any tests started to run several ACPI tables are not recognized: Parsing ACPI tables Skipping table FPDTD, unknown Skipping table FIDT<9c>, unknown Skipping table UEFIB, unknown Skipping table TPM24, unknown Skipping table LPIT^D^A, unknown Skipping table BCFG9^A, unknown Skipping table PRAM0, unknown Skipping table CSRTL^A, unknown Skipping table BCFG9^A, unknown Skipping table OEM0<84>, unknown Skipping table OEM1@, unknown Skipping table PIDVÜ, unknown Skipping table RSCI,, unknown Skipping table WDAT^D^A, unknown Warning: skipping table ACPI XSDT Maybe one or more of those tables needs to be loaded to handle interrupts properly. The LPIT table is conspicuous in the case of the timer test but I think other tests are likely to depend on the other tables. Any suggestions about porting this type of hardware? -- Edward Sandberg Adventium Labs 111 3rd Avenue S. Suite #100 Minneapolis, MN 55401 ed.sandberg(a)adventiumlabs.com [View Less]

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SMP on Zynq7000 zc702
by Jesse Millwood 04 Oct '17

04 Oct '17

Hello, I realize that the only officially supported SMP platform is the i.mx6 but I did see some code on 6.0 to master for SMP and the zynq7000 so I am trying to test out some SMP functionality on my zc702 board. I am wondering if anyone has this working because my system is failing when compiling from master and the 6.0 and compatible tags. My second core seems to be coming up but the system ultimately fails and prints out: Bo ot nKgE RaNlEl L fDinAiTsAh eAdBO, RdT!r ppFaeud lttio nugs eirn … [View More]stspraucctei o n: 0xe001d1b0 o FAR: 0xfffffff8 DFSR: 0x807 halting... Kernel entry via Syscall, number: 1, Call Cap type: 1, Invocation tag: 37 Which seems to be "Booting all finished, dropped to user space" from core0 and "KERNEL DATA ABORT!" from core1. The "0xe001d1b0" seems to be the label of the "idle_thread" function. While stepping through via JTAG, I have verified that core1 gets through "init_kernel" and then enters "restore_user_context" at some point in "restore_user_context" the fault registers as shown in the printed output are set. I think it is either in the c_exit_hook in restore_user_context or after the program branches to "0xFFF0010" which is "ldr pc,0xFFFF0030". This branches to the "arm_data_abort_exception" label, which goes to "kernel_data_fault" label and then to "kernel data abort". I'm having trouble exactly pin pointing where the fault occurs but it seems to be close to there. Has anyone had similar issues with SMP? It seems to get fairly far without setting the fault registers. I have tried to step through the execution over JTAG and here are some of my (verbose) notes | CORE0 Address | Core0 Function | Core0 Instruction | CORE1 Address | Core1 Function | Core1 Instruction | DFSR | DFAR | Note | |---------------+-----------------------------+------------------------+---------------+------------------------------------+----------------------+------------+------------+------| | 0x10000000 | label: start | =cpsid aif= | 0xFFFFFF34 | | =mvn r0,#0x0f= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | | | 0x10003A2C | call: platform_init | =bl -x10003DD8= | 0xFFFFFF30 | | =wfe= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | | | 0x10003ACC | call: smp_boot | =bl 0x100039FC= | 0xFFFFFF34 | | =mvn