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Predefined Constants in SPL

SPL constants defining the call addresses for Interrupts/Exceptions/Modules

Name Default Value Comments
EX_HANDLER / EXCEPTION 1024 Starting address of Exception Handler
TIMER 2048 Starting address of Timer Interrupt Routine
DISK 3072 Starting address of Disk Controller Interrupt Routine
CONSOLE 4096 Starting address of Console Interrupt Routine
INT_4 5120 (Create, 1)*, (Delete, 4)
INT_5 6144 (Seek, 6), (Open, 2), (Close,3)
INT_6 7168 (Read, 7)
INT_7 8192 (Write, 5)
INT_8 9216 (Fork, 8)
INT_9 10240 (Exec, 9)
INT_10 11264 (Exit, 10)
INT_11 12288 (Getpid, 11), (Getppid, 12), (Wait, 13), (Signal, 14)
INT_12 13312 (Logout, 28)
INT_13 14336 (Semget, 17), (Semrelease, 18)
INT_14 15360 (SemLock, 19), (SemUnLock, 20)
INT_15 16384 (Shutdown, 21)
INT_16 17408 (Newusr, 22), (Remusr, 23), (Setpwd, 24), (Getuname, 25), (Getuid, 26)
INT_17 18432 (Login, 27)
INT_18 19456 (Test0, 96), (Test1, 97), (Test2, 98), (Test3, 99)
MOD_0 / RESOURCE_MANAGER 20480 Resource Manager
MOD_1 / PROCESS_MANAGER 21504 Process Manager
MOD_2 / MEMORY_MANAGER 22528 Memory Manager
MOD_3 / FILE_MANAGER 23552 File Manager
MOD_4 / DEVICE_MANAGER 24576 Device Manager
MOD_5 / CONTEXT_SWITCH / SCHEDULER 25600 Context Switch Module (Scheduler Module)
MOD_6 / PAGER_MODULE 26624 Pager Module
MOD_7 / BOOT_MODULE 27648 Boot Module

*(System Call Name, System Call Number)

SPL constants for the System Call Numbers

Name System Call Number Comments
INT_CREATE 1 Create System Call
INT_OPEN 2 Open System Call
INT_CLOSE 3 Close System Call
INT_DELETE 4 Delete System Call
INT_WRITE 5 Write System Call
INT_SEEK 6 Seek System Call
INT_READ 7 Read System Call
INT_FORK 8 Fork System Call
INT_EXEC 9 Exec System Call
INT_EXIT 10 Exit System Call
INT_GETPID 11 Getpid System Call
INT_GETPPID 12 Getppid System Call
INT_WAIT 13 Wait System Call
INT_SIGNAL 14 Signal System Call
INT_SEMGET 17 Semget System Call
INT_SEMRELEASE 18 Semrelease System Call
INT_SEMLOCK 19 SemLock System Call
INT_SEMUNLOCK 20 SemUnLock System Call
INT_SHUTDOWN 21 Shutdown System Call
INT_NEWUSR 22 Newusr System Call
INT_REMUSR 23 Remusr System Call
INT_SETPWD 24 Setpwd System Call
INT_GETUNAME 25 Getuname System Call
INT_GETUID 26 Getuid System Call
INT_LOGIN 27 Login System Call
INT_LOGOUT 28 Logout System Call
INT_TEST0 96 Test System Call 0
INT_TEST1 97 Test System Call 1
INT_TEST2 98 Test System Call 2
INT_TEST3 99 Test System Call 3

