From 14b85b04853eac06537cf1a563e08a0d9efcacf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:47:06 +0100 Subject: Some initial documentation about MIG's ServerCopy flag. --- microkernel/mach/mig/documentation/servercopy.mdwn | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 microkernel/mach/mig/documentation/servercopy.mdwn (limited to 'microkernel/mach/mig/documentation') diff --git a/microkernel/mach/mig/documentation/servercopy.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/mig/documentation/servercopy.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5ede723b --- /dev/null +++ b/microkernel/mach/mig/documentation/servercopy.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +For IN args. If set it... + + * removes the `__mig_deallocate` for OOL IN data, which is usually done after + the implementation has been called; + + * adds a `boolean_t NAMESCopy` for the IN arg `NAME` to indicate whether the + data will persist nevertheless (OOL case) or has to be copied by the + implementation (inline case). + +Cf., [[translator/exec]] server, `exec.defs`. + +I.e., the IN args' memory region (OOL case) persists after the implementation +has returned. -- cgit v1.2.3