Add real vfork logics

kernel/src/process/clone.rs

@@ -195,8 +195,18 @@ pub fn clone_child(
         Ok(child_tid)
     } else {
         let child_process = clone_child_process(ctx, parent_context, clone_args)?;
+        if clone_args.flags.contains(CloneFlags::CLONE_VFORK) {
+            child_process.status().set_vfork_child(true);
+        }
+
         child_process.run();
 
+        if child_process.status().is_vfork_child() {
+            let cond = || (!child_process.status().is_vfork_child()).then_some(());
+            let current = ctx.process;
+            current.children_wait_queue().wait_until(cond);
+        }
+
         let child_pid = child_process.pid();
         Ok(child_pid)
     }
@@ -435,8 +445,10 @@ fn clone_user_ctx(
     // The return value of child thread is zero
     child_context.set_syscall_ret(0);
 
-    if clone_flags.contains(CloneFlags::CLONE_VM) {
+    if clone_flags.contains(CloneFlags::CLONE_VM) && !clone_flags.contains(CloneFlags::CLONE_VFORK)
-        // if parent and child shares the same address space, a new stack must be specified.
+    {
+        // If parent and child shares the same address space and not in vfork situation,
+        // a new stack must be specified.
         debug_assert!(new_sp != 0);
     }
     if new_sp != 0 {

kernel/src/process/exit.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::{prelude::*, process::signal::signals::kernel::KernelSignal};
 /// [`do_exit_group`]: crate::process::posix_thread::do_exit_group
 pub(super) fn exit_process(thread_local: &ThreadLocal, current_process: &Process) {
     current_process.status().set_zombie();
+    current_process.status().set_vfork_child(false);
 
     // FIXME: This is obviously wrong in a number of ways, since different threads can have
     // different file tables, and different processes can share the same file table.
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ pub(super) fn exit_process(thread_local: &ThreadLocal, current_process: &Process
 
     send_child_death_signal(current_process);
 
-    current_process.lock_root_vmar().clear();
+    current_process.lock_root_vmar().set_vmar(None);
 }
 
 /// Sends parent-death signals to the children.

kernel/src/process/mod.rs

@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ pub use process::{
     ExitCode, JobControl, Pgid, Pid, Process, ProcessBuilder, ProcessGroup, Session, Sid, Terminal,
 };
 pub use process_filter::ProcessFilter;
-pub use process_vm::{MAX_ARGV_NUMBER, MAX_ARG_LEN, MAX_ENVP_NUMBER, MAX_ENV_LEN};
+pub use process_vm::{
-pub use program_loader::{check_executable_file, load_program_to_vm};
+    renew_vm_and_map, MAX_ARGV_NUMBER, MAX_ARG_LEN, MAX_ENVP_NUMBER, MAX_ENV_LEN,
+};
+pub use program_loader::{check_executable_file, ProgramToLoad};
 pub use rlimit::ResourceType;
 pub use term_status::TermStatus;
 pub use wait::{wait_child_exit, WaitOptions};

kernel/src/process/posix_thread/posix_thread_ext.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
         thread_info::ThreadFsInfo,
     },
     prelude::*,
-    process::{process_vm::ProcessVm, program_loader::load_program_to_vm, Credentials, Process},
+    process::{process_vm::ProcessVm, program_loader::ProgramToLoad, Credentials, Process},
     thread::{AsThread, Thread, Tid},
 };
 
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ pub fn create_posix_task_from_executable(
         let fs_resolver = fs.resolver().read();
         let fs_path = FsPath::new(AT_FDCWD, executable_path)?;
         let elf_file = fs.resolver().read().lookup(&fs_path)?;
-        load_program_to_vm(process_vm, elf_file, argv, envp, &fs_resolver, 1)?
+        let program_to_load =
+            ProgramToLoad::build_from_file(elf_file, &fs_resolver, argv, envp, 1)?;
+        process_vm.clear_and_map();
+        program_to_load.load_to_vm(process_vm, &fs_resolver)?
     };
 
     let mut user_ctx = UserContext::default();

kernel/src/process/process_vm/mod.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mod init_stack;
 
 use aster_rights::Full;
 pub use heap::Heap;
-use ostd::sync::MutexGuard;
+use ostd::{sync::MutexGuard, task::disable_preempt};
 
 pub use self::{
     heap::USER_HEAP_SIZE_LIMIT,
@@ -83,9 +83,12 @@ impl ProcessVmarGuard<'_> {
         self.inner.as_ref().unwrap()
     }
 
-    /// Clears the VMAR of the binding process.
+    /// Sets a new VMAR for the binding process.
-    pub(super) fn clear(&mut self) {
+    ///
-        *self.inner = None;
+    /// If the `new_vmar` is `None`, this method will remove the
+    /// current VMAR.
+    pub(super) fn set_vmar(&mut self, new_vmar: Option<Vmar<Full>>) {
+        *self.inner = new_vmar;
     }
 }
 
