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Matthew Leach 72ef61fb10 libkernel: pg_tear_down: add more flexibility
The current tear down implementation assumes that all data mappings &
intermediate tables need to be free'd. That might not provide enough
flexibility for all tear-down scenarios.

Provide a more flexible API, passing current walk state into a control
function which makes a descision regarding tear-down and recursion.
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libkernel

Architecture-independent kernel building blocks for operating systems.

libkernel provides the core abstractions that a kernel needs to manage memory, processes, filesystems, and synchronisation, agnostic of the an underlying CPU architecture. It is designed to run in a no_std environment and uses feature gates to keep the dependency footprint minimal.

Feature gates

Feature Enables Implies
sync Synchronisation primitives (spinlock, mutex, rwlock…)
alloc Memory allocators (buddy, slab) and collection types sync
paging Page tables, PTE helpers alloc
proc Process identity types (UID/GID, capabilities)
fs VFS traits, path manipulation, block I/O proc, sync
proc_vm Process virtual-memory management (mmap, brk, CoW) paging, fs
kbuf Async-aware circular kernel buffers sync
all Everything above all of the above

Quick start

Add libkernel to your Cargo.toml with only the features you need:

[dependencies]
libkernel = { version = "0.1", features = ["sync", "proc"] }

The CpuOps trait

Most synchronisation and memory primitives are generic over a CpuOps implementation. This trait abstracts the handful of arch-specific operations (core ID, interrupt masking, halt) that the portable code depends on.

License

Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.