Analysis of Process Multi-Thread Manangement Based on a simpilified Linux Kernel--myKernel

Chapter 1 Environment
Ubuntu 14.10
Linux Kernel 3.9.4

Chapter 2 Source Code

mypcb.h

#define MAX_TASK_NUM        4
#define KERNEL_STACK_SIZE   1024*8

/* CPU-specific state of this task */
struct Thread {
    unsigned long		ip;
    unsigned long		sp;
};

typedef struct PCB{
    int pid;
    volatile long state;	/* -1 unrunnable, 0 runnable, >0 stopped */
    char stack[KERNEL_STACK_SIZE];
    /* CPU-specific state of this task */
    struct Thread thread;
    unsigned long	task_entry;
    struct PCB *next;
}tPCB;

void my_schedule(void);

mymain.c

#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/tty.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>


#include "mypcb.h"

tPCB task[MAX_TASK_NUM];
tPCB * my_current_task = NULL;
volatile int my_need_sched = 0;

void my_process(void);


void __init my_start_kernel(void)
{
    int pid = 0;
    int i;
    /* Initialize process 0*/
    task[pid].pid = pid;
    task[pid].state = 0;/* -1 unrunnable, 0 runnable, >0 stopped */
    task[pid].task_entry = task[pid].thread.ip = (unsigned long)my_process;
    task[pid].thread.sp = (unsigned long)&task[pid].stack[KERNEL_STACK_SIZE-1];
    task[pid].next = &task[pid];
    /*fork more process */
    for(i=1;i<MAX_TASK_NUM;i++)
    {
        memcpy(&task[i],&task[0],sizeof(tPCB));
        task[i].pid = i;
        task[i].state = -1;
        task[i].thread.sp = (unsigned long)&task[i].stack[KERNEL_STACK_SIZE-1];
        task[i].next = task[i-1].next;
        task[i-1].next = &task[i];
    }
    /* start process 0 by task[0] */
    pid = 0;
    my_current_task = &task[pid];
	asm volatile(
    	"movl %1,%%esp\n\t" 	/* set task[pid].thread.sp to esp */
    	"pushl %1\n\t" 	        /* push ebp */
    	"pushl %0\n\t" 	        /* push task[pid].thread.ip */
    	"ret\n\t" 	            /* pop task[pid].thread.ip to eip */
    	"popl %%ebp\n\t"
    	: 
    	: "c" (task[pid].thread.ip),"d" (task[pid].thread.sp)	/* input c or d mean %ecx/%edx*/
	);
}   
void my_process(void)
{
    int i = 0;
    while(1)
    {
        i++;
        if(i%10000000 == 0)
        {
            printk(KERN_NOTICE "this is process %d -\n",my_current_task->pid);
            if(my_need_sched == 1)
            {
                my_need_sched = 0;
        	    my_schedule();
        	}
        	printk(KERN_NOTICE "this is process %d +\n",my_current_task->pid);
        }     
    }
}

myinterrupt.c

#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/tty.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>

#include "mypcb.h"

extern tPCB task[MAX_TASK_NUM];
extern tPCB * my_current_task;
extern volatile int my_need_sched;
volatile int time_count = 0;

/*
 * Called by timer interrupt.
 * it runs in the name of current running process,
 * so it use kernel stack of current running process
 */
void my_timer_handler(void)
{
#if 1
    if(time_count%1000 == 0 && my_need_sched != 1)
    {
        printk(KERN_NOTICE ">>>my_timer_handler here<<<\n");
        my_need_sched = 1;
    } 
    time_count ++ ;  
#endif
    return;  	
}

void my_schedule(void)
{
    tPCB * next;
    tPCB * prev;

    if(my_current_task == NULL 
        || my_current_task->next == NULL)
    {
    	return;
    }
    printk(KERN_NOTICE ">>>my_schedule<<<\n");
    /* schedule */
    next = my_current_task->next;
    prev = my_current_task;
    if(next->state == 0)/* -1 unrunnable, 0 runnable, >0 stopped */
    {
    	/* switch to next process */
    	asm volatile(	
        	"pushl %%ebp\n\t" 	    /* save ebp */
        	"movl %%esp,%0\n\t" 	/* save esp */
        	"movl %2,%%esp\n\t"     /* restore  esp */
        	"movl $1f,%1\n\t"       /* save eip */	
        	"pushl %3\n\t" 
        	"ret\n\t" 	            /* restore  eip */
        	"1:\t"                  /* next process start here */
        	"popl %%ebp\n\t"
        	: "=m" (prev->thread.sp),"=m" (prev->thread.ip)
        	: "m" (next->thread.sp),"m" (next->thread.ip)
    	); 
    	my_current_task = next; 
    	printk(KERN_NOTICE ">>>switch %d to %d<<<\n",prev->pid,next->pid);   	
    }
    else
    {
        next->state = 0;
        my_current_task = next;
        printk(KERN_NOTICE ">>>switch %d to %d<<<\n",prev->pid,next->pid);
    	/* switch to new process */
    	asm volatile(	
        	"pushl %%ebp\n\t" 	    /* save ebp */
        	"movl %%esp,%0\n\t" 	/* save esp */
        	"movl %2,%%esp\n\t"     /* restore  esp */
        	"movl %2,%%ebp\n\t"     /* restore  ebp */
        	"movl $1f,%1\n\t"       /* save eip */	
        	"pushl %3\n\t" 
        	"ret\n\t" 	            /* restore  eip */
        	: "=m" (prev->thread.sp),"=m" (prev->thread.ip)
        	: "m" (next->thread.sp),"m" (next->thread.ip)
    	);          
    }   
    return;	
}

Chapter 3 Debug

sudo apt-get install qemu # install QEMU
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 /usr/bin/qemu
wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.9.4.tar.xz 
wget https://raw.github.com/mengning/mykernel/master/mykernel_for_linux3.9.4sc.patch 
xz -d linux-3.9.4.tar.xz
tar -xvf linux-3.9.4.tar
cd linux-3.9.4
patch -p1 < ../mykernel_for_linux3.9.4sc.patch
make allnoconfig
make
qemu -kernel arch/x86/boot/bzImage 

Chapter 4 Analysis

At header file mypcb.h, we defined a struct Thread to store the state of process in CPU, which defined a stack. This is significant. We represent the process as Thread. However the macro variable MAX_TASK_NUM shows that we defined four processes.

Next, we analysis the file mymain.c

First, the program set four processes which is named A, B, C, D respectively. The we set the information of pid, state, task_entry, thread.ip, thread.sp. According to the comment, the variable state shows the state of the process. And then we link the process data structure by link table.

Show as follows:

Then, the for statement is create the three other process quickly.

my_current_task record the process which running, and exchange the value of pi and sp of task[pid];

But the question is: How to exchange?

That is the my_process function. The variable i is a counter. When i satisfy the if statement, the information will be outputed. Put another words, we should decide if my_need_sched is equal with 1. Then return to change the value of my_current_task.

Then we will analysize the my_shedule function.

First we define two pointer *next, *prev to point out the process. To avoid error, we should set an if statement to ensure that my_current_task is pointing a process indeed and it didn't point to the end of the link table. It will be error if it is a NULL pointer and there is no element at backward.

Next, we execute the AT&T code. If the process is runing(state=0), exchange the situation of these two process. If the process is not running, we will set state as 0 and the exchange.

At current situation, we can't execute my_task_handler. As far as I am concerned, this is the function of timer which is the function that how long the CPU make an interrupt to the process. If we add a statement #define 1 and add the call statement, we may have the function of interrupt int CPU.

Process Diagram:

my_main.c

my_interrupt.c

Appendix

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