SPL constants for indicating the Function Numbers in Modules

Name Default Value Comments
ACQUIRE_BUFFER 1 Resource Manager Function #1
RELEASE_BUFFER 2 Resource Manager Function #2
ACQUIRE_DISK 3 Resource Manager Function #3
ACQUIRE_INODE 4 Resource Manager Function #4
RELEASE_INODE 5 Resource Manager Function #5
ACQUIRE_SEMAPHORE 6 Resource Manager Function #6
RELEASE_SEMAPHORE 7 Resource Manager Function #7
ACQUIRE_TERMINAL 8 Resource Manager Function #8
RELEASE TERMINAL 9 Resource Manager Function #9
GET_PCB_ENTRY 1 Process Manager Function #1
FREE_USER_AREA_PAGE 2 Process Manager Function #2
EXIT_PROCESS 3 Process Manager Function #3
FREE_PAGE_TABLE 4 Process Manager Function #4
KILL_ALL 5 Process Manager Function #5
GET_FREE_PAGE 1 Memory Manager Function #1
RELEASE_PAGE 2 Memory Manager Function #2
GET_FREE_BLOCK 3 Memory Manager Function #3
RELEASE_BLOCK 4 Memory Manager Function #4
GET_CODE_PAGE 5 Memory Manager Function #5
GET_SWAP_BLOCK 6 Memory Manager Function #6
BUFFERED_WRITE 1 File Manager Function #1
BUFFERED_READ 2 File Manager Function #2
OPEN 3 File Manager Function #3
CLOSE 4 File Manager Function #4
DISK_STORE 1 Device Manager Function #1
DISK_LOAD 2 Device Manager Function #2
TERMINAL_WRITE 3 Device Manager Function #3
TERMINAL_READ 4 Device Manager Function #4
SWAP_OUT 1 Pager Module Function #1
SWAP_IN 2 Pager Module Function #2

SPL constants for indicating the starting addresses of Kernel Data Structures in Memory (See Memory Organisation)

Name Default Value Comments
PROCESS_TABLE 28672 Starting address of Process Table
OPEN_FILE_TABLE 28928 Starting address of Open File Table
SEMAPHORE_TABLE 29056 Starting address of Semaphore Table
MEMORY_FREE_LIST 29184 Starting address of Memory Free List
FILE_STATUS_TABLE 29312 Starting address of File Status Table
DISK_STATUS_TABLE 29552 Starting address of Disk Status Table
SYSTEM_STATUS_TABLE 29560 Starting address of System Status Table
TERMINAL_STATUS_TABLE 29568 Starting address of Terminal Status Table
PAGE_TABLE_BASE 29696 Starting address of Page tables
BUFFER_TABLE 30016 Starting address of Buffer Table
DISK_MAP_TABLE 30032 Starting address of Disk Map Table
INODE_TABLE 30208 Starting address of Inode Table
USER_TABLE 31168 Starting address of User Table
DISK_FREE_LIST 31232 Starting address of Disk Free List
ROOT_FILE 31744 Starting address of Root File
BUFFER 36352 Starting address of Buffer Cache
BUFFER_BASE 71 Starting page number of Buffer Cache
Name Default Value Comments
LIBRARY 32256 Starting address of eXpOS Library
INIT / LOGIN 33280 Starting address of INIT/Login Program
SHELL 34304 Starting address of Shell Program
IDLE / SWAPPER 35328 Starting address of Idle/Swapper Program
IDLE_PROCESS 0 PID of the Idle Process
INIT_PROCESS / LOGIN_PROCESS 1 PID of the Init/Login Proces
SHELL_PROCESS 2 PID of the Shell
SWAPPER_DAEMON 15 PID of the Swapper Daemon

SPL constants for indicating the Process States

Name Default Value Comments
READY 1 Process State READY
RUNNING 2 Process State RUNNING
CREATED 3 Process State CREATED
TERMINATED 4 Process State TERMINATED
WAIT_DISK 5 Process is waiting to acquire disk
WAIT_FILE 6 Process is waiting for release on an Inode
WAIT_BUFFER 7 Process is waiting for release of buffer cache
WAIT_TERMINAL 8 Process is waiting to acquire terminal
WAIT_PROCESS 9 Process is waiting for a signal from another process
WAIT_SEMAPHORE 10 Process is waiting to acquire a semaphore
WAIT_MEM 11 Process is waiting as memory is not available
ALLOCATED 12 Process Table entry has been allocated for the process, but process creation is not complete