r0,#0x0f= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | | | 0x10003ADO | ret: smp_boot | =bl 0x10005C54= | 0x10000020 | in: non_boot_core | =orr r0,r0,#0x40= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 2 | | 0x10003ADC | =if(is_hyp_mode())= | =beq 0x10003AF0= | 0x10002200 | label: arm_disable_dcaches | =push {r14}= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | | | 0x10003AFC | call: arm_enable_mmu | =bl 0x10002174= | 0xE0006190 | in: try_init_kernel_secondary_core | =beq 0xE0001680= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 1 | | 0xE0001D70 | label: init_kernel | =push {r11,r14}= | 0xE0001680 | in: try_init_kernel_secondary_core | =beq 0xE0001680= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 1 | | 0xE0001814 | label: try_init_kernel | =push {r11,r14}= | 0xE0001690 | in: try_init_kernel_secondary_core | =beq 0xE0001680= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 1 | | 0xE0001B80 | call: create_initial_thread | =str r0, [r11,#-0x14]= | 0xE0001680 | in: try_init_kernel_secondary_core | =beq 0xE0001680= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 1 | | 0xE0001C48 | call: SMP_COND_STATEMENT | =bl 0xE0003C20= | 0xE0001680 | in: try_init_kernel_secondary_core | =beq 0xE0001680= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 1, 3 | | 0xE0001C4C | call: SMP_COND_STATEMENT | =bl 0xE00017D8= | 0xE0001680 | in: try_init_kernel_secondary_core | =beq 0xE0001680= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 1, 4 | | 0xE0001C50 | NODE_LOCK_SYS | =bl 0xE0019280= | 0xE0019288 | in: getCurrentCPUIndex | =sub r13,r13,#0x8= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 5 | | 0xE0001D1C | call: arch_pause | =bl 0xE0019DB0= | 0xE0019290 | in: getCurrentCPUIndex | =str r0,[r11,#-0x8]= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 6 | | 0xE0001D40 | in: clh_lock_acquire | =uxtb r3,r3= | 0xE00037F4 | in: init_core_state | =pop {r4,r11,pc}= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | | | 0xE0001D20 | in: clh_lock_acquire | =mov r2,#0xE800= | 0xE0003754 | in: init_core_state | =movw r2,#0xE8E0= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 7 | | 0xE0001D40 | in: clh_lock_acquire | =uxtb r3,r3= | 0xE00017C4 | in: try_init_kernel_secondary | =mov r3,#0x1= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 8 | | 0xE0001D40 | in: clh_lock_acquire | =uxtb r3,r3= | 0xE002A06C | in: schedule | =push {r11,r14}= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 9 | | 0xE0001D40 | in: clh_lock_acquire | =uxtb r3,r3= | 0xE002979C | in: activateThread | =push {r11, r14}= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 10 | | 0xE0001D40 | in: clh_lock_acquire | =uxtb r3,r3= | 0xE001D24C | label: Arch_activateIdleThread | =push {r11}= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 11 | | 0xE0001D38 | in: clh_lock_acquire | =ldr r3,[r3,#0x4]= | 0xE0000054 | in: start | =b 0xE001CEC8= | 0x00000000 | 0x00005000 | 12 | Notes 1. Core1 is in a =while (!node_boot_lock)= loop 2. In =smp_boot=, CORE1 changes after =init_cpus= (branch location: ZSR:10003A08) - In =smp_boot=, =boot_cpus= is called - This sets the =CPU_JUMP_PTR= =*((volatile uint32_t*)CPU_JUMP_PTR) = (uint32_t)entry;= - calls =dsb= (data synchronization barrier) - After this call, CPU1 goes to =FFFFFF2C: dsb sy= - And then =sev= - After this call, CPU1 goes to the =non_boot_core= label - SEV - SEV causes an event to be signaled to all cores within a multiprocessor system. If SEV is implemented, WFE must also be implemented. - WFE - If the Event Register is not set, WFE suspends execution until one of the following events occurs: - an IRQ interrupt, unless masked by the CPSR I-bit - an FIQ interrupt, unless masked by the CPSR F-bit - an Imprecise Data abort, unless masked by the CPSR A-bit - a Debug Entry request, if Debug is enabled - an Event signaled by another processor using the SEV instruction. - If the Event Register is set, WFE clears it and returns immediately. - If WFE is implemented, SEV must also be implemented. - After CPU0 executes =arm_enable_mmu()= from the =main= function - by the end of =smp_boot= core1 is just starting =non_boot_main= 3. The =SMP_COND_STATEMENT= is calling =clh_lock_init= 4. The =SMP_COND_STATEMENT= is calling =release_secondary_cpus= 5. right after Core0 returned from releasing secondary cpus - First time Core1 has exited the loop - Core1's stack is - =getCurrentCPUINdex= - =init_core_state= - =try_init_kernel_secondary_core= - =init_kernel= 6. Core0 is in a =while(big_kernel_lock.node_owners[cpu].next->value ! = CLHState_Granted)= - Core0 is in a static inline function =clh_lock_acquire= in =try_init_kernel= - Core1 is in =getCurrentCPUIndex= but being called from =tcbDebugAppend= - =tcbDebugAppend= is being called from a =for= loop in =init_core_state= 7. Core0 is still in the previously mentioned while loop - Core1 is in "init_core_state" and has exited the for loop that called =tcbDebugAppend(NODE_STATE_ON_CORE(ksIdleThread, i))= 8. Core0 is still in the previously mentioned while loop - Core1 has returned to =try_init_kernel_secondary_core= from =init_core_state= and is at the end of the function 9. Core0 is still in the previously mentioned while loop - Core1 has entered the =init_kernel= call and then the =schedule= function. 10. Core0 is still in the previously mentioned while loop - Core1 has entered the =activateThread= call after =schedule= in =init_kernel= 11. Core0 is still in the previously mentioned while loop - Core1 seems to have dropped into the =case ThreadState_IdleThreadState:= case when switching on =switch (thread_state_get_tsType(NODE_STATE(ksCurThread)->tcbState))= - This was in =activateThread= 12. Core0 is still in the previously mentioned while loop - Core1 has exited =init_kernel= and is now branching to =restore_user_context= To test everything out I am using the "camkes-sols-master" manifest and building the "CAmkES Hello World application with events and dataports". The changes I made are * I edited the top level CAmkES file to set the affinity for two separate cores. * Upped the Max Number of CPU nodes to 2 The rest of the config is pretty standard. I have it attached to this message. The FSBL and ps7_init script I use are the standard ones created for the zc702 from the 2017.2 version of the Xilinx XSDK. I am booting from jtag and first run the ps7_init script and then flash the fsbl and then the "capdl-loader-experimental-image-arm-zynq7000" that was built. I am wondering if anyone is using a modified fsbl or ps7_init that does something else, if there is config value that I missed, or if it is still in development? If it is still in development I'd like to work with whoever is Thanks, Jesse Millwood [View Less]