@@ -160,10 +163,25 @@ impl ProcessVm {
         &self.heap
     }
 
-    /// Clears existing mappings and then maps stack and heap vmo.
+    /// Clears existing mappings and then maps the heap VMO to the current VMAR.
-    pub(super) fn clear_and_map(&self) {
+    pub fn clear_and_map(&self) {
         let root_vmar = self.lock_root_vmar();
         root_vmar.get().clear().unwrap();
         self.heap.alloc_and_map_vm(&root_vmar.get()).unwrap();
     }
 }
+
+/// Renews the [`ProcessVm`] of the current process and then maps the heap VMO to the new VMAR.
+pub fn renew_vm_and_map(ctx: &Context) {
+    let process_vm = ctx.process.vm();
+    let mut root_vmar = process_vm.lock_root_vmar();
+
+    let new_vmar = Vmar::<Full>::new_root();
+    let guard = disable_preempt();
+    *ctx.thread_local.root_vmar().borrow_mut() = Some(new_vmar.dup().unwrap());
+    new_vmar.vm_space().activate();
+    root_vmar.set_vmar(Some(new_vmar));
+    drop(guard);
+
+    process_vm.heap.alloc_and_map_vm(root_vmar.get()).unwrap();
+}

kernel/src/process/program_loader/mod.rs

@@ -17,56 +17,89 @@ use crate::{
     prelude::*,
 };
 
-/// Load an executable to root vmar, including loading programme image, preparing heap and stack,
+/// Represents an executable file that is ready to be loaded into memory and executed.
-/// initializing argv, envp and aux tables.
+///
-/// About recursion_limit: recursion limit is used to limit th recursion depth of shebang executables.
+/// This struct encapsulates the ELF file to be executed along with its header data,
-/// If the interpreter(the program behind #!) of shebang executable is also a shebang,
+/// the `argv` and the `envp` which is required for the program execution.
-/// then it will trigger recursion. We will try to setup root vmar for the interpreter.
+pub struct ProgramToLoad {
-/// I guess for most cases, setting the recursion_limit as 1 should be enough.
-/// because the interpreter is usually an elf binary(e.g., /bin/bash)
-pub fn load_program_to_vm(
-    process_vm: &ProcessVm,
     elf_file: Dentry,
+    file_header: Box<[u8; PAGE_SIZE]>,
     argv: Vec<CString>,
     envp: Vec<CString>,
-    fs_resolver: &FsResolver,
+}
-    recursion_limit: usize,
+
-) -> Result<(String, ElfLoadInfo)> {
+impl ProgramToLoad {
-    let abs_path = elf_file.abs_path();
+    /// Constructs a new `ProgramToLoad` from a file, handling shebang interpretation if needed.
-    let inode = elf_file.inode();
+    ///
-    let file_header = {
+    /// About `recursion_limit`: recursion limit is used to limit th recursion depth of shebang executables.
-        // read the first page of file header
+    /// If the interpreter(the program behind #!) of shebang executable is also a shebang,
-        let mut file_header_buffer = Box::new([0u8; PAGE_SIZE]);
+    /// then it will trigger recursion. We will try to setup root vmar for the interpreter.
-        inode.read_bytes_at(0, &mut *file_header_buffer)?;
+    /// I guess for most cases, setting the `recursion_limit` as 1 should be enough.
-        file_header_buffer
+    /// because the interpreter is usually an elf binary(e.g., /bin/bash)
-    };
+    pub fn build_from_file(
-    if let Some(mut new_argv) = parse_shebang_line(&*file_header)? {
+        elf_file: Dentry,
-        if recursion_limit == 0 {
+        fs_resolver: &FsResolver,
-            return_errno_with_message!(Errno::ELOOP, "the recursieve limit is reached");
+        argv: Vec<CString>,
-        }
+        envp: Vec<CString>,
-        new_argv.extend_from_slice(&argv);
+        recursion_limit: usize,
-        let interpreter = {
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
-            let filename = new_argv[0].to_str()?.to_string();
+        let inode = elf_file.inode();
-            let fs_path = FsPath::new(AT_FDCWD, &filename)?;
+        let file_header = {
-            fs_resolver.lookup(&fs_path)?
+            // read the first page of file header
+            let mut file_header_buffer = Box::new([0u8; PAGE_SIZE]);
+            inode.read_bytes_at(0, &mut *file_header_buffer)?;
+            file_header_buffer
         };
-        check_executable_file(&interpreter)?;
+        if let Some(mut new_argv) = parse_shebang_line(&*file_header)? {
-        return load_program_to_vm(
+            if recursion_limit == 0 {
-            process_vm,
+                return_errno_with_message!(Errno::ELOOP, "the recursieve limit is reached");
-            interpreter,
+            }
-            new_argv,
+            new_argv.extend_from_slice(&argv);
+            let interpreter = {
+                let filename = new_argv[0].to_str()?.to_string();
+                let fs_path = FsPath::new(AT_FDCWD, &filename)?;
+                fs_resolver.lookup(&fs_path)?
+            };
+            check_executable_file(&interpreter)?;
+            return Self::build_from_file(
+                interpreter,
+                fs_resolver,
+                new_argv,
+                envp,
+                recursion_limit - 1,
+            );
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            elf_file,
+            file_header,
+            argv,
             envp,
-            fs_resolver,
+        })
-            recursion_limit - 1,
-        );
     }
 