SPL constants identifying the File Type/Permission in Inode Table

Name Default Value Comments
EXCLUSIVE 0 EXCLUSIVE file permission
OPEN_ACCESS 1 OPEN ACCESS file permission
ROOT 1 Indicates that the file is the root file
DATA 2 Indicates that the file is a data file
EXEC 3 Indicates that the file is an executable file
Name Default Value Comments
FILE 0 Indicates that the resource is a file in the resource table
SEMAPHORE 1 Indicates that the resource is a semaphore in the resource table
RESOURCE_TABLE_OFFSET 496 Offset of the Resource Table from the start of user area page
Name Default Value Comments
MEM_LOW 4 Memory is critically low so that swap out has to be initiated
MEM_HIGH 12 Memory is high enough such that a process can be swapped in
MAX_TICK 1000 Indicates the threshold after which a swapped out process must be swapped back in
Name Default Value Comments
XFS_BSIZE 512 Number of words in a disk block
MAX_FILE_BLOCKS 4 Maximum number of blocks allocatable to each file.
DISK_SWAP_AREA 256 Starting block number of Swap Area in the disk
DISK_FREE_AREA 69 Starting block number of User Block area in the disk
DISK_SIZE 512 Number of blocks in the disk

SPL constants defining the maximum limits

Name Default Value Comments
PAGE_SIZE 512 Size of a memory page in eXpOS
NUM_MEM_PAGES 128 Number of memory pages in eXpOS
MAX_PROC_NUM 16 Max. number of process allowed by eXpOS
PT_ENTRY_SIZE 16 Size of one page table entry
MAX_OPENFILE_NUM 32 Max. number of open files allowed by eXpOS
MAX_MEM_PAGE 128 Max. number of memory pages availble to eXpOS
MAX_SEM_COUNT 32 Max. number of semaphores allowed by eXpOS
MAX_PROC_PAGES 10 Max. number of pages allowed for each process
MAX_BUFFER 4 Max. number of file read/write buffers in eXpOS
MAX_FILE_NUM 60 Max. number of files possible
MAX_FILE_SIZE 2048 Max. words in a file
MAX_USER_NUM 16 Max. number of users allowed

Miscellaneous Constants

Name Default Value Comments
INODE_ROOT 0 Inode Index field of the Open File Table is set to INODE_ROOT if the file is the Root file.
KERNEL 0 Indicates the Kernel user in the CURRENT_USER_ID field of the System Status Table
ZERO 0 Zero
ONE 1 One

Constants for NEXSM

Name Default Value Comments
OS_SECONDARY 65536 Starting address of OS Startup code for secondary core.
INT_19 66560 (Test4, 100), (Test5, 101), (Test6, 102), (Test7, 103)
MOD_8 / ACCESS_CONTROL 67584 Access Control Module
MOD_9 / TESTA 68608 TestA (Reserved for Future use)
MOD_10 / TESTB 69632 TestB (Reserved for Future use)
MOD_11 / TESTC 70656 TestC (Reserved for Future use)
IDLE2_PROCESS 14 PID of the Idle Process for secondary core
INT_TEST4 100 Test System Call 4
INT_TEST5 101 Test System Call 5
INT_TEST6 102 Test System Call 6
INT_TEST7 103 Test System Call 7
ACQUIRE_KERN_LOCK 1 Access Control Module Function #1
ACQUIRE_SCHED_LOCK 2 Access Control Module Function #2
ACQUIRE_GLOCK 3 Access Control Module Function #3
RELEASE_LOCK 4 Access Control Module Function #4
PRIMARY_CORE 0 Indicates that the current core is primary core
SECONDARY_CORE 1 Indicates that the current core is secondary core
ACCESS_LOCK_TABLE 29576 Starting address of Access Lock Table
KERN_LOCK 29576 Kernel Lock
SCHED_LOCK 29577 Scheduler Lock
GLOCK 29578 General Purpose Lock
NUM_MEM_PAGES * 144 Number of memory pages in eXpOS
DISK_SIZE * 528 Number of blocks in the disk
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