libsel4utils: Initialise an empty vspace Implemented a new interface function 'sel4utils_get_empty_vspace' that allows the user to create a vspace that has no part of the virtual address space being pre-reserved e.g. kernel region. This is useful in cases where processes belong to virtual machine based applications and need the full address space.
diff --git a/libsel4utils/include/sel4utils/vspace.h b/libsel4utils/include/sel4utils/vspace.h index 90020f6..4e4a1b0 100644 --- a/libsel4utils/include/sel4utils/vspace.h +++ b/libsel4utils/include/sel4utils/vspace.h
@@ -151,6 +151,28 @@ vka_t *vka, seL4_CPtr vspace_root, vspace_allocated_object_fn allocated_object_fn, void *allocated_object_cookie); +/** + * Allows for an empty vspace to be created. + * This is useful if you want a vspace manager, but you do not want parts of the virtual address space to be + * pre-reserved e.g the kernel region. The vspace is useful for guest virtual machine-based applications. + * + * @param loader vspace of the current process, used to allocate + * virtual memory book keeping. + * @param new_vspace uninitialised vspace struct to populate. + * @param data uninitialised vspace data struct to populate. + * @param vka initialised vka that this virtual memory allocator will use to + * allocate pages and pagetables. This allocator will never invoke free. + * @param vspace_root root object for the new vspace. + * @param allocated_object_fn function to call when objects are allocated. Can be null. + * @param allocated_object_cookie cookie passed when the above function is called. Can be null. + * + * @return 0 on success. + */ +int sel4utils_get_empty_vspace(vspace_t *loader, vspace_t *new_vspace, sel4utils_alloc_data_t *data, + vka_t *vka, seL4_CPtr vspace_root, vspace_allocated_object_fn allocated_object_fn, + void *allocated_object_cookie); + + #ifdef CONFIG_VTX /** * Initialise a vspace allocator for an EPT address space
diff --git a/libsel4utils/src/vspace/bootstrap.c b/libsel4utils/src/vspace/bootstrap.c index 2ce9f4d..ef81d41 100644 --- a/libsel4utils/src/vspace/bootstrap.c +++ b/libsel4utils/src/vspace/bootstrap.c
@@ -341,6 +341,21 @@ allocated_object_cookie, sel4utils_map_page_pd); } +int sel4utils_get_empty_vspace(vspace_t *loader, vspace_t *new_vspace, sel4utils_alloc_data_t *data, + vka_t *vka, seL4_CPtr vspace_root, + vspace_allocated_object_fn allocated_object_fn, void *allocated_object_cookie) +{ + new_vspace->data = (void *) data; + + if (common_init(new_vspace, vka, vspace_root, allocated_object_fn, allocated_object_cookie)) { + return -1; + } + data->is_empty = true; + + return get_vspace_bootstrap(loader, new_vspace, data, sel4utils_map_page_pd); +} + + #ifdef CONFIG_VTX int sel4utils_get_vspace_ept(vspace_t *loader, vspace_t *new_vspace, vka_t *vka, seL4_CPtr ept, vspace_allocated_object_fn allocated_object_fn, void *allocated_object_cookie)