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VGA buffer as stdout
by Michal Podhradsky 31 Aug '17

31 Aug '17

Hello, I have a question about standard output. I have a camkes component than can write into text-mode VGA buffer (basically it follows this simple example http://wiki.osdev.org/Bare_Bones#Writing_a_kernel_in_C ) but I would like to be able to redirect the kernel messages during startup to be printed on screen using VGA buffer. Once another component (either Linux in a VM, or some other camkes app) will initialize, it will be able to take control over the screen output (and for example show … [View More]

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benchmark - idle utilization
by Alexander Boettcher 31 Aug '17

31 Aug '17

Hello, we use the seL4 benchmark interface to feed Genode's trace infrastructure with information about the CPU utilization of threads and of idle times. In general the integration was reasonable straightforward. One minor point we had. It seems that the idle time of a CPU can only be requested by a thread running on the vary same CPU. Requesting the CPU idle times of a remote CPU (the calling thread is on another CPU) is not supported, right ? In principle we may start on each CPU a thread … [View More]just for the sake of requesting the idle utilization time, which however looks a bit of overkill. We "kind of" circumvent the issue for us by changing the syscall handling in the kernel in that regard, that the CPU number of the requested target thread is taken instead that of the caller thread, e.g. like this: --- a/src/benchmark/benchmark_utilisation.c +++ b/src/benchmark/benchmark_utilisation.c @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ void benchmark_track_utilisation_dump(void) tcb = TCB_PTR(cap_thread_cap_get_capTCBPtr(lu_ret.cap)); buffer[BENCHMARK_TCB_UTILISATION] = tcb->benchmark.utilisation; /* Requested thread utilisation */ +#if CONFIG_MAX_NUM_NODES > 1 + if (tcb->tcbAffinity < ksNumCPUs) + buffer[BENCHMARK_IDLE_UTILISATION] = NODE_STATE_ON_CORE(ksIdleThread, tcb->tcbAffinity)->benchmark.utilisation; /* Idle thread utilisation */ + else +#endif buffer[BENCHMARK_IDLE_UTILISATION] = NODE_STATE(ksIdleThread)->benchmark.utilisation; /* Idle thread utilisation */ #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ENABLE_PMU_OVERFLOW_INTERRUPT With this change, we still have to create a thread on every CPU (since we need a capability for the syscall), but at least the threads must not be running actively. Does this change (the patch) make sense to you and is it worthwhile to adjust in general on your side - or would you advise/envision another approach/direction ? (like specifying the cpu number for the idle times directly via the syscall or having a explicit syscall just for cpu idle times [but there are no specific thread idle capabilities as syscall parameter] etc.) Another question: Currently it seems that no idle CPU times are provided, as long as no user thread is actively running on that specific CPU. We can handle it, no problem in general - however we would have to adjust generic code (which runs on 8 different kernels) specifically for seL4 to handle this minor case. Could this possibly be changed (easily) ? Thanks, Alex. -- Alexander Boettcher Genode Labs http://www.genode-labs.com - http://www.genode.org Genode Labs GmbH - Amtsgericht Dresden - HRB 28424 - Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth [View Less]