-    process_vm.clear_and_map();
+    /// Loads the executable into the specified virtual memory space.
+    ///
+    /// Returns a tuple containing:
+    /// 1. The absolute path of the loaded executable.
+    /// 2. Information about the ELF loading process.
+    pub fn load_to_vm(
+        self,
+        process_vm: &ProcessVm,
+        fs_resolver: &FsResolver,
+    ) -> Result<(String, ElfLoadInfo)> {
+        let abs_path = self.elf_file.abs_path();
+        let elf_load_info = load_elf_to_vm(
+            process_vm,
+            &*self.file_header,
+            self.elf_file,
+            fs_resolver,
+            self.argv,
+            self.envp,
+        )?;
 
-    let elf_load_info =
+        Ok((abs_path, elf_load_info))
-        load_elf_to_vm(process_vm, &*file_header, elf_file, fs_resolver, argv, envp)?;
+    }
-
-    Ok((abs_path, elf_load_info))
 }
 
 pub fn check_executable_file(dentry: &Dentry) -> Result<()> {

kernel/src/process/status.rs

@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ use super::ExitCode;
 ///
 /// This maintains:
 /// 1. Whether the process is a zombie (i.e., all its threads have exited);
-/// 2. The exit code of the process.
+/// 2. Whether the process is the vfork child, which shares the user-space virtual memory
+///    with its parent process;
+/// 3. The exit code of the process.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ProcessStatus {
     is_zombie: AtomicBool,
+    is_vfork_child: AtomicBool,
     exit_code: AtomicU32,
 }
 
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ impl Default for ProcessStatus {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             is_zombie: AtomicBool::new(false),
+            is_vfork_child: AtomicBool::new(false),
             exit_code: AtomicU32::new(0),
         }
     }
@@ -44,6 +48,18 @@ impl ProcessStatus {
     }
 }
 
+impl ProcessStatus {
+    /// Returns whether the process is the vfork child.
+    pub fn is_vfork_child(&self) -> bool {
+        self.is_vfork_child.load(Ordering::Acquire)
+    }
+
+    /// Sets whether the process is the vfork child.
+    pub fn set_vfork_child(&self, is_vfork_child: bool) {
+        self.is_vfork_child.store(is_vfork_child, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+}
+
 impl ProcessStatus {
     /// Returns the exit code.
     pub fn exit_code(&self) -> ExitCode {

kernel/src/syscall/execve.rs

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ use crate::{
     },
     prelude::*,
     process::{
-        check_executable_file, load_program_to_vm, posix_thread::ThreadName, Credentials, Process,
+        check_executable_file, posix_thread::ThreadName, renew_vm_and_map, Credentials, Process,
-        MAX_ARGV_NUMBER, MAX_ARG_LEN, MAX_ENVP_NUMBER, MAX_ENV_LEN,
+        ProgramToLoad, MAX_ARGV_NUMBER, MAX_ARG_LEN, MAX_ENVP_NUMBER, MAX_ENV_LEN,
     },
 };
 
@@ -118,11 +118,27 @@ fn do_execve(
     drop(closed_files);
 
     debug!("load program to root vmar");
-    let (new_executable_path, elf_load_info) = {
+    let fs_resolver = &*posix_thread.fs().resolver().read();
-        let fs_resolver = &*posix_thread.fs().resolver().read();
+    let program_to_load =
-        let process_vm = process.vm();
+        ProgramToLoad::build_from_file(elf_file.clone(), fs_resolver, argv, envp, 1)?;
-        load_program_to_vm(process_vm, elf_file.clone(), argv, envp, fs_resolver, 1)?
+
-    };
+    let process_vm = process.vm();
+    if process.status().is_vfork_child() {
+        renew_vm_and_map(ctx);
+
+        // Resumes the parent process.
+        process.status().set_vfork_child(false);
+        let parent = process.parent().lock().process().upgrade().unwrap();
+        parent.children_wait_queue().wake_all();
+    } else {
+        // FIXME: Currently, the efficiency of replacing the VMAR is lower than that
+        // of directly clearing the VMAR. Therefore, if not in vfork case we will only
+        // clear the VMAR.
+        process_vm.clear_and_map();
+    }
+
+    let (new_executable_path, elf_load_info) =
+        program_to_load.load_to_vm(process_vm, fs_resolver)?;
 
     // After the program has been successfully loaded, the virtual memory of the current process
     // is initialized. Hence, it is necessary to clear the previously recorded robust list.