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Compile errors for Beaglebone Black
by Todd_Peterson＠mgtsciences.com 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Hi, I am trying to compile seL4 for the BBB. I am getting the following errors when it gets to timer_service. I am following the instructions at https://github.com/seL4/refos-manifest. I got past another compile error by adding a typedef to device_timer.h for pstimer_t. Any help is appreciated. // tfp, added to avoid compiler error typedef uint32_t pstimer_t; [apps/timer_server] building... [HEADERS] [STAGE] autoconf.h [CC] src/state.o In file included from /home/users/staff/… [View More]tpeterson/sel4/beagle/stage/arm/am335x/include/refos-util/device_io.h:22:0, from /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.h:21, from /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/state.h:27, from /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/state.c:24: /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/stage/arm/am335x/include/refos-rpc/data_client_helper.h: In function 'data_open_map': /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/stage/arm/am335x/include/refos-rpc/data_client_helper.h:95:69: warning: passing argument 6 o f 'data_open' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] d.dataspace = data_open(session, name, flags, mode, dspaceSize, &errnoRetVal); ^ In file included from /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/stage/arm/am335x/include/refos-util/device_io.h:21:0, from /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.h:21, from /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/state.h:27, from /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/state.c:24: /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/stage/arm/am335x/include/refos-rpc/data_client.h:72:11: note: expected 'int ** (*)()' but ar gument is of type 'int *' seL4_CPtr data_open(seL4_CPtr session, char* name, int flags, int mode, int size, int* errno); ^ [CC] src/device_timer.o /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c: In function 'device_timer_handle_irq': /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:146:5: warning: implicit declaration of function 'timer _handle_irq' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] timer_handle_irq(s->timerDev, irq); ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c: In function 'device_timer_init': /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:239:5: error: unknown type name 'timer_config_t' timer_config_t config; ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:240:11: error: request for member 'vaddr' in something not a structure or union config.vaddr = ps_io_map(&io->opsIO.io_mapper, dm_timer_paddrs[TIMER_ID], ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:240:52: error: 'dm_timer_paddrs' undeclared (first use in this function) config.vaddr = ps_io_map(&io->opsIO.io_mapper, dm_timer_paddrs[TIMER_ID], ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:240:52: note: each undeclared identifier is reported on ly once for each function it appears in /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:242:11: error: request for member 'irq' in something no t a structure or union config.irq = dm_timer_irqs[TIMER_ID]; ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:242:18: error: 'dm_timer_irqs' undeclared (first use in this function) config.irq = dm_timer_irqs[TIMER_ID]; ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:243:16: error: request for member 'vaddr' in something not a structure or union if (!config.vaddr) { ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:248:19: warning: implicit declaration of function 'ps_g et_timer' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] s->timerDev = ps_get_timer(TIMER_ID, &config); ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:248:17: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] s->timerDev = ps_get_timer(TIMER_ID, &config); ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:250:11: error: request for member 'vaddr' in something not a structure or union config.vaddr = ps_io_map(&io->opsIO.io_mapper, dm_timer_paddrs[TICK_ID], ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:252:11: error: request for member 'irq' in something no t a structure or union config.irq = dm_timer_irqs[TICK_ID]; ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:253:16: error: request for member 'vaddr' in something not a structure or union if (!config.vaddr) { ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:258:16: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] s->tickDev = ps_get_timer(TICK_ID, &config); ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:273:41: error: request for member 'properties' in somet hing not a structure or union for (uint32_t i = 0; i < s->timerDev->properties.irqs; i++) { ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:274:19: warning: implicit declaration of function 'time r_get_nth_irq' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] int irq = timer_get_nth_irq(s->timerDev, i); ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:282:44: error: request for member 'properties' in somet hing not a structure or union for (uint32_t i = 0; i < s->tickDev->properties.irqs; i++) { ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:289:21: warning: implicit declaration of function 'time r_start' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] int error = timer_start(s->tickDev); ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:310:13: warning: implicit declaration of function 'time r_periodic' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] error = timer_periodic(s->timerDev, TIMER_PERIODIC_MAX); ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c: In function 'device_timer_get_time': /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:344:21: warning: implicit declaration of function 'time r_get_time' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] uint64_t time = timer_get_time(s->timerDev); ^ /home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/apps/timer_server/src/device_timer.c:345:21: error: request for member 'properties' in somet hing not a structure or union if (!s->timerDev->properties.upcounter) { ^ make[1]: *** [/home/users/staff/tpeterson/sel4/beagle/stage/arm/am335x/common/common.mk:265: src/device_timer.o] Error 1 make: *** [tools/common/project.mk:331: timer_server] Error 2 Todd Peterson Chief Embedded Systems Engineer Management Sciences, Inc. 6022 Constitution Ave NE Albuquerque, NM 87144 505-255-8611 (office) 505-205-7057 (cell) This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain proprietary and/or confidential information which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. 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Genode OS Framework 17.08 with extended seL4 support
by Alexander Boettcher 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Hello, we're happy to announce the version 17.08 of the Genode OS Framework. Within the last release cycle (3-months) we upgraded our Genode/seL4 support from kernel version 3.2.0 to 6.0.0, enabled x86_64 and ARM support, added UEFI support to the seL4 kernel and enabled SMP for x86. A summary of changes and features are: - Hardware-accelerated graphics for Intel Gen-8 GPUs - The seL4 6.0 kernel on ARM and 64-bit x86 hardware - Genode as Xen DomU - Preliminary UEFI support for NOVA, base-hw,… [View More]

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x86_64 kernel crash
by Alexander Boettcher 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Hello, we're are in progress of extending our Genode/seL4 support, namely adding x86_64 and ARM support. During this work I encountered on x86_64 some sporadically crashes of the seL4 kernel. It happened during the debugging of our roottask on seL4 in form of a page fault in the kernel ("KERNEL EXCEPTION") or a static assertion in the kernel (see below). >From my understanding, this shouldn't be possible based on your verification work. Nevertheless, it happens reliable. (To be fair, the … [View More]roottask was in this scenario already a bit confused and did things wrong - which however should never be enough to force the kernel in an exception or assertion - I presume.) I saved and stripped down the scenario which causes the kernel exception with high reliably and hope you can re-produce it and find the root cause. I stripped down the scenario to just the Genode image binary and the steps we did to create the seL4 kernel from the vanilla sources. Steps to reproduce: qemu-system-x86_64 -no-kvm -serial stdio -m 512 -kernel sel4 -initrd bomb_image.elf The binaries of "bomb_image.elf" can be found at [1] and the kernel "sel4" at [2]. The kernel is based on seL4 6.0 and a patch to pc99/autoconf.h (see [0]). Beside that it is the vanilla 6.0 kernel: https://github.com/seL4/seL4.git git commit 8564ace4dfb622ec69e0f7d762ebfbc8552ec918 "update VERSION file to 6.0.0" patch -p1 <~autoconfig.patch BOARD=x86_64 ARCH=x86 SEL4_ARCH=x86_64 PLAT=pc99 DEBUG=1 make objcopy -O elf32-i386 kernel.elf.strip sel4 (Qemu complains otherwise about 64bit elf for boot) The final "sel4" binary can be used with the "bomb_image.elf" and qemu as pointed out above. I tried Qemu 2.5.0 as shipped with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Qemu 2.8.0 (self-compiled). On real hardware the scenario typically leads after a while (kernel booted, roottask booted, scenario starts to run) to a reboot (without the messages or assertion as in the Qemu case, see below). The tool-chain for Genode is based on GNU GCC 6.3.0 (see [3] and [4]). The kernel was either compiled with Genode's toolchain (6.3.0) or with the standard GCC as provided by Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (GCC 5.4.0). On x86_32 I could not reproduce the issue. (On ARM I did not try.) I hope the information are helpful - if you need more just ask. Cheers, Alex. ========== KERNEL EXCEPTION ========== Vector: 0xe ErrCode: 0x0 IP: 0xffffffff80720e60 SP: 0xffffffff80740e08 FLAGS: 0x6 CR0: 0x8000003b CR2: 0x3007065 (page-fault address) CR3: 0x1ffb000 (page-directory physical address) CR4: 0x220 Stack Dump: *0xffffffff80740e08 == 0xffffff8001a99b00 *0xffffffff80740e10 == 0xffffffff80729b1f *0xffffffff80740e18 == 0x1 *0xffffffff80740e20 == 0xffffffff80721c59 *0xffffffff80740e28 == 0xffffffff *0xffffffff80740e30 == 0x0 *0xffffffff80740e38 == 0xffffff801f02b740 *0xffffffff80740e40 == 0xffffff801f02b740 *0xffffffff80740e48 == 0x1 *0xffffffff80740e50 == 0xffffff8001a99000 *0xffffffff80740e58 == 0x7 *0xffffffff80740e60 == 0x59 *0xffffffff80740e68 == 0xffffff8001a99b00 *0xffffffff80740e70 == 0xffffffff80729cf3 *0xffffffff80740e78 == 0x9000000000000007 *0xffffffff80740e80 == 0xffffff8001a99059 *0xffffffff80740e88 == 0xffffff80ffffffff *0xffffffff80740e90 == 0xffffffff80740f18 *0xffffffff80740e98 == 0xffffff800013c200 *0xffffffff80740ea0 == 0x10000 Halting... halting... Kernel entry via Syscall, number: 1, Call Cap type: 10, Invocation tag: 16 or seL4 failed assertion '(cte_t*)mdb_node_get_mdbNext(destSlot->cteMDBNode) == NULL && (cte_t*)mdb_node_get_mdbPrev(destSlot->cteMDBNode) == NULL' at src/object/cnode.c:457 in function cteInsert halting... Kernel entry via Syscall, number: 1, Call Cap type: 10, Invocation tag: 18 or a fault by the roottask (and not in the kernel). So - this is no issue for the kernel: Caught cap fault in send phase at address 0x0 while trying to handle: vm fault on data at address 0x18 with status 0x4 in thread 0xffffff800013c200 "child of: 'rootserver'" at address 0x20419cf [0] https://github.com/alex-ab/genode/blob/crash_sel4_kernel_vanilla/autoconfig… [1] https://github.com/alex-ab/genode/raw/crash_sel4_kernel_vanilla/image_bomb.… [2] https://github.com/alex-ab/genode/raw/crash_sel4_kernel_vanilla/sel4 [3] https://genode.org/download/tool-chain [4] https://sourceforge.net/projects/genode/files/genode-toolchain/17.05/ -- Alexander Boettcher Genode Labs http://www.genode-labs.com - http://www.genode.org Genode Labs GmbH - Amtsgericht Dresden - HRB 28424 - Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth [View Less]

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Arm VMM Vchan
by Enrique Leon 26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

Hello to All, I am trying to do some message passing between a vm component and a camkes component. I have tried by enabling the Vchan option on the build system and compiling the helloworld linux user level program on a tk1. I received an error about the /dev/vmm_manager not being able to open. What is the proper method of setting up the Vchan communication for camkes-arm-vmm on a tk1? Thank